by admin | Dec 20, 2012 | December 2012, Featured, Solidarity
On December 1, ILWU members joined fair trade activists on the US/ Canadian border in Blaine, WA to protest the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) is a free trade agreement currently being negotiated by nine...
by admin | Dec 5, 2012 | In the News
Maritime Union of New Zealand media release: The Maritime Union says the TPPA (Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement) is attracting massive “Trans Pacific” opposition, not just in New Zealand. Maritime Union General Secretary Joe Fleetwood says the Union is...
by admin | Aug 8, 2012 | July/Aug 2012 Dispatcher, Solidarity
ILWU members joined other unions and community groups on July 2 to protest the latest “free trade” agreement that’s being quietly negotiated between the US government, Pacific Rim countries and corporate lobbyists. The “Trans-Pacific Partnership,” or TPP, is similar...
by admin | Apr 14, 2011 | Solidarity
AFL-CIO took a strong stand against the U.S.-Colombia Trade Agreement that is being aggressively pursued by the Obama administration. The trade agreement has been on hold because of the high level of assassinations . Specifically, 2,850 trade unionists have been...