FAST TRACK transfers the authority to make trade policy from Congress to the President, eroding democratic participation and essential checks on Executive privilege.

As a result, the Bush Administration has pursued a corporate led free trade agenda which privileges corporate interests over those of the common good.

When President Bush asks for a renewal of Fast Track, we need to make sure that Congress "JUST SAYS NO!"

You can participate in a Signature Ad to urge members of Congress to "Just Say No!" to renewing Fast Track. Your name will appear in a full-page signature ad in the New York Times shortly after the Bush administration presents its new Fast Track request to Congress, most likely in June.

Over the next five years, the numbers of undocumented immigrants will only grow as the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) is implemented. CAFTA is a free trade agreement between the United States and the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador. Costa Rica is
also included in the plan but as of yet has not ratified the agreement due to Costa Rican citizens 'widespread and vocalized disapproval of CAFTA. The US contends that free trade between the US and Central America will benefit participant countries by creating jobs and strengthening democracy. But if the results are anything like NAFTA, the agreement between the US, Canada, and Mexico, big businesses will be the only ones winning.

I work for an organization in California named “Lideres
Campesinas, Inc.” as an assistant coordinator for the worker conditions program
at the national level and as part of my job, I give presentations on sexual
harassment cases in the workplace, pesticides exposure, pay and work hours,
child labor laws as well as trainings on domestic violence, sexual harassments
and health. We covered themes on breast cancer and cervical caner.  We
also provide education to the farm worker communities on labor rights laws and
health, and we also make sure that their work and human rights are respected in
the workforce.

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En Espanol

Emmanuel B. is 30, a slender five foot three, and a slave whose
piercing brown eyes tell unspeakable truths. He’s not the kind of slave
we’ve seen in the collective imagination of 19th century plantations in
the deep South of the United States. No, Emmanuel is a modern slave in
21st century post-conflict Liberia, and Firestone Rubber Company his
unyielding master.