{"id":2,"date":"2011-12-25T18:39:02","date_gmt":"2011-12-25T23:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/pennsylvania\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2016-04-28T13:00:23","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T17:00:23","slug":"pa-fair-trade-coalition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/pennsylvania\/","title":{"rendered":"PA Fair Trade Coalition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'Georgia','serif'\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/pennsylvania\/files\/2011\/12\/westmifflinpic-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"westmifflinpic\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/pennsylvania\/files\/2011\/12\/westmifflinpic-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/pennsylvania\/files\/2011\/12\/westmifflinpic-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/pennsylvania\/files\/2011\/12\/westmifflinpic.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">West Mifflin Panel with Congressman Doyle<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'Georgia','serif'\">The PA Fair Trade Coalition has partnered up with the United Steelworkers Rapid Response and Central Labor Councils throughout the state to educate the public on the dangers of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Click on the links to learn more about these events!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'Georgia','serif'\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/business\/pittsburgh-company-news\/2016\/04\/23\/Steelworkers-say-trade-pact-would-destroy-middle-class\/stories\/201604270005\">Pittsburgh, PA <\/a>April 22, 2014<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'Georgia','serif'\">Bethlehem, PA April 18, 2016<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'Georgia','serif'\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tribdem.com\/news\/activists-labor-groups-speak-against-trans-pacific-partnership\/article_c67574ec-02c3-11e6-a498-53f8c89fcd8c.html\">Johnstown, PA <\/a>\u00a0 April 14, 2016 <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_136\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/pennsylvania\/files\/2011\/12\/jtownpic-e1460735866318.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-136\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-136 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/pennsylvania\/files\/2011\/12\/jtownpic-e1460735866318-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"jtownpic\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/pennsylvania\/files\/2011\/12\/jtownpic-e1460735866318-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/pennsylvania\/files\/2011\/12\/jtownpic-e1460735866318-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/pennsylvania\/files\/2011\/12\/jtownpic-e1460735866318.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Johnstown Panel<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'Georgia','serif'\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ydr.com\/story\/news\/2016\/03\/31\/perry-union-rally-opposition-trade-pact\/82469252\/\">York, PA March 30, 2016<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'Georgia','serif'\">Wilkes-Barre, PA March 24, 2016<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'Georgia','serif'\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ellwoodcityledger.com\/news\/local_news\/local-union-members-listen-as-labor-leaders-lobby-against-trans\/article_133ec6d8-efce-11e5-b696-c33afcede5a3.html\">Beaver, PA March 21, 2016<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'Georgia','serif'\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meadvilletribune.com\/news\/local_news\/trans-pacific-partnership-trade-deal-faces-tsunami-of-opposition\/article_7bc7a406-ebc6-11e5-9b87-d746317289d2.html\">Farrell, PA March 15, 2016<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'Georgia','serif'\">Montgomery County\/Collegeville, PA March 14, 2016<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'Georgia','serif'\">Boothwyn, PA\u00a0 February 17, 2016<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'Georgia','serif'\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylocal.com\/article\/DL\/20160216\/NEWS\/160219849\">Coatesville, PA February 15, 2016<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'Georgia','serif'\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.readingeagle.com\/news\/article\/steelworkers-union-elected-officials-call-trade-agreement-a-bad-deal\">Reading, PA February 2, 2016<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Miscellaneous Statewide Trade Work<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/pennsylvania\/files\/2011\/12\/12108143_692354467567805_1026876326691627305_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/pennsylvania\/files\/2011\/12\/12108143_692354467567805_1026876326691627305_n-300x90.jpg\" alt=\"12108143_692354467567805_1026876326691627305_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/pennsylvania\/files\/2011\/12\/12108143_692354467567805_1026876326691627305_n-300x90.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/pennsylvania\/files\/2011\/12\/12108143_692354467567805_1026876326691627305_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Supporting &#8220;STOP the TPP&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Letters to the Editor from our Members &amp; Allies<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/triblive.com\/mobile\/9791612-96\/steel-titanium-defense\">Rep. Murphy&#8217;s District<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/breaking-news\/index.ssf\/2015\/04\/trans-pacific_partnership_movi.html\">Rep. Dent&#8217;s District<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tribdem.com\/news\/editorials\/readers_forum\/letter-to-the-editor-trade-deal-a-threat-to-region\/article_0784f7f3-c2c6-5d32-8397-aa059cffd7b7.html\">Rep. Rothfus District<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>LISTEN TO PATRICK YOUNG, USW #3657<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/workingfamilyradio.libsyn.com\/pa-fair-trade-coalition-coats-for-kids-and-labor-combat\">Working Families Radio<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">TAA Claims from 2011-2012 in Pennsylvania There are over 6800 total claims since the inception of TAA in Pennsylvania!!! \u00a0 See the MAP by clicking below!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.batchgeo.com\/map\/f1e9120cd3347363ae2c8f957f7fe1f7\">Click Here!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background on PAFTC<\/strong>: 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Mifflin Panel with Congressman Doyle The PA Fair Trade Coalition has partnered up with the United Steelworkers Rapid Response and Central Labor Councils throughout the state to educate the public on the dangers of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. 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