Photos from Trans-Pacific FTA Actions in Southern California

San Diego Rally against a Free Trade Ring of Fire

As negotiators met at University of California San Diego campus on February 3, 2012, labor, immigrant rights and student activists gathered to drag the Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement out of the shadows.

San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council Secretary-Treasurer Lorena Gonzalez

“No Pacific NAFTA”

California Fair Trade Coalition Director Tim Robertson

American Friend Service Committee’s Christian Ramirez

AFL-CIO trade policy specialist Celeste Drake

“TPP Out of the Shadows”

 

Los Angeles Rally for a Fair Deal or No Deal!

As trade negotiators met inside the posh Sofitel Hotel on February 1, 2012, over fifty Angelenos gathered outside to demand a “Fair Deal or No Deal.”

Teamsters Local 952 Secretary Treasurer Pat Kelly

Machinists District Lodge 190 Business Representative Kevin Kucera

CWA District 9 Staff Representative Judy Rapué

Moana Nui’s Arnie Saiki interviews Martin Berg

California Fair Trade Coalition Director Tim Robertson

“A Fair Deal or No Deal”

Professor Joe Parker


Panel Discussion: The Trans-Pacific FTA — Is It a NAFTA of the Pacific?

Presenters from the AFL-CIO, Witness for Peace, Health GAP, Moana Nui, Pitzer College and the California Fair Trade Coalition spoke at a teach-in at the University of Southern California on January 30.

USC panel discussion on the Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement

AFL-CIO trade policy specialist Celeste Drake