Hearings are scheduled for April 7th in the U.S. House Ways and Means committee on CAFTA – the Central American Free Trade Agreement. A coalition to stop CAFTA is calling on all working families to contact Congress and express opposition to the biggest free trade agreement in ten years. Labor unions oppose CAFTA because it will mean another round of NAFTA-like destructive jobs loss. CAFTA does not include protections for worker’s rights. The AFL-CIO says the agreement will utterly fail to create good jobs and sustainable development for Central American countries. CAFTA, the AFL-CIO says, will leave working families, farmers and the environment vulnerable while further enriching and empowering the corporate elites. Ten years of NAFTA wiped out more than 879,000 jobs while real wages in Mexico have actually fallen, according to the Economic Policy Institute. Human Rights Watch says workers in Central America are denied basic rights like the right to organize and collectively bargain. April 10th through the 16th will be a global week of action against CAFTA. Organizers are urging workers everywhere to join the fight.