Pennsylvania Fair Trade Coalition

working together for social and environmental justice in trade policy

The Pennsylvania Fair Trade Coalition (PAFTC) is a statewide coalition of labor, family farm, faith, environmental and student organizations whose mission is to work for socially, economically and environmentally just trade policies which promote a fair global economy and to oppose unjust, unsustainable trade policies.

We believe the NAFTA-WTO model of globalization has failed the U.S. and our trading partners. During the NAFTA-WTO era, we have seen one out of every four U.S. manufacturing jobs destroyed and real wages decline as income inequity has soared. Since 2000 Pennsylvania has lost over 200,000 manufacturing jobs.

Pennsylvania Job Loss:

According to a new analysis from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), 755,000 Pennsylvania jobs are "offshorable," while 286,000 Pennsylvania jobs are "highly offshorable." This translates into a combined 1,041,000 Pennsylvania jobs – or 18 percent of the state’s total workforce of 5.7 million – that are vulnerable to offshoring. ("Offshoring" is the term businesses coined to describe their practice of sending work now performed in the United States to other countries.)

Current News:

USW Local 10-1 President Jim Savage hosts a evening with the famous Charlie Kernaghan. Congressman Brady was presented with an award from the PA Fair Trade Coalition for signing onto the T.R.A.D.E. Act

Congressman Kanjorski was awarded for signing onto the T.R.A.D.E. Act at the AFT-CIO Community Services Conference in Wilkes-Barre.

Congressman Carney & Kanjorski sign onto the T.R.A.D.E. Act!!!!

Pennsylvania now has Congressmen Brady, Doyle, Murtha, P. Murphy, Carney, Kanjorski , Holden and Senator Casey signed onto the T.R.A.D.E. Act.

Congressman Altmire Signs Opposition Pledge to Columbia Free Trade Agreement

http://www.usw.org/usw/program/content/4644.php

Congressman Holden Signs Opposition Pledge to Columbia Free Trade Agreement

http://www.usw.org/usw/program/content/4667.php

Taking Action: Tell Congress to Oppose the Columbia Free Trade Agreement

Making a Difference : Tell Congress to Sign onto the T.R.A.D.E. Act

Also: See the Battle in Seattle Movie Trailer

For more information, Contact our new director:
Amy McAuliffe
Office: (412) 408-3638
Fax: (412) 408-3638
amy@citizenstrade.org