Concern # 8: Corporate Dominance/Globalization

The development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially by free trade, free flow of capital, and the tapping of cheaper foreign labor markets.

For each category of concern we provide a list of issues, sample messages and the mailing address of the corporate CEOs
who need to be encouraged to Give a Ratz Ass about the damage they cause.
Drink the water, write the message, mail the bottle. Give a Ratz Ass!

Issues
TransPacific Partnership Pact	Secret trade agreement that contains dangerous precedents
Congressman Jim McDermontt WA-7 1035 Longworth HOB Washington, DC 20515 USA	INFO: Electronic Frontier Foundation NEWS: Obama Seeks Agreement With Mexico, Canada on TPP	There has been criticism and protest of the negotiations from global health experts, internet freedom activists, environmentalists, organized labor, advocacy groups and elected officials, in large part due to the secrecy of the negotiations, the expansive scope of the agreement, and controversial clauses in the drafts leaked to the public.
International Monetary Fund	Out of touch with local economic conditions, cultures, and environments in the countries they are requiring policy reform
International Monetary Fund 700 19th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20431 USA	INFO: Globalizaton 101 NEWS: A Disruptive Proposal by the IMF	A country may also be compelled to accept conditions it would not normally accept had they not been in a financial crisis in need of assistance
Prisons	Preserve Human Rights
Federal Bureau of Prisons 320 First St., NW Washington, DC 20534 USA	INFO: ACLU NEWS: The Prison Industry in the US -- Big Business or a New Form of Slavery?	Mass incarceration provides a gigantic windfall for one special interest group—the private prison industry—even as current incarceration levels harm the country as a whole.
G8	Leaders of the eight wealthiest countries meet to continue Globalization.
The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 USA	INFO: Global Issues NEWS: Small farmers in Malawi kept in the dark about G8 New Alliance	These countries are able to push policies and agendas in formal world institutions such as the World Bank.
WTO	Accused of widening the social gap between rich and poor it claims to be fixing.
Centre William Rappard Rue de Lausanne 154 Geneva, 21 CH-1211 Switzerland	INFO: Global Exchange NEWS: WTO agreement condemned as deal for corporations, not poor of the world	The lack of transparency is often seen as a problem for democracy. Politicians can negotiate for regulations that would not be possible or accepted in a democratic process in their own nations.
Outsourcing	Would globalization work without cheap, exploited labor?
Representative Jerry McNerney 1210 Longworth HOB Washington, DC 20515 USA	INFO: American Engineering Association NEWS: Global outsourcing has downsides	The advantages of global outsourcing are minimal compared to the enormous gains in efficiency, productivity, quality and revenues that can be achieved by fully leveraging local talent.
NAFTA	Data show that NAFTA projections of broad economic benefits from the deal have failed to materialize.
Office of the United States Trade Representative 600 17th Street NW Washington, DC 20508 USA	INFO: Public CItizen NEWS: 20 year Legacy of Job Loss from NAFTA	Millions have suffered job loss, wage stagnation, and economic instability from NAFTA. Scores of environmental, health and other public interest policies have been challenged. Consumer safeguards, including key food safety protections, have been rolled back.