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National TPP Team Conference CallMarch 16, 2014
4:30-6:00 p.m. PDTCall in number: 559-726-1300
Participant access code: 951146# Back-up#’s: 951-262-7373 or 805-360-1075
WELCOME! Call Facilitator:
Elizabeth Warren National TPP Team Coordinator
MoveOn Regional Organizer CA TPP Issue Organizer, PDA
Call structure and norms Meeting room functions Weekly Announcements
Your meeting host team:
Tom Hocking – National TPP Team Data Manager - [email protected] MoveOn Regional Organizer, PA Notes/Report/FB Global TPP Page
Lisa Oldendorp – In-call questions MoveOn Regional Organizer, NY
National TPP Team Chat Manager
Mara Cohen – Returning soon MoveOn Regional Organizer, IL [email protected]
Post-meeting report
Jan Swartzendruber Meeting Notes/Structure MoveOn Regional Organizer KS [email protected]
Liz Amsden National TPP Team Co-Organizer MoveOn Council Organizer CA [email protected]
Send info & links to: [email protected]
Andrea Miller, PDA Deputy Field DirectorContact: [email protected]
-TPP Organizing Tools-Updates and Downloads
www.pdamerica.org/tpp
Letter to the Editor Campaign COUNTDOWN TO COVERAGE:Update: 207 letters written!
Copy and paste this link to send a letter: http://bit.ly/IO9hXO
Email us a link to your published letter so we can share it: [email protected]
TPP/Fast Track Petition OverviewPublic Citizen Petition- Congress Must Reject Fast Track Authority CREDO Petition - Tell the News Media to Cover the TPP CREDO Petition - Stop the Massive Corporate Power Grab
MoveOn.org Petition - Congress Don't Renew Fast Track MoveOn Petition - No Backdoor SOPA MoveOn.org Petition - Stop the Trans Pacific Partnership
SMILE! You’re on Fast Track Camera! During this recess week:
-Catch your members of Congress at Town Hall meetings, fundraisers and other public events.
-Ask them about Fast Track.
-Videotape their answers.
- Post your video: http://act.tv/
NOTE: If you have an in-district office meeting scheduled with a rep, you will have to get permission to videotape.
Emilianne SlaydonDirector, Social Media@TPP Media March TPP Tuesday Twitter Storms [email protected]
Special Tweets this week:
http://bit.ly/1cLBYlQ
Sara Haimowitz Development CoordinatorCoalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) [email protected]
http://www.prosperousamerica.org
•Report on Congressional Fly-in Week Visits to 100 members of Congress
•Manufacturing in the Golden State Conference in L.A. March 19, 2014 Shortened event link: http://bit.ly/1p02Yhx
Alisa A. Simmons National Field Director Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
Fast Track Campaign Update
www.citizen.org
WE’VE MADE PROGRESS, BUT DON’T SET THE CRUISE CONTROL YET.
- This week: 2nd Anniversary of the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement
- Negative impacts we can point to
- It was the model for TPP
www.citizen.org
Congressional Recess Week What to do while they’re home:
- Primary Targets
- Focus Areas
www.citizen.org
The Ongoing Process:
- The President’s trip to Asia in late April
- Future TPP Ministerials
- TTIP/TAFTA
www.citizen.org
The Political Landscape - Role of the 2014 Elections
- Keep an eye on the lame ducks
- Going forward
www.citizen.org
George Kohl
Senior Director, Legislation and Policy Research Communications Workers of America (CWA)
Trade Priorities Document that new trade deals will NOT add to trade
deficit Document the likely net effect on overall employment Document the net effect on pay and living standards Ensure no diminishment of consumer protections Ensure that all trading partners comply with ILO principles
and conventions Ensure that environmental standards are not degraded
and are enforceable Ensure that these social goals are enforceable Ensure that Congress plays a meaningful role in setting
and enforcing priorities on the USTR
ILO Conventions on Freedom of Association and Right to Collectively Bargain and Organize
TPP Countries Not Adopting Either ConventionU.S., Vietnam, Brunei
TPP Countries Not Adopting Freedom of Association
U.S. Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
TPP Countries Not Adopting Right to Organize and Collectively Bargain
U.S., Vietnam, Brunei, Canada
TPP Countries Adopting ILO ConventionsAll TTIP Countries Have Adopted
UNITED STATES
Brunei
Vietnam
Canada
Japan
Malaysia
Mexico
New Zealand
Singapore
Australia
Chile
Peru
2
2
5
6
6
6
6
6
6
7
8
8
Vietnam – Low Wages
$58.00
$8.70
$4.59$2.23
United States Malaysia China Vietnam
Daily Minimum Wages(January 2013 in Dollars)
Trade Deals Erode U.S. Bargaining Rights
Employers are now twice more likely to use ten or more coercive tactics in their anti-union campaigns than they were before the adoption of NAFTA in 1993.
Employer threats made during organizing campaigns to close plants if workers voted for a union rose from 29% in the mid-1980s to 50% in the two years following the adoption of NAFTA to 57% during the mid-2000s.
Actual plant closings where these threats were made following union elections rose from 2% to 15% during this period. While there are many reasons for plant closings, the incentives to off-shore jobs and investment due to trade agreements are clearly important. The example of the movement of auto-assembly plants from the U.S. to Mexico is well documented.
Source: Kate Bronfenbrenner, “No Holds Barred: The Intensification of Employer Opposition to Organizing, American Rights at Work and Economic Policy Institute, 2009
Voters Oppose Fast-Track Authority by More than Two-to-One
0.1
Favor Oppose Not sure
62%
Strongly43%
28%
Strongly12%
Voters Believe TPP Will Help Large Corporations, but Hurt America’s Small Businesses
64%
17%
24%
72%
TPP will help this group TPP will hurt this group
+55
-40
Political Risk for Members of Congress Who Support Fast Track
11%
43%
More likely to votefor candidate
Less likely to votefor candidate
Democrats Independents GOP
Conserv. GOP
NortheastSouthMidwestWest
174768
74
46443943
Less Likely to Vote For
Q&A So what’s next?
Wrap Up: Elizabeth Warren
Want to deliver a petition this week to your rep? Email your request: [email protected] Be sure to include in the subject line:“PETITION SIGNATURES” and [Your State] [District #]
We can SORT BY DISTRICT and send you a PDF file. 24 hours notice required
Email and call Congress using The Stop Fast Track Coalition Tool:
www.stopfasttrack.com
March 23: NO CALL!
NEXT CALL: March 30