Fair Trade Resolution
Seeing what free trade, as opposed to fair trade, is doing to my truck driver brother, my mother in Central America and so many others, fair trade has become an issue close to my heart.
This is another resolution I wrote and offered this year. It passed the precinct and county conventions, but I don’t think it ever made it to the floor at the state covention. Again, feel free to use it if you like:
FAIR TRADE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS: Free Trade agreements have not included adequate protections for workers or the environment; and
WHEREAS: This has created an uneven playing field on which US producers and workers are increasingly unable to compete;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Texas Democratic Party will press for and support legislation that
A. Requires all future trade agreements to be based upon Fair Trade principles;
B. Stipulates enforcement and penalties at a level that will ensure their success;
C. Requires Free Trade legislation already in place to be renegotiated and revised to meet these requirements.