As some astute letter writers hint, any TRADE AGREEMENT approved by
your WHITE HOUSE WAR CRIMINAL is no good ... except for his BUSINESS-
INDUSTRY BUDDIES.
Ordinary citizens -- please don't even ask.
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Is Free Trade Worth This?
Letter To The Editor
Thursday, April 3, 2008; A16
The March 31 editorial "Free Colombia" minimized not only the violence
faced every day by Colombia's workers but also the complicity of U.S.-
based multinational cor****ations in that violence, often with full
knowledge of the Colombian government.
Cases have been brought against Coca-Cola, the Drummond mining company
and Occidental Petroleum accusing them of sup****ting paramilitaries
that terrorize and kill union organizers. These cor****ations and their
peers are the real beneficiaries of President Bush's proposed trade
deal.
It should be noted that most Colombian workers and their unions are
against the proposed U.S.-Colombia trade agreement; unlike American
investors, workers in Colombia have little to gain by further U.S.
investment without real accountability for violence against unions and
for other human rights abuses.
BILL FLETCHER JR.
Chairman, Board of Directors
BAMA ATHREYA
Executive Director
International Labor Rights Forum, Wa****ngton
http://www.wa****ngtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/02/AR2008040203061.html
