[Fwd: Re: WTO talks fail: Reuters story]

Katha Pollitt kpollitt at thenation.com
Sun Dec 5 15:44:04 PST 1999


Tom Lehman wrote:
>


> In front of me, I've got a letter and a copy of a letter sent to
> President Clinton by 113 House Democrats outlining their criticism of the
> WTO and GATT. At the top of the list is a demand that US trade relations
> guarantee that workers be able to organize into independent unions and
> bargain collectively. The letter goes on to call for minimum US
> equivalent work place safety and right-to know standards, plus the
> abolition of child labor and the establishment of a legal minimum wage in
> countries trading with the US.
>
> These are not big demands--although they maybe too much for New York City
> and it's cosmopolitans--like you and Katha's congressperson, fatboy
> Nadler.
>
> Tom

Don't like the tone of this, I must say. "Cosmopolitan" being a longtime code word for "Jew." And why it Jerry Nadler's weight relevant here? katha



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