Taco Bell Protest

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Here's another one to file in your " why you shouldn't

eat here " folders.

 

-Rose

 

 

STOP SWEATSHOPS IN THE FIELDS!

 

SUPPORT THE COALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS (CIW) TACO

BELL TRUTH TOUR!!!

 

WHEN? Friday, March 8, 4:30-6:30 pm

WHERE? Gather at 4:30pm at 24th street and Mission

BART. March at 5:30pm to

the Taco Bell at 16th and Mission for a protest and

rally at 6:00pm.

WHAT? San Francisco is one of the stops of the

exciting and inspiring

cross-country caravan---the TACO BELL TRUTH

TOUR---which will visit fifteen

cities after leaving Florida in just a few weeks.

Speakers will include

farmworkers from the fields of Florida, United Farm

Workers co-founder

DOLORES HUERTA, members of local communities fighting

similar struggles and

many others.

 

The rally will be followed by a benefit social event

featuring music, food,

and more great speakers. Performers include conscious

hip-hop by La Paz. 7pm

at 255 Potrero St.

 

Also, show your support for the Global Women's

Strike! In observance of

International Women's Day, join the demonstration at

the SF Welfare office,

170 Otis Street at 3pm.

 

***MAKE ART & THEATER FOR FARMWORKER JUSTICE!***

Artmaking: Sunday March 3, 11am-8pm

Theater Rehearsal: Wednesday March 6, 7pm both at Art

and Revolution, 2940

16th St at Capp St, SF

 

+++JOIN THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR THE SF ACTION+++

We need your help to pull this event off. We meet

Wednesdays at 7 pm @

Global Exchange (2017 Mission St. #303).

 

+++TRAVEL TO LA AND IRVINE FOR THE NATIONAL

CONVERGENCE+++

The Taco Bell Truth Tour will culminate on March 10th

and 11th in LA and

Irvine for a major convergence to protest at the

Corporate Headquarters of

Taco Bell.

Buses are leaving the Bay Area to join the caravan for

March 9th-11th.

Housing is provided. Contact (510) 841-0690 or

micah_mjc to get

on the bus!!

 

++++Worker Solidarity!++++Justice For Farm

Workers!++++

www.ciw-online.org

 

*Why boycott Taco Bell?

CIW is a community-based farmworker organization in

Florida. They have

called a nation-wide boycott of Taco Bell, the largest

buyer of tomatoes

they pick, in response to continued indifference to

their miserable working

conditions and sub-poverty wages. Taco Bell buys the

tomatoes from the local

contractors only paying 40 cents for every 32 lb.

bucket of tomatoes to the

migrant workers, the same rate paid in 1978. " The

tomatoes Taco Bell buys

for its tacos and Chalupa's are produced in what can

only be described as

sweatshop conditions, " said Lucas Benitez of the

Coalition of Immokalee

Workers (CIW), one of the tour's organizers. " Twenty

years of picking at

sub-poverty wages, no right to overtime pay, no right

to organize or join a

union, no health insurance, no sick leave, no paid

holidays or vacation, and

no pension is a national disgrace. "

 

The CIW is proposing that through negotiations Taco

Bell pay 1 cent more

per pound of tomatoes, passing the extra penny on to

the pickers, which

would nearly double their pay.

 

The CIW is organizing a cross-country tour to bring

attention to and drum up

support for their struggle. The Taco Bell Truth Tour

will be stopping in San

Francisco on March 8th and will culminate with a major

convergence in

LA/Irvine to protest the Corporate Headquarters of

Taco Bell on March 10th

and 11th.

 

For questions about the Bay Area action, email

ciwbayarea or

call (415) 621-8100

 

 

 

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