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DESCRIPTION:\nIRVINE, CA- On Friday, Feb. 28th, a hunger strike by the Coalition of 
 Immokalee Workers and thier allies will culminate in a national convergence 
 at Taco Bell HQ. \nThe hunger strike and demonstration outside one of the 
 world’s largest fast-food corporations will dramatically highlight the 
 injustice of fast-food profits derived, in significant part, from 
 farmworker poverty.  \n\nsee: www.ciw-online.org\n\nHISTORY: Since 1997, 
 tomato pickers in Immokalee, Florida’s largest farmworker \ncommunity, 
 have been organizing for the right to join in talks with the state’s 
 corporate tomato growers to find ways to improve farm labor conditions and 
 raise the crop picking-piece rate.  Despite signature drives, three general 
 strikes, marches, and a 30-day hunger strike by six members of the 
 Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) - ultimately ended by the intervention 
 of former President Jimmy Carter - the growers continue to refuse to meet 
 with farm worker representatives and have only marginally raised wages.  
 \n\nWhen workers discovered that Taco Bell is a major buyer of the tomatoes 
 they pick, they informed company executives in January, 2000 of the 
 deplorable wages and working conditions in Florida’s fields and requested 
 a meeting to discuss possible solutions.  To date, Taco Bell has not 
 addressed the concerns of the CIW, and the CIW continues to call for a 
 boycott of Taco Bell. \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/14133.php
SUMMARY:National Convergence for Justice for Farmworkers
LOCATION:Taco Bell hq\n17901 Von Karman\nIrvine, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/14133.php
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