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> /* Written 8:46 AM Aug 10, 1994 by kmander in igc:trade.news */
> /* ---------- "GATT Alert! 8-10-94" ---------- */
> GATT Alert!
> Wednesday, August 10, 1994
> ____________________________________________________
> Headlines:
> Op-Ed Pushes for Labor Standards in GATT
> Another Plant Closing Thanks to NAFTA
> Vermont Citizens Protest GATT
> Representatives Oppose Patent Law Change
> Baseball Strike? So What, We've Got GATT Trading Cards
> European Power Struggle Continues Over GATT
> GATT Video Available
> ____________________________________________________
> Op-Ed Pushes for Labor Standards in GATT
>
> In an op-ed in Tuesday's New York Times, Amalgamated Clothing and Textile
> Workers Union (ACTWU) President Jack Sheinkman argues that passage of the
> Uruguay Round would put millions of U.S. jobs at risk and encourage the
> exploitation of child workers around the globe. Sheinkman says it is not
> only ethical but that it makes economic sense to include internationally
> recognized work standards in GATT. "GATT should be revised to guarantee
> rights for children and their parents just as lawmakers seek to protect
> copyrights, patents and other rights in the expanded global economy," he
> said.
> ____________________________________________________
> Another Plant Closing Thanks to NAFTA
>
> One does not have to look far to find evidence that ACTWU predictions of
> job losses in the U.S. are valid. Matsushita Television Company announced
> Friday it will close its television production plant in Franklin Park,
> Illinois and relocate to Tijuana, Mexico. The company announced layoffs
> of 330 employees by January 1. Matsushita said it will offer 100
> positions to design and engineering staff willing to move to a facility in
> Southern California. "This is exactly what we said would happen" under
> NAFTA, said the ACTWU's Joe Costigan, an anti-NAFTA activist. The AFL-CIO
> says the government agency created to help workers laid off because of
> NAFTA-related plant relocations is now trying to assist 4,600 employees at
> 55 plants around the country. For more information, call Joe Costigan at
> the ACTWU in Chicago at (312) 738-6135.
> ____________________________________________________
> Vermont Citizens Protest GATT
>
> Family farm, environmental, labor and consumer groups staged a rally
> outside the federal building in Montpelier, Vermont Monday to encourage
> Senators James Jeffords (R-Vermont) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) to
> reject the Uruguay Round. "The GATT would create a new worldwide
> bureaucracy which would have enormous power over democratically elected
> governments," said Tim Atwater, director of Rural Vermont. "Our goal is
> to get Jeffords and Leahy to slow down the process of approving GATT."
> Neither Senator has announced a position on GATT. Representatives of
> Vermont Public Interest Research Group and United We Stand America also
> spoke out against the pact. For more information, contact Rural Vermont at
> (802) 223-7222.
> ____________________________________________________
> Representatives Oppose Patent Law Change
>
> Thirty members of the House of Representatives sent President Clinton a
> letter urging him to withdraw from GATT implementing legislation a
> proposal that would modify U.S. patent laws. The Representatives say
> Clinton's proposal to limit U.S. patents to 20 years from the filing date
> instead of the current 17 years from issuance would hurt inventors, small
> businesses and the government. The letter contends that the changes go
> beyond the Uruguay Round and will only benefit foreign governments and
> multinational corporations. Last month, Clinton received a similar letter
> signed by 50 U.S. inventors. For more information, contact the office of
> Congressperson Helen Delich Bentley (R-Maryland). (202) 225-3061.
> ____________________________________________________
> Baseball Strike? So What, We've Got GATT Trading Cards
>
> In one of the stranger lobbying maneuvers, the Alliance for GATT Now has
> spent $40,000 to issue sets of 58 baseball-style trading cards featuring
> "GATT Now! All Stars" such as President Bill Clinton, U.S. Trade
> Representative Mickey Kantor and former President Ronald Reagan. Children
> have been walking the halls of Congress passing out the cards and bags of
> popcorn covered with pro-GATT stickers. Each state also gets its own GATT
> card, with catchy slogans such as GATT Home Runs ("What GATT will do for
> Kentucky") and GATT Base Hits ("Top Kentucky Exports").
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> European Power Struggle Continues Over GATT
>
> An article in Friday's Irish Times reports that many European officials
> believe the Uruguay Round proposals will not be ratified by the end of
> 1994. The article describes the "classic power struggle" going on between
> European Union member states and the European Commission over how European
> nations should be represented in the new World Trade Organization. The
> Commission wants to be the single voice in representing EU member states,
> while certain member states would like to represent themselves. If an
> agreement is not reached by December, when the European Court of Justice
> issues a ruling, Europe will be unable to ratify the pact by January.
> ____________________________________________________
> GATT Video Available
>
> A new 15-minute video looks at the impacts of GATT on the
> environment, developing countries and farmers. The video also
> documents the protests surrounding the April signing of GATT in
> Marrakesh, Morocco. For a copy, send $15 to the Fair Trade
> Campaign, Box 80066, Minneapolis, MN 55408.
> ____________________________________________________
> GATT ALERT! is published weekly by the Fair Trade Campaign.
>
> If you have news about local activities or anything else, please send
> a note to the Fair Trade Campaign, Box 80066, Minneapolis, MN
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