The Toxic Truth: Unfair Trade Kills

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United Steelworkers Releases Results of Study on Toxic Trade Fatalities. READ THE REPORT HERE.
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
The United Steelworkers released the results of a study showing exactly how toxic trade kills unsuspecting American consumers during a teleconference call today at 10:15 a.m.
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Tell Corporate Insiders: Unfair Trade Kills
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Join us to confront these toxic traders and the corporate lobbyists at the Bush-administration-backed Import Safety Summit. Rally and Street Theater 12 Noon, July 9th Grand Hyatt Hotel, 1000 H St. NW
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Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
Monday, June 23, 2008
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) based in Washington, DC and Oakland, California, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Energy and Commerce, at a hearing on the “Discussion Draft of the ‘Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act’ Legislation: Device and Cosmetic Safety” on May 14, 2008. In alliance with the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics the EWG seeks to tighten product safety standards in the personal care/cosmetics industry.
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Toxic Trader in Pittsburgh
Friday, June 20, 2008
The Toxic Trader showed its evil face in downtown Pittsburgh on Friday. The Toxic Avengers from the United Steelworkers were quick to stop the Trader in it's tracks. The Toxic Trader street performance has been seen in cities all over the country in an effort to expose unfair trade and dangerous products imposed on our communities.
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Toxic Trade- Tires From China
Monday, June 16, 2008
A defect on tires has links to China
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Latest Press Releases

United Steelworkers Releases Results of Study on Toxic Trade Fatalities
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
The United Steelworkers will release the results of study showing exactly how toxic trade kills unsuspecting American consumers during a teleconference call Wednesday, July 9, at 10:15 a.m. The victims include a four-year-old who died after swallowing an imported lead pendant that was attached to his shoe; two Philadelphia carpenters whose van crashed while they were traveling home from work on defective tires manufactured
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'Toxic Trader' Invades Washington, D.C. Protesting Bush's Voluntary Standards Import Safety Conference
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
The United Steelworkers' gigantic "Toxic Trader" puppet will invade Downtown Washington, D.C. today at noon to protest lethal imported products and the Bush administration-supported voluntary import safety summit at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, 1000 H St. NW. The oversized puppet, created by artist Tavia La Folette, whose gargantuan three-dimensional caricatures have toured Europe, Eastern Europe, South America and Japan, will hulk from the AFL-CIO headquarters at noon.
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Workers to March Against Toxic Trade
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
McBush Trade Deals Blamed for Job Loss, Unsafe Products Trade
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USW Hosts Session to Demonstrate Testing Products for Lead
Friday, May 23, 2008
CHRISTIANSTED, St. Croix, VI, May 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United Steelworkers (USW) Women of Steel (WOS) is hosting a lead screening session to educate families about potentially toxic products and the bad trade policies that are allowing them into our homes. The product screenings are part of the USW's international "Protect Our Kids - Stop Toxic Imports" campaign.
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USW Women of Steel Crusade against Toxic Trade
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
(St. Thomas, VI) – The United Steelworkers (USW) Women of Steel (WOS) is hosting a lead screening session to educate families about potentially toxic products and the bad trade policies that are allowing them into our homes. The product screenings is part of the USW’s international “Protect Our Kids – Stop Toxic Imports” campaign.
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Latest Videos

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Latest Photos

 

	5/28/2008 Cleveland Toxic Trade March and Street Theater May 2008
	Jobs with Justice, the United Steelworkers, the United Church of Christ and Working America joined forces to combat Toxic Trade in Cleveland. Schleppy, the Toxic Trade puppet was taken to his knees and beheaded by masked Toxic Avengers in a street theater performance in the Free Speech Quad on May 28th.

	6/14/2008 Pittsburgh Magarac Attack Festival June 2008
	Schleppy the Toxic Trader appeared in Market Square during the Magarac Attack Art Festival in June. Once again the masked Toxic Avengers brought the 15 foot tall Schleppy to his knees and reclaimed the world for the citizens of Pittsburgh.

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