[Seattle-editorial] FEATURE PROPOSAL: Race to the Bottom

[Jason Reep]

yes!

On Nov 20, 2003, at 10:34 PM, jonathan lawson wrote:

> use image: http://images.indymedia.org/imc/seattle/ftaa.jpg
>
> subtitle: FTAA: NAFTA ON STEROIDS
> title: Race to the Bottom!
>
> For the  past decade, American wage earners have been thrust into a  
> 'race to the bottom' by trade policies that export jobs and factories  
> to wherever in the world labor costs, worker rights and environmental  
> standards are lowest. It is estimated that since passage of the North  
> American Free Trade Agreement in 1994, Washington State has lost over  
> 40,000 jobs. As good jobs are eliminated, wages drop for those jobs  
> that remain, benefits are cut, funding for schools and social services  
> are slashed. In this race to the bottom, environmental regulations and  
> food safety standards are also threatened in order to facilitate  
> 'free' trade at any social cost.
>
> <p>On Nov. 22, as the <a href="http://www.ftaaimc.org">FTAA  
> Ministerial</a> continues in Miami, the Seattle-based <a  
> href="http://www.seattleglobaljustice.org">Community Alliance for  
> Global Justice</a> will sponsor a <a  
> href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3? 
> article_id=36212"><b>Race to the Bottom</b></a>. The 5K race will be a  
> symbolic trip through Seattle to highlight local issues connected to  
> unbalanced trade policy. Runners (and walkers) are encouraged to dress  
> in either a corporate criminal or a fair trade champion costume. The  
> run/march begins at 11:30am in Pioneer Square, and ends with a rally  
> at the Labor Temple in Belltown.
>
> <p><a href="http://www.seattleglobaljustice.org/racetobottom.htm">Race  
> to the Bottom</a> | <a href="http://www.ftaaimc.org">FTAA IMC</a> | <a  
> href="http://www.stopftaa.org">Stop the FTAA</a>
>
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Jason Reep
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