Steve
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On Tue, 23 May 2000, Andrew English wrote:
> The usual third party folks are in favor of big business/China PNTR?
> That's crap.
>
> Most of the Labor Party supporters I know are against the China PNTR/WTO
> deal.
>
> While the LP hasn't made a specific statement on it -- the last statement on
> fair trade was the resolution passed at the 1998 in Pittsburgh (the same
> convention addressed by George Becker of the Steelworkers) --
> I would bet 90% of the LP membership feels the same way.
>
> If Nathan had ever been to an LP convention, he'd know that the majority of
> the
> union delegates to the LP are regular working folks, not sectarian lefties
> with
> nostalgia for Chinese stalinism.
>
> -Andy English
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nathan Newman <nathan.newman at yale.edu>
> To: lbo talk <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
> Date: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 2:45 PM
> Subject: Labor Boycotts MCI Fundraising Bash (Re: UAW prez slams Gore
> onChina PNTR
>
>
> >
> >Having just started my summer job here at the Communication Workers of
> >America (CWA) legal department, I just received email informing everyone
> >that there would be no tickets for the DNC's fundraising Gala "The
> >National Tribute to President Clinton."
> >
> >Sweeney has apparently asked all labor folks to boycott the event as a
> >protest over the China trade vote.
> >
> >So folks are really pissed. Too bad most of the usual third party folks
> >on this list can't hype the Dem's betrayal of the working class, since
> >they are in the cheering section with the Wall Street Journal, the DNC and
> >the RNC for passage of the China trade deal :)
> >
> >-- Nathan Newman
> >
> >On Tue, 23 May 2000, Andrew English wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Larry Weiss <Lweiss at Americas.org>
> >> To: 'mnlabor at egroups.com' <mnlabor at egroups.com>
> >> Date: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 12:03 PM
> >> Subject: [mnlabor] FW: UAW president Yokich jumps all over Gore, not just
> House, on PNTR
> >>
> >>
> >> See particularly the final paragraph!!!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Released today:
> >>
> >> Statement by UAW President Stephen P. Yokich:
> >>
> >> President Clinton and Vice President Gore hail the U.S.-China agreement
> on
> >> WTO accession, "a hundred percent win" for America that will increase
> U.S.
> >> exports to China and create jobs for American workers. Nice words, but
> they
> >> made the very
> >> same claims for NAFTA. They were wrong then, and they are wrong now.
> >> On this issue of critical importance to working people -- one that
> could
> >> cost hundreds of thousands of American workers their jobs -- President
> >> Clinton and Vice President Gore once again have sided with multinational
> >> corporations against workers here and abroad.
> >> Over the past weeks, proponents of giving China PNTR have portrayed
> the
> >> same multinational corporations who today are exploiting the Chinese
> >> government's well-documented brutal repression of basic human and
> workers'
> >> rights to fatten profits as the champions for a more free and open
> Chinese
> >> society. Meanwhile, the labor movement's insistence that the Chinese
> >> government demonstrate progress on human and workers' rights before the
> U.S.
> >> Congress permanently gives up its power of annual review is dismissed as
> >> selfish, myopic, and worse.
> >> We are deeply disappointed that Vice President Gore has failed to
> speak
> >> out against these cynical attacks on the labor movement and our partners
> in
> >> this fight. Instead, he has tried to have it both ways on China PNTR.
> One
> >> moment, presidential candidate Gore is telling the labor movement that he
> >> believes human rights, workers' rights, and environmental protections
> >> should be included in core trade agreements; the next, Vice President
> Gore
> >> is holding hands with the profiteers of the world and singing the praises
> of
> >> the U.S.- China WTO accession agreement while lobbying for PNTR for
> China.
> >> And, obviously, we cannot turn to Republican candidate George W. Bush;
> his
> >> positions on issues of concern to working families are far worse.
> >> America's working families need and deserve a president they can
> count
> >> on to stand with them on their tough issues, not just the easy ones.
> That's
> >> why we have no choice but to actively explore alternatives to the two
> major
> >> political parties. It's time to forget about party labels and instead
> focus
> >> on supporting candidates, such as Ralph Nader, who will take a stand
> based
> >> on
> >> what is right, not what big money dictates. Supporting those who support
> us
> >> is our political agenda, not just a slogan.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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