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In the corporate Race To The Bottom, the public is falling behind... Now it's Our Turn!
Fun Run / Race to the Bottom - No more NAFTAs! Let's STOP THE FTAA!
Registration begins: 10:00am at Occidental Park - Occidental & Main in Seattle's Pioneer Square
Rally begins: 11:00am at Occidental Park
Fun Run & March begins: 11:30am at Occidental Park
Music, Speakers & Awards Ceremony: Afterward, at the Labor Temple - 2800 First Avenue, Seattle
Timed to co-incide with the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) ministerial meeting in Miami, Jobs with Justice and the Community Alliance for Global Justice's "race to the bottom" will be a symbolic trip through Seattle to highlight the many different issues that are connected locally to unbalanced trade policy.
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 the 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.
Hot beverages and treats will be available. Prizes will be awarded for the best costumes, largest teams and most donations collected. For more information, visit the Community Alliance for Global Justice website.
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