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07-08-2005, 01:07 PM #1
CAFTA – ‘We don’t hafta’
http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/7354/1/277
CAFTA – ‘We don’t hafta’
Archive Recent Editions 2005 Editions July 9, 2005
Author: Roberta Wood
People's Weekly World Newspaper, 07/07/05 14:09
It is urgent for voters to contact their congresspersons this week on the upcoming vote on CAFTA, the Central American Free Trade Agreement, Jobs with Justice urged workers’ rights supporters in an e-mail message July 1.
On June 30, the Senate approved the Bush-endorsed measure implementing CAFTA, setting the stage for a showdown in the House of Representatives.
CAFTA was signed May 28, 2004, by the United States and six Central American countries. Although the agreement has already been signed, it still needs a vote in Congress to be implemented.
Since the U.S. Congress passed NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, a decade ago, over 700,000 jobs have been lost in the U.S. and real wages in Mexico have fallen. CAFTA would “extend NAFTA’s disastrous job loss and environmental damage to six more nations â€â€I stay current on Americans for Legal Immigration PAC's fight to Secure Our Border and Send Illegals Home via E-mail Alerts (CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP)
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