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30 November, 2005Trade unions and civil society organisations call for WTO negotiations to stop and a full public assessment of the impact of trade on employment and development.
GLOBAL: Trade unions and civil society organisations are calling on World Trade Organisation (WTO) members to stop negotiating new trade rules.
The call comes amid concerns that the current negotiations will lead to the massive destruction of livelihoods, mass unemployment and the degradation of work.
The IMF joins more than 100 organisations in signing a statement calling for a full public assessment of the impact of trade on employment and development and a stop to the current round of WTO negotiations.
"The proposals to further liberalize agriculture, industrial production and services will lead to an immense new wave of unemployment and the worsening of existing jobs and livelihoods in developed as well as developing countries at the expense of the profits of a few transnational corporations."
A copy of the full statement can be viewed in English, Spanish, French, German and Swedish at the Public Services International (PSI) website: http://www.world-psi.org/wtoandjobs
Organisations (not indiviuals, please) wanting to sign the statement should send a message to Mike Waghorne and Violaine Roggeri at the PSI with the full name of your organisation.
The call comes amid concerns that the current negotiations will lead to the massive destruction of livelihoods, mass unemployment and the degradation of work.
The IMF joins more than 100 organisations in signing a statement calling for a full public assessment of the impact of trade on employment and development and a stop to the current round of WTO negotiations.
"The proposals to further liberalize agriculture, industrial production and services will lead to an immense new wave of unemployment and the worsening of existing jobs and livelihoods in developed as well as developing countries at the expense of the profits of a few transnational corporations."
A copy of the full statement can be viewed in English, Spanish, French, German and Swedish at the Public Services International (PSI) website: http://www.world-psi.org/wtoandjobs
Organisations (not indiviuals, please) wanting to sign the statement should send a message to Mike Waghorne and Violaine Roggeri at the PSI with the full name of your organisation.