Events

Upcoming Events:

The CFTC will be outlining future work in fair trade policy at the Orange County Labor Federation Delegates Meeting

Where: IBEW 441 Hall , 309 N. Rampart Street, Orange, CA 92868

When: January 21st, 2009, 5:30 PM

Past Events:

REPS. GEORGE MILLER AND JOHN GARAMENDI JOIN CFTC TO COSPONSOR TRADE ACT

On January 10th 2010, Reps. Miller and Garamendi joined the CFTC and its allies for a press conference in Concord to announce that they would both cosponser the 2009 Trade, Reform, Accountability, Development and Employment Act (TRADE). Here is a link to the video of the event.

Also speaking were Art Pulaski, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the California Labor Federation; Gary Allen, General Vice President of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Western Territory; Rome Aloise, President of Joint Council 7 and Western Region Vice President for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters; Lynne McBride, Executive Director of the California Farmers Union; Ray Ortiz, Coast Committeeman for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union; Pam Aguilar, Executive Secretary-Treasurer for the Contra Costa Central Labor Council; and Tim Robertson, director of the California Fair Trade Coalition.

CFTC TESTIFIES TO STATE SENATE PANEL ON FREE TRADE'S ROLE IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING

In a hearing hosted by Senate Pro Tempore Darrel Steinberg, Senator Ellen Corbet, and Senator Mark Desaulnier, the CFTC joined other non-profit speaker by testifying to the prevalence of circumstances behind human trafficking in California. In particular, Free Trade agreements lead to gross income inequalities that leave people vulnerable to human traffickers.

Thanks in part to the testimony of the CFTC, the Senators are even more strongly committed to passing S.B. 657, a bill that would require large retailers to identify and erradicate human trafficking in their supply chains.

TEN YEARS: FROM SEATTLE TO COPENHAGEN

On November 23rd 2009, ten years after the Battle for Seattle, global justice networks are morphing into new movements to turn crises like global climate change into opportunities for political transformation. The CFTC joined this public discussion hosted by the International Forum on Globalization to discuss how responsible trade policy is inseperable from climate change solutions.

With Jerry Mander, Victor Menottii, and Claire Greensfelder, IFG; Anuradha Mittal, Oakland Institute; Paul Hawken, David Solnit and Rebecca Solnit, local author-activists; Jia Ching Chen, youth-of-color organizer; Kevin Danaher, Global Exchange, Tim Robertson, California Fair Trade Coalition