Colombia's unionists operate in a climate of fear in their country. In 2007 alone, 39 Colombian trade unionists were murdered.
And the Colombian government continues to systematically undermine union members' rights--their freedom to form unions, bargain collectively, go on strike and criticize the government.
Tell your representative to oppose a trade deal with Colombia until their government makes real progress in protecting the lives and rights of union members.
Lets Support The Fight against Predatory Lending with ACORN!
Passing this on! Please call 2 senator today on the committee and urge them to support the bill below. It will only take a few minutes and will send a clear message that we need better laws protecting our homeowners. DO it for a family that is about to lost their home to a bad loan! Thank you for taking action and please circulate the email!
In solidarity, Central Florida JwJ
TOP FLORIDA'S FORECLOSURE EPIDEMIC
Tell the Legislature to take action on Senate Bill 2846 & House Bill 979
You hear it everyday, Floridians are losing their homes at record levels to foreclosure. Families are losing their most valuable asset, local governments are stripped of tax revenue, and property values are plummeting! Thousands of foreclosures could have been avoided if Florida had strong ANTI-PREDATORY LENDING laws. These laws protect homeowners from un-affordable, risky loans. States like North Carolina, Minnesota and California have strong laws on the books and so should Florida.Senate Bill 2846 will be heard in the Banking and Insurance Committee on Tuesday, April 15th. We need calls to these committee members, leadership and YOUR OWN representative and Senator. Message: Please support passage of The Subprime Lending Act (Senate Bill 2846 and House Bill 979). Florida needs to have stronger protections against predatory lending . Home loans with abusive lending terms are a leading cause of foreclosures which are hurting our state's economy. [see below for more talking points]Leadership:
Governor Charlie Crist- Charlie.Crist@myflorida.com, 850-488-7146
Lt. Governor Kottkamp- Jeff.Kottkamp@MyFlorida.com, 850-488-7146
Sen. Pruitt (Senate President)- pruitt.ken.web@flsenate.gov, 850-487-5088
Rep. Rubio (House Speaker)- marco.rubio@myfloridahouse.gov 850-488-1450
Sen. Webster (Senate Majority Leader)- webster.daniel.web@flsenate.gov, 850-487-5047
Rep. Hasner (House Majority Leader)- adam.hasner@myfloridahouse.gov, 850-488-2234
Banking and Insurance Committee Members
Sen. Alexander (Winter Haven), (850) 487-5044, alexander.jd.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Atwater (North Palm Beach), (850) 487-5100, atwater.jeff.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Bennett (Bradenton), (850) 487-5078, bennett.mike.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Gaetz (Fort Walton Beach), (850) 487-5009, gaetz.don.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Peaden (Crestview), (850) 487-5000, peaden.durell.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Posey (Rockledge), (850) 487-5053, posey.bill.web@flsenate.gov
Sen. Storms (Brandon), (850) 487-5072, storms.ronda.web@flsenate.gov
To Find Your Representative, Senatorhttp://www.myfloridahouse.gov/sections/Representatives/myrepresentative.aspx
TALKING POINTS
Last year, Florida's foreclosure filings doubled ending the year with a total of 279,325 foreclosure filings - the second highest foreclosure rate for in the country.
Unless this legislature addresses this problem this year, we will continue to see low qualified borrowers put into predatory subprime loans. Low qualified borrowers in predatory subprime loans is Florida's formula for more foreclosures.
With the number of Adjustable Rate Mortgages due to reset in 2008, unless we enact strong anti-predatory loan protections for Floridians, when they go to refinance they could be put back into bad loans.
With the track that we are going on right now, we could see over a half-million foreclosures in 2008.
Floridians deal with the problem of foreclosures year round. The Legislature only has 60 days to get it right.
The time for legislative action is now.
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