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<p>The United Steelworkers of America</font><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="5" COLOR="#00007f"></p>
<p><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="6" COLOR="#00007f">believe in </font><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="6" COLOR="#ff0000">"Fair Trade"</font><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="6" COLOR="#00007f"> that works for working families. </font></p>
<p>We believe in a global economy, but not the kind created by NAFTA and other trade
agreements which serve only Wall Street, Bay Street and giant multinational corporations.</p>
<p>We want trade agreements that:</font><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="5"></p>
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</font><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="6" COLOR="#ff0000"><p>protect workers</p>
<p>create jobs </p>
<p>provide security and safety </p>
<p>protect the environment</p>
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<p>The individual rights of citizens and their countries are rapidly being eroded in the
name of trade. NAFTA and other agreements and treaties are creating a new environment
putting capital firmly in control. The individual rights of countries to control their
economies, protect their environment, and protect the health and safety of their citizens
are being lost. </font><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="6" COLOR="#00007f"></p>
<p>We as workers and consumers have the ultimate authority by choosing who we vote for and
what products we buy. </font><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="5" COLOR="#ff0000"></p>
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<p>We should demand companies reinvest profits for the future, allowing for secure jobs,
instead of continuing to fuel the almost insatiable appetite of Wall Street, Bay Street
and world financial markets. </p>
<p>We should demand that all workers, regardless of their geographic location, be allowed
family supportive wages, reasonable healthcare, safe working conditions, a clean
environment, and dignity.</p>
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<p></font><font face="Arial" size="6" color="#000080">We have built that kind of economy
before.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="6" color="#000080">Together with our children we can do it
again.</font></p>
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