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Sample letter to the editor from Quebec demonstrations
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SHORT VERSION
To the Editor:
The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) that is being negotiated at
the Summit of the Americas in Quebec April 20 – 22 promises to destroy
worker, public health, and environmental protections in the United
States and throughout the Western Hemisphere.
Essentially an extension of NAFTA, the FTAA will encourage the flight of
jobs out of the US and threaten access to public services including
healthcare and education. NAFTA has already caused tremendous job loss
in the US, forcing workers to give up full-time jobs with benefits and
protections and leaving them with limited temporary or part-time jobs
without security or benefits. The FTAA is one more tool for private
companies to continue to reap profits by exploiting working families.
Communities throughout the US are saying “ENOUGH” to corporate
domination. In the April 16-22 Week of Actions to Localize the Movement
for Global Justice, labor unions are joining community, faith-based,
and student organizations in demonstrating opposition to the FTAA as it
currently stands and urging the US not to sign agreements that blatantly
disregard workers’ and human rights.
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