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TPP: The Largest and Most DangerousTrade Agreement Youve Never Heard Of

A Global Race to the Bottom Continues

Negotiations being kept secret from the public but not from corporations

US Sovereignty at risk

Jobs will disappear in all sectors

Health and safety regulations at risk

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The Race to the Bottom Strategy

What Corporations and

What They Said What Really

Political Allies Did Would Happen Happened

Cut Labor Reduce/Eliminate Unions

Cut Labor Costs

Increase Productivity

Globalize Profits Historic Highs

Investment Productivity not JobsCut Government Jobs 20m w/o full time

jobs

Taxes on Wealthy + Corps Wages Stagnant

Social Spending Quality of Life ErodedDeregulate

Trade Surplus

Trade Deficit

Environment

Trade

Labor

Politics

Privatize & Cut Govt Jobs

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2

Corporate Attack on Workers Power

60year campaign to weaken and eliminate unions, led by U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Limit collective bargaining coverage and oppose worker friendly legislation

Oppose worker organizing (firings, shut down threats, etc)

Block Employee Free Choice Act

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Decline in Union Representation

17.1%

12.4%

35.7%

28.5%

6.6%

1920 1930 1940 1945 1950 1953 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Union Members as % of Private Sector Workforce

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0% to 9%

10% to 20%

21% to 30%

31% +Source: Unionstats.com

UNION DENSITY

1964: 29.3%

1974: 26.2%

1984: 19.1%

1994: 15.7%

2004: 12.6%

2010: 11.9%

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destroy unions political clout

Union Membership USA

0.02.0

4.06.08.0

10.012.014.016.018.020.022.024.026.028.0

30.032.034.036.038.040.042.0

1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015

Date

% o f W

o r k f o r c e

O r g a n

i z e d

Public Sector- Prior to '80

Public Sector- Post '80

Overall Economy- Prior '80

Overall Economy- Post '80

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With Attacks on Unions, Wages Stagnate

1947 1955 1963 1971 1979 1987 1995 2003 2011

$731

$462

$1,178

$631

Real average weekly wages

Weekly wages if tiedto productivity

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; Productivity Average Wage of Non Supervisory Workers; Consumer Price Index

Actual wages compared to estimated increases if wages had risen with productivity

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7

CEO Pay Skyrockets

354

2012

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Decline in Union Representation

17.1%

12.4%

35.7%

28.5%

6.6%

1920 1930 1940 1945 1950 1953 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Union Members as % of Private Sector Workforce

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9

With Attacks on Unions, Wages Stagnate

1947 1955 1963 1971 1979 1987 1995 2003 2011

$731

$462

$1,178

$631

Real average weekly wages

Weekly wages if tiedto productivity

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; Productivity Average Wage of Non Supervisory Workers; Consumer Price Index

Actual wages compared to estimated increases if wages had risen with productivity

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The Race to the Bottom Strategy

What Corporations and

What They Said What Really

Political Allies Did Would Happen Happened

Cut Labor Reduce/Eliminate Unions

Cut Labor Costs

Increase Productivity

Globalize Profits Historic Highs

Investment Productivity not JobsCut Government Jobs 20m w/o full time

jobs

Taxes on Wealthy + Corps Wages Stagnant

Social Spending Quality of Life ErodedDeregulate

Trade Surplus

Trade Deficit

Environment

Trade

Labor

Politics

Privatize & Cut Govt Jobs

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NAFTA:

Destroyed Jobs and Exploded the Trade Deficit NAFTA eliminated over 700,000 jobs from the U.S. U.S. had $1.6 billion trade surplus with Mexico before NAFTA; Today, we have a $97.2 billion

trade deficit.

1993 (Before NAFTA)$1.3 Billion Trade

SURPLUSSupported 29,400 jobs

2010 $97.2 Billion Trade DeficitDestroyed Over 700,000

jobs

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KORUS:

Jobs Promised, Not Delivered The 2010 Korea US Free Trade Agreement (KORUS) was supposed

to add over 70,000 jobs. Instead it destroyed 40,000.

KORUS was supposed

to lower the U.S. trade deficit with Korea. In its first year, the deficit worsened by $5.8 billion

a whopping 39.8% increase in ONE year!

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More Free Trade Pacts = Higher

Trade Deficits1.0% 1.0%

3.1%

5.8%

3.6%

1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

SURPLUS

DEFICIT

Net Exports as a Percentage of GDP

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The TPP is Much Bigger than NAFTA

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TPP is Not Just About Trade

E c o n o

m y

T e l e c o m m u ni c a t i o n s

F i n a n c i a l R e g u l a t i o n

Agriculture

Investment

Environment

State ownedEnterprises

G o v e r n m e n

t

P r o c u r e m

e n t

P r ic e o f m e d ic in e

P a t e n t s

Rules of Origin

Food Safety

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The TPP Is a Back Room DealBeing Negotiated in Secret

Members of Congress, journalists, and civil society are excluded from seeing draft texts

Draft texts and proposals will not be released until four years after the talks have concluded or a deal is reached

600 corporate advisors have access to key texts and proposals

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Partial List of Official Advisors to USTR

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TPP: Why so Secret??We are troubled that important policy decisions

are being

made

without

the full input from Congress.

If Congress and

the public are not informed of the exact terms of the agreement until the conclusion process, then any opportunity for meaningful input is lost.134 Members of the House of Representatives

The majority of Congress is being kept in the dark as

to the

substance

of

the

TPP

negotiations, while representatives of U.S. corporations

like Halliburton, Chevron, PHRMA, Comcast, and the Motion Picture Association of America are being consulted and made privy to details of the agreement.

Senator

Wyden Chair of Senate

Subcommittee on Trade

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The TPP Will Exacerbate OurDemocracy Crisis

Attack governments before private tribunals demanding our tax dollars to compensate loss of expected future

profits

from environmental, health, safety, land use, and zoning laws

Call Center Bill

could

be subject to challenge Many laws, rules andregulations could besubject to challenge.

TPP would empower corporations to:

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The TPP Will Exacerbate our

Economic Crisis

Loss of More Jobs

Call center and other service sector jobs

Manufacturing jobs

U.S federal government contracts

to foreign firms

Further Erosion of Standard of Living

Wages, benefits and collective bargaining rights.

Faster Race to the Bottom

TPP includes Vietnam which is the lowcost, no labor rights, low environmental protection alternative to China

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Service Sector Jobs will disappear

22

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A problem will become a crisis

23

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Vietnam No Labor Rights

Suppression of the right to form independent unions. The law [in Vietnam] does not allow

workers to organize and join independent unions of their choice.

(US State Department)

Restrictions on Strikes. Vietnams Labor Code allows party controlled unions to strike but imposes strict and cumbersome conditions that

must first be met, which effectively nullify this right. (Human Rights Watch)

Goods produced by Child Labor and Forced Labor. Vietnam is guilty of using child labor and forced labor in its garment sector. (US State Department)

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Vietnam Low Wages

$58.00

$8.70

$4.59$2.23

United States Malaysia China Vietnam

Daily Minimum Wages(January 2013 in Dollars)

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Vietnam Slave Labor

Vietnam is one of 3 Countries found by our Department of Labor to use child slave labor

There is a US arms embargo against Vietnam because of its human

rights violations and imprisonment of political dissidents

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Child Slavery

28

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Broken Promises Trade Agreements sometimes have Labor Chapters

in a half attempt to allow American workers to compete with countries with poor labor standards.

These chapters are written with very weak language:...strive to ensure, etc.

Examples: Bahrain

Failed to uphold its own weak labor laws. Suspended and restricted many of its labor laws. During Arab Spring, Bahrains King suspended free speech,

right to protest, and others. Forcibly dissolved Bahrains labor federation.

Colombia FTAs Labor Action Plan has completely failed. Rampant violence and murder against laborers throughout the country. Evidence of forced, compulsory, and even child labor.

Honduras Employers often use selective layoffs to bust

or avoid unions. Inadequate and/or corrupt labor inspections. 36% of employers dont pay minimum wage.

Guatemala Blatant violence against laborers and labor leaders. Unenforceable labor laws. Bogus penalty system where violating country pays a fine to itself.

Examples of Failed Labor Protections in Free Trade Agreements

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TPP jeopardizes the safety of our food

30

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TPP is Not Just About Trade

E c o n o

m y

T e l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s

F i n a n c i a l R e g u l a t i o n

Agriculture

Investment

Environment

State ownedEnterprises

G o v e r n m e n t

P r o c u r e m

e n t

P r ic e o f m e d ic in e

P a t e n t s

Rules of Origin

Food Safety

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We Can Create Our Own Power We Have Won in the Past

Successful battles Won

Against CorporatePower-Grabs via Trade Agreements

DERAILED: WTO Expansion: Seattle 99 today

DERAILED: MAI (Multilateral Agreement on Investment)

DERAILED: US

Malaysia, US

SAf Customs Union, US

Thailand, US UAE, Egypt FTAs, and more.

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The TPP Process in the U.S.

Negotiations: Ongoing, governments want to conclude in Dec

Request for

Fast

Track

possibly

within

next

few

months

Congressional Vote on Fast Track

Congressional Vote on Agreement

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Fast Track

Fast Track or Trade Promotion Authority

(TPA)

is a way to force trade agreements through Congress

No ability by Congress to change the text of the

agreements

Often presented with little time to review them

Only allow a yes or no vote on the total agreement

Congress cedes its Constitutional Authority to the President34

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People are Fighting Back

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Other Americans Are FightingBack

Protests in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas,San Diego, Leesburg.

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We Are Not Alone -

The GlobalFight Has Begun

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Malaysians are Fighting Back

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Japanese are Fighting Back

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Australians are Fighting Back

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Its Up to All of Us to Spread the

Word and Let the Secret Out

Talk to people about the issue

Distribute flyers and information

Distribute and Collect Post Cards

InDistrict Meetings with Member of

Congress

Letters to the Editor

Go to our tool kits for all the information you need:

http://www.stopthetpp.org

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TAKE ACTION

Call Senator and Representatives

CD address zip to 69866

202 224 3121

Go to

www.stopthetpp.org

Text CWAAction

to 69866

http://www.stopthetpp.org/http://www.stopthetpp.org/