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Senate Finance Committee Chair Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) says he'll introduce the bill right after members of Congress return from the Presidents Day recess.
Fast Track would let the secretly negotiated TPP and other harmful trade agreements to be rubber-stamped by Congress. Your elected officials wouldn't have a chance to make sure it benefits working families instead of corporations and their lobbyists.
Leaked documents reveal the TPP would result in lower wages, lost jobs, unsafe food, costly medicine and a polluted environment.
Members of Congress will be back in their districts next week. It's critical that you tell them, loud and clear, that you want No Fast Track for the TPP!
The TPP's supporters say it will create jobs. We won't be fooled again. Supporters of the South Korea trade agreement said it would create 70,000 jobs. New trade data shows the South Korea trade deal COST 70,000 jobs.
Below is a list of rallies, Town Halls and other events against Fast Track taking place throughout the country this month. Please join them and help spread the word.
The corporations behind the TPP are now going all-out in support of Fast Track, with teams of lobbyists trolling the halls of Congress and applying as much pressure as they can. When Members of Congress are back home, in-district for the Presidents Day recess (from February 14 to 23) it’s absolutely critical that they hear from you and other constituents.
If there isn’t an event in your community, you can organize one and tell the Citizens Trade Campaign (email is info@citizenstrade.org).
If we all work together, we can win.
February Rallies and Events to Stop Fast Track
CALIFORNIA
#StopFastTrack Human Rights Press Conference
Wednesday, February 18 * 11:00am
Will Rogers Memorial Park (across from Beverly Hills Hotel)
Sunset Blvd & N Beverly Dr * Beverly Hills, CA
Contact: Charlie Carnow, UNITE HERE, ccarnow@unitehere11.org
FORUM: No Fast Track for the TPP
Wednesday, February 18 * 6:30pm
Sacramento Public Library – Elk Grove * Community Room
8900 Elk Grove Blvd * Elk Grove, CA
Contact: Xiomara Castro, Citizens Trade Campaign, xiomara@citizenstrade.org
RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/1014687061879663/
#StopFastTrack Rally San Diego
Friday, February 20 * 1:00pm
The Ed Scwhartz Federal Building
880 Front Street * San Diego, CA
Contact: Kali Gochmanosky, Citizens Trade Campaign, kali@citizenstrade.org
RALLY: No Fast Track for the TPP!
Friday, February 20 * 12:00pm
Outside Congressman Sam Farr’s Office
701 Ocean St * Santa Cruz, CA
Contact: Xiomara Castro, Citizens Trade Campaign, xiomara@citizenstrade.org
RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/350133588505753/
COLORADO
Rally and “Drop In and Hang Out”: Stop the Fast Track to Job Loss and Environmental Degradation
Rally: Tuesday, February 17 * 12:00pm
Drop In and Hang Out: Tuesday, February 18 – Friday, February 20 * 12:00pm – 5:00pm
Congressman Polis’ Boulder Office
1644 Walnut Street * Boulder, CO
Contact: Carolyn Bninski, Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center, carolynbninski@gmail.com, (303) 444-698
RALLY RSVP: http://bit.ly/COrallyFB
DROP-IN RSVP: http://bit.ly/BoulderRallyRSVP
CONNECTICUT
RALLY: Stop the Fast Track to Job Loss
Saturday, February 21 * 12:00pm
McLevy Green across from Rep. Himes’ Office
State Street Side of McLevy Green * Bridgeport, CT
Contact: Doug Sutherland, Democracy for America, doug@dsutherland.com, 203-615-1599
RSVP: http://bit.ly/FastTrackRallyCT
ILLINOIS
Rally Against Fast Track
Monday, February 16 * 3:00pm
1057 West Belmont Ave * Chicago, IL
Contact: Carson Starkey, Illinois Fair Trade Coalition, iltrade@citizenstrade.org
MARYLAND
Rally and Drop-In at Congressman Hoyer’s Office
Thursday, February 19 * 12:00pm
Congressman Hoyer’s Greenbelt Office * U.S. District Courthouse
6500 Cherrywood Lane * Greenbelt, MD
Contact: Mina Itabashi, Global Trade Watch, mitabashi@citizen.org, 202-454-5129
MASSACHUSETTS
RALLY: Stop the Fast Track to Job Loss and Environmental Degradation
Wednesday, February 18 * 12:00pm
Congressman Neal’s Springfield Office
300 State Street * Springfield, MA
Contact: Jon Weissman, Western Mass Jobs with Justice, jon@wmjwj.org, 413-250-5267
RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/880880448646119/
RALLY: Stop the Fast Track to Job Loss and Environmental Degradation
Wednesday, February 18 * 12:00pm
Congressman Neal’s Pittsfield Office
78 Center Street * Pittsfield, MA
Contact: Jon Weissman, Western Mass Jobs with Justice, jon@wmjwj.org, 413-250-5267
RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/338346023019780/
NEW YORK
FORUM: What You Should Know about the TPP
Tuesday, February 17 * 6:00pm
Yonkers Riverfront Library
1 Larkin Court * Yonkers, NY
Contact: Joe Mayhew, 914-939-8200
RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/781482691944422/
NORTH CAROLINA
Town Hall on Fast Track & the TPP
Wednesday, February 25 * 6:30pm
CWA Local 3680
5511 West Patterson * New Hope, NC
Contact: Angie Wells, CWA, angiewells1@att.net
OREGON
Portland Rally Against Fast Track
Wednesday, February 18 * 12:00pm
Congresswoman Blumeanuer’s Office
729 NE Oregon Street * Portland, OR
Contact: Elizabeth Swager, Oregon Fair Trade Campaign, elizabeth@oregonfairtrade.org, (503) 736-9777
RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/fairtradeorbust
RALLY: Stand with Oregon Against Fast Track!
Wednesday, February 18 * 10:00am
Congresswoman Bonamici’s Beaverton Office
12725 SW Millikan Way * Beaverton, OR
Contact: Elizabeth Swager, Oregon Fair Trade Campaign, elizabeth@oregonfairtrade.org, (503) 736-9777
RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/fairtradeorbust
RALLY: Stand with Oregon Against Fast Track!
Wednesday, February 18 * 3:00pm
Congresswoman Schrader’s Salem Office
544 Ferry Street SE * Salem, OR
Contact: Elizabeth Swager, Oregon Fair Trade Campaign, elizabeth@oregonfairtrade.org, (503) 736-9777
RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/fairtradeorbust
WASHINGTON
RALLY: Stand with Washington Against Fast Track!
Tuesday, February 17 * 9:30am
Congresswoman DelBene’s Mount Vernon Office
204 W. Montgomery St * Mount Vernon, WA
Contact: Gillian Locascio, Washington Fair Trade Coalition, gillian@washingtonfairtrade.org, (206) 227-3079
RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/fairtradeorbust
FORUM: Briefing on Fast Track’s Threat to Washington State Sovereignty
Tuesday, February 17 * 6:30pm
Labor Council Building
906 Columbia St SW, Suite 300 * Olympia, WA
Contact: Gillian Locascio, Washington Fair Trade Coalition, gillian@washingtonfairtrade.org, (206) 227-3079
RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/fairtradeorbust
RALLY: Port Workers Oppose Fast Track, Will You?
Tuesday, February 17 * 2:30pm
Fireman’s Park
A St. & 9th St. * Tacoma, WA
Contact: Gillian Locascio, Washington Fair Trade Coalition, gillian@washingtonfairtrade.org, (206) 227-3079
RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/fairtradeorbust
