TPP Town Hall - A Teach-In on International Free Trade Agreements

WHAT:      Members of the community will gather

Sunday to learn about and discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, a

controversial Free Trade Agreement that is currently being negotiated with Canada, Mexico,

Japan, Malaysia, Brunei,

Vietnam, Australia, Chile,

Peru, New Zealand and Singapore.  While proponents of the TPP claim that it

will open market access for American businesses while improving the economy,

critics say it will have detrimental effects not only for businesses and the

economy, but also for labor, the environment, consumer regulation, intellectual

property rights, and humans rights, and that the TPP will also threaten “Buy

America” or “Buy Local” government procurement programs. 
The Obama administration wants to

use Fast Track Trade authority legislation to avoid having the TPP scrutinized

by Congress before being passed, which will likely be presented in the upcoming

lame duck session of Congress after the November 2014 elections.

Speakers

Richard

Barrera of the San Diego and Imperial County Labor

Council

Jean Costa of the Sierra

Club

Matt McKinnon of the

International Machinist and Aeroespace Union

Magarita Ávalos

of Colectivo Ollin Calli     

Michele Nash-Hoff of the

Coalition for a Prosperous America

Nicole Gochmanosky of Southern California Citizens Trade Campaign

Also endorsed by the

Communication Workers of America, the Intl

Longshore & Warehouse Union, the Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers,

the United Steel Workers of America, Woman Occupy SD, Democratic

Socialists of America SD, sd350.org, March Against

Monsanto SD, Coalition for a Prosperous America, SD Against the TPP, San Diego

Maquiladora Solidarity Network