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The Trade Justice Movement is a British coalition, founded in 2000, of more than 80 organizations campaigning for
trade justice
Trade justice is a campaign by non-governmental organisations, plus efforts by other actors, to change the rules and practices of world trade in order to promote fairness. These organizations include consumer groups, trade unions, faith groups, ...
.
The Trade Justice Movement has a present priority campaign on the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), the European Union ( EU) is negotiating with its former colonies in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific ( ACP) countries.
The coalition also campaigns for effective regulation of the corporations that make up 70% of world trade. In 2006 this included one of the largest UK campaigns of that year with over 100,000 UK voters contacting their MP, resulting in changes to UK company law in the Companies Act 2006.
The Trade Justice Movement includes development and environment NGOs, trade unions, human rights campaigns, Fairtrade organizations, and faith and consumer groups.
The Trade Justice Movement has established a reputation for public mobilization in support of its goals. Its Mass Lobby of Parliament in November 2005 was the largest such event in the history of modern British democracy with 375 MPs lobbied in one day. This surpassed the previous record of 346 MPs lobbied in June 2002, which had also been set by the Trade Justice Movement. In 2003 the coalition staged the biggest national lobby of MPs when more than 500 parliamentarians were lobbied in their constituencies ahead of the WTO Ministerial Conference in Cancún, Mexico, when talks collapsed. In April 2005 the coalition staged the biggest mass protest of the UK election campaign when over 25,000 people filled Whitehall at an all-night vigil.
The Trade Justice Movement secretariat shares the Ibex House, 42-47 Minories premises in
London
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with the
Fairtrade Foundation
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, which advocates for Fair trade labeling in Britain. The coalition's current coordinator is
Glen Tarman
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, formerly publicity manager at OneWorld.net.
In 2005 the Trade Justice Movement was one of the networks at the core of
Make Poverty History
Make Poverty History are organizations in a number of countries, which focus on issues relating to 8th Millennium Development Goal such as aid, trade and justice. They generally form a coalition of aid and development agencies which work togethe ...
, a UK coalition of more than 500 organizations lobbying for the trade justice movement, debt relief, and increased foreign aid.