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"Amid fierce debates about unfettered trade, environmental degradation, and worker rights, Missoulians were treated last week to an approximation of the turmoil surrounding the World Trade Organization ministerial meetings, when the Montana World Affairs Council and the Independent sponsored a community teach-in titled &amp;ldquo;Globalization: Friend or Foe?&amp;rdquo; at the University of Montana. Darrell Holzer, state political director for the Montana AFL-CIO, led the evening off with a scathing indictment of the effects of global free trade on the rights of workers, saying, &amp;ldquo;The more I investigate into the globalization issue, the more disturbed I become &amp;hellip; about the future of my children, and their future of work opportunity in this country.&amp;rdquo; Holzer said that agreements like the North American Free Trade Agreement have resulted in &amp;ldquo;hundreds and hundreds of thousands of lost jobs in this country.&amp;rdquo; He blamed this country&amp;rsquo;s widening trade imbalance on factors such as predatory dumping and free trade agendas being pushed by multinational corporations."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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