Sign the Consumer Rights Pledge

Shine the spotlight on the WTO's attack on consumer rights

In a set of recent decisions, the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled against U.S.country-of-origin labels on meat, dolphin-safe labels on tuna, and the ban on sweet-flavored cigarettes designed to combat youth smoking. [Learn more]

These are the policies we rely on to allow us to protect children’s health and make informed decisions as consumers. Under current rules, the U.S. will have to water down or eliminate these policies, or face trade sanctions.

Take the pledge and stand up to the WTO's attack on our consumer rights.

Tell your friends and family to sign the pledge as well. The more names that sign on, the better chance we'll have of gaining the attention of the public, media, President Obama and Congress. We'll do our part to shine the spotlight on your terrific work. This is only the beginning of all of our efforts.

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In a matter of months, the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled against three popular U.S. consumer policies: our country-of-origin labels on meat; dolphin-safe tuna labels; and a ban on sweet-flavored cigarettes that were marketed to lure teens to start smoking.

Previously, we’ve seen this global commerce agency facilitate offshoring of jobs to low-wage countries and rule against a series of health and environmental laws around the world. Now the WTO has even ruled against consumers’ basic right to know where products come from and how they are produced.

Enough is enough!

When the WTO rules against a policy, countries are pressured to water down or eliminate their laws. Our government must not cave in and follow a WTO order to gut our laws, if necessary by eliminating any funding to make a WTO-ordered roll back possible.

I pledge NOT to support trade deals that include similar anti-consumer provisions.

I also pledge to alert my community and my elected representatives to the WTO attacks on our consumer policies.

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Number Date Name Location
3904 Mon May 20 18:51:26 EDT 2013 carol jagiello bloomingdale, NJ
3903 Mon May 20 17:48:00 EDT 2013 Esperanza Crespin Lubbock, TX
3902 Sun May 19 11:50:42 EDT 2013 william anderson reynoldsville, PA
3901 Thu May 16 19:18:10 EDT 2013 Dorri Raskin Northridge, CA
3900 Thu May 16 16:37:12 EDT 2013 michael greenspan Coral Springs, FL
3899 Thu May 16 15:16:38 EDT 2013 patrick runions loveland, CO
3898 Thu May 16 11:01:09 EDT 2013 Eric Genheimer Troy, MI
3897 Thu May 16 10:49:14 EDT 2013 Dorothy Lebovitz Upland, CA
3896 Thu May 16 00:40:53 EDT 2013 Myra Rieger Denver, CO WE must not let this happen!!!!!!!!!
3895 Wed May 15 21:45:31 EDT 2013 Larry Sellers Lafayette, IN
3894 Tue May 14 17:01:46 EDT 2013 Erik Sperling Washington, DC
3893 Sun May 12 12:15:36 EDT 2013 Bob Prosser Holland Patent, NY
3892 Sun May 12 12:06:05 EDT 2013 Peter Prosser Holland Patent, NY
3891 Fri May 10 11:49:34 EDT 2013 Rosalie Salvato Burbank, CA
3890 Wed May 08 22:43:44 EDT 2013 Charleen Breckenridge Owings Mills, MD
3889 Sun May 05 17:12:25 EDT 2013 Ann Vogel Washington, DC
3888 Sun May 05 01:13:30 EDT 2013 Anonymous Northampton, PA
3887 Sat May 04 23:23:11 EDT 2013 Kathy Karaba Battle Creek, MI
3886 Thu May 02 20:49:23 EDT 2013 sandra miller spokane, WA
3885 Tue Apr 30 17:30:48 EDT 2013 Wesley Lemont Irving, TX
3884 Fri Apr 26 18:05:39 EDT 2013 Ilse Funk Cherry Valley, NY
3883 Fri Apr 26 07:11:04 EDT 2013 Steven Whitney Dobbs Ferry, NY
3882 Sun Apr 21 04:40:12 EDT 2013 Terry Floyd Scottsdale, AZ
3881 Sat Apr 20 12:39:45 EDT 2013 Bruce Hlodnicki Indianapolis, IN
3880 Fri Apr 19 08:03:52 EDT 2013 Brad McDonough Woburn, MA
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