Goals & Accomplishments

Goals for 2018

Ensure NAFTA renegotiations embody significant trade policy reform
Engage state legislators on opposing Investor-State Dispute Settlement provisions
Develop and release a community-wide Fair Trade Vision Statement
Make Congressional candidates views on trade known to their constituents
Guide coalition partners through turbulent trade actions at the federal level
Establish a coherent alternative to the current Administration’s trade agenda that works for workers, communities and the planet

Launched TPPxBorder, involving activists across the US, Canada, Mexico
Workshop at the Council of Canadians Annual Meeting
Organized Briefing with Celeste Drake (AFL-CIO) & Lynne Dodson (WSLC) at the
BC Labour Federations Annual Meeting where they passed a TPP Resolution
Developed TPPxBorder website, Facebook & twitter
Dec. 1^st TPP People’s Summit and Action with 300 labor, environmental,
social justice activists at the Peace Arch

Week of action with Celeste Drake AFL-CIO
Briefing in Olympia with WFSE
Trade Justice Happy Hour
Radio & Print Media around December 1^st Action
Hosted Labor Leader’s Roundtable w/ AFL-CIO’s Liz Shuler
Co-organized w/SPEEA TPP Round table with Deputy USTR Demetrios
Marantis-presented What Washington Wants in Trade
Action: Who’s At the TPP Table-Calling Out Corporations in Seattle
which was presented at the San Diego Round
Worked with ILWU/ITF to pass a west coast TPP resolution
Attended Multiple TPP Rounds: Dallas, TX, San Diego, CA, Leesburg, VA
Lori Wallach, Global Trade Watch WA Tour
WFTC strategy session on the TPP
House Party with Newground
WSLC key note and workshop-linking migration, forced labor and trade
Labor leaders lunch/strategy session in Wenatchee
Public Health Sign on letter

Rep Larsen signed on to a joint Congressional letter to USTR calling for
transparency and authentic stakeholder involvement
Worked with Reps Smith & McDermott to draft an individual letter to
USTR also calling for transparency and stake holder involvement
Legislators Sign-On letter with Maralyn Chase
Briefing to WA Joint Legislative Committee on Trade

Ran a strong SweatFree Procurement State campaign, identified champions
in the House and Senate and allies in Dept. of Enterprise Services, successfully
moved the statute through the House and only lost by 1 vote in the Senate.
Partnered with the Seattle Human Rights Commission to enforce
the Seattle SweatFree Policy

Making Change at Wal-Mart-in solidarity with Our Wal-Mart took part in
actions on Black Friday, week before Black Friday, Red Apple Promenade
and was a lead on an action in Bellevue
Kimberly Clark Mill Closure Press event with WSLC, AWPPW
Our Food Our Right-Article and Book Launch with CAGJ
Urban Food Hike-athon & SLEE-CAGJ
Sierra Club & PUSO workshops
UFCW Local 21-Mother’s Day at Macy’s Event
Backbone, WA CAN & PSARA events
GMOP (Get Money Out of Politics) Occupy Seattle Workshops
Witness for Peace Worker Tour from Cuba
Bread & Roses events with WSLC
WA State Labor Education & Research Center Labor event
COMITE-May Day March