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Statewide grassroots organization fighting for fair trade policy. #NoMoreNAFTAs

Portland, OR
Joined November 2013
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PDX still believes no one is disposable! We remember the millions who have died around the world. We remember the thousands that have died in Oregon. And we will honor their lives by fighting to #EndCOVIDMonopolies. @pdxraginggrans @TradeJusticeEd @JwJpdx @ILPS_Official
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Advocates in Portland including Jobs with Justice, @ORFTC and @justiceisglobal took part in a global vaccine justice vigil. We remembered all who have been lost, or needlessly suffered, due to preventable illness. 💉💉🌍
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Seattle #FreeTheVaccine advocates are calling on @POTUS to push the #TRIPSwaiver over the finish line at the WTO 💉🌏💉🌍💉🌎
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Sound up! Prince Harry just told why the life-saving vaccines the whole world needs are not getting to people in the developing world. And he did not flinch from explaining whose to blame. Seriously: 👑. #peoplesvaccine
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Today — on a day the UN continues its General Assembly — Portland tells our Sen. @RonWyden, at his offices at the eastside federal complex, that lives are on the line and the U.S. gov can and must do more to open up vaccine intellectual property. Global Vaccine Access Now! #TRIPS
Nabisco-Mondelez should've settled this contract by Labor Day. They just got blasted.
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Support Nabisco workers striking for humane working hours, fair pay, outsourcing jobs. NO CONTRACTS NO SNACKS
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Workers who doggedly fight the outsourcing of their own jobs to places with rock-bottom labor and environmental standards... with an understanding that they and their international union's resources need to bring up *everyone's* conditions... are the Answer.
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"Mexico is phasing out imports of glyphosate and GMO corn. Supporters say that could reverse years of damage from U.S. trade policy." article from The Counter thecounter.org/mexico-phaseo…
Healthcare and trade justice advocates @JwJpdx convened at the German consulate to send a message to Angela Merkel — Unblock Global Vaccine Access & Support the #TRIPSwaiver @EUintheUS @EU_Commission
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The entire progressive coalition that has been working on #NAFTA stands committed to continue working together for better policies in the future. citizenstrade.org/ctc/blog/2…
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The cross-sector, cross-border "movement of movements" that derailed the WTO's 99 Millennial Round is just getting started
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#MySeattleWTOStory ....11/30/ 1999, a sub taught my SOC class as I bused up w/ PDX Assoc. of Teachers. Marched w/ #AFT, btwn Airline Pilots & Nurses Assoc. Saw birth of #Teamsters & #Turtles (& #Muggles)! Got just a strong whiff of the tear gas -- as I had to work the next day.
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Global Trade Watch's Lori Wallach on the 20 year anniversary of the WTO protests in Seattle: "I saw the power of direct action protests, of brave people putting themselves in the way of corporate power." #MySeattleWTOstory bit.ly/2qPKYEx