Can we get some help from labor on this?

[Joanne98]

Obama met with the President of Colombia yesterday. The statement is not good. There a two big problems with it. First Obama brings up the Colombia FTA...

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In our discussions, we talked about a range of issues. We discussed, most prominently, the interests of both countries in moving forward on a free trade agreement. This is something that has been discussed for quite some time. I have instructed Ambassador Kirk, our United States Trade Representative, to begin working closely with President Uribe's team on how we can proceed on a free trade agreement. There are obvious difficulties involved in the process and there remains work to do, but I'm confident that ultimately we can strike a deal that is good for the people of Colombia and good for the people of the United States.

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It's an outrage that we stopped Bush from passing this now we have Obama trying to get it though. We need our pro-union congress people to send the WH a message. NO FTA WITH COLOMBIA! Why? Because the SOA killers are still murdering union members and human rights activists. And NO the situation has NOT improved. Obama said THIS yesterday.

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I commended President Uribe on the progress that has been made in human rights in Colombia and dealing with the killings of labor leaders there, and obviously we've seen a downward trajectory in the deaths of labor unions and we've seen improvements when it comes to prosecution of those who are carrying out these blatant human rights offenses. President Uribe acknowledges that there remains more work to be done, and we look forward to cooperating with him to continue to improve both the rights of organized labor in Colombia and to protect both labor and civil rights leaders there.

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NONE of that is true. Anyway I'm posting this as a heads up to the unions. We need to stop this NOW before it gets going. Obama can bring the FTA up but that doesn't mean democrats have to vote for it.

I would be nice to kill this baby now while it's still in the cradle.

Here's the whole statement......
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-President-Obama-and-President-Uribe-of-Colombia-in-Joint-Press-Availability/

Here's the WH contact page. I just emailed him. Say don't even bring it up!

http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/