{"id":4618,"date":"2011-06-30T18:28:57","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T22:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/?p=4618"},"modified":"2011-06-30T18:51:24","modified_gmt":"2011-06-30T22:51:24","slug":"portland-congressman-urged-to-make-the-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/blog\/2011\/06\/30\/portland-congressman-urged-to-make-the-link\/","title":{"rendered":"Portland Congressman Urged to &#8220;Make the Link&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4617\" href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/blog\/2011\/06\/30\/portland-congressman-urged-to-make-the-link\/link_jackie\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Link_Jackie\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Link_Jackie-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Over 150 labor activists filed into Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer&#8217;s office today urging him to &#8220;Make the Link&#8221; between Free Trade Agreements, job loss and state budget shortfalls.<\/p>\n<p>After a kick-off speech by Greg Pallesen, Vice President of the Association of Western Pulp &amp; Paper Workers, they entered the Congressman&#8217;s office one-by-one adding notes they had personalized to a large paper chain that grew-and-grew within his office. \u00a0Each link on the chain read:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>MAKE THE LINK, CONGRESSMAN!<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>Oregonians need jobs, but Free Trade Agreements ship them overseas.\u00a0 Offshoring also reduces tax revenues, contributing to the state and city budget cuts that cause still further job loss.\u00a0 <em>Please oppose the Korea, Panama and Colombia Free Trade Agreements.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>After people exited the office, they placed calls to Mr. Blumenauer&#8217;s DC office and other Members of Congress from the area.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonfairtrade.org\">Oregon Fair Trade Campaign<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jwjpdx.org\/\">Portland Jobs with Justice<\/a>, Portland Rising and others spearheaded the action that brought together both public and private-sector unions to oppose the pending trade deals.<\/p>\n<p>More photos are available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.229036920450556.62266.121244674563115\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 150 labor activists filed into Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer&#8217;s office today urging him to &#8220;Make the Link&#8221; between Free Trade Agreements, job loss and state budget shortfalls. 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