CITIZEN ALERT v1.200
IMMOKALEE WORKERS
News from the School of the America's Watch:
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) has scored an amazing victory in their struggle for farm labor justice. This morning, the CIW, McDonald's, and its suppliers announced an agreement that guarantees:
SOA Watch congratulates CIW on this groundbreaking victory in their ongoing campaign for fair wages and better working conditions, respect for fundamental human rights and an end to modern-day slavery in the agricultural industry. This is a testament of grassroots power!
SOA Watch and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers have had a long-running relationship of mutual collaboration for several years. SOA Watch activists have joined the CIW for demonstrations at the headquarters of Taco Bell's parent company in Louisville, Kentucky and on the Taco Bell Truth Tours, and CIW members traveled to Georgia to participate in the growing November actions to close the School of the Americas at the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia.
The CIW has figured prominently in the annual November protests. In 2004, the story of exploitation in Florida's tomato fields served as the central theme of a spectacular, 500-person street theater that was preformed in front of 16,000 people. In 2006, CIW members spoke from the stage to over 20,000 people and addressed the links between militarism and the modern agricultural industry.
Justice will prevail. Just as it is only a matter of time until the School of the Americas will be shut down, there's also no doubt that fundamental rights to a decent wage and fair working conditions in the tomato fields of Florida will be won.
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) has scored an amazing victory in their struggle for farm labor justice. This morning, the CIW, McDonald's, and its suppliers announced an agreement that guarantees:
1. A penny more per pound to workers harvesting tomatoes for McDonald's;
2. A stronger code of conduct based on the principle of worker participation;
3. And a collaborative effort to develop a third party mechanism for monitoring conditions in the fields and investigating workers' complaints of abuse.
SOA Watch congratulates CIW on this groundbreaking victory in their ongoing campaign for fair wages and better working conditions, respect for fundamental human rights and an end to modern-day slavery in the agricultural industry. This is a testament of grassroots power!
SOA Watch and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers have had a long-running relationship of mutual collaboration for several years. SOA Watch activists have joined the CIW for demonstrations at the headquarters of Taco Bell's parent company in Louisville, Kentucky and on the Taco Bell Truth Tours, and CIW members traveled to Georgia to participate in the growing November actions to close the School of the Americas at the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia.
The CIW has figured prominently in the annual November protests. In 2004, the story of exploitation in Florida's tomato fields served as the central theme of a spectacular, 500-person street theater that was preformed in front of 16,000 people. In 2006, CIW members spoke from the stage to over 20,000 people and addressed the links between militarism and the modern agricultural industry.
Justice will prevail. Just as it is only a matter of time until the School of the Americas will be shut down, there's also no doubt that fundamental rights to a decent wage and fair working conditions in the tomato fields of Florida will be won.
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