BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:www.indybay.org PRODID:-//indybay/ical// v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-4703 SEQUENCE:4703 CREATED:20040203T182400Z DESCRIPTION:The Bay Area is one of the stops of the exciting\nand inspiring cross-country caravan---the TACO BELL TRUTH TOUR---which will\nvisit fifteen cities after leaving Florida in just a few weeks. We are\nplanning a great rally and march with speaches from the Immokalee Workers, UFW \nco-founder, DOLORES HUERTA, members of local communities fighting similar \nstruggles and many others.\n\nThe rally will be followed by a benefit social event featuring music, food, and\nmore great speakers. The benefit will start at 7 pm at 255 Potrero St.\n\n+++JOIN THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR THE SF ACTION+++\n\nWe need your help to pull this event off. Our next planning meeting is\nscheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 20th at 7 pm @ Global Exchange (2017 Mission St.\n#303).\n\n+++TRAVEL TO LA AND IRVINE FOR THE NATIONAL CONVERGENCE+++\nThe Taco Bell Truth Tour will culminate on March 10th and 11th in LA and Irvine\nfor a major convergence to protest at the Corporate Headquarters of Taco Bell.\n\nBuses will be organized to transport people from the Bay Area down to LA/Irvine\nfor the convergence. Housing will be provided. For more info on the buses,\nplease email ciwbayarea@hotmail.com or call (510)646-1887.\n\n ++++Worker Solidarity!++++Justice For Farm Workers!++++\n\n\n\n*Why we protest Taco Bell?\n\nTaco Bell is one of the principal buyers of the tomatoes picked by the\nfarmworkers in Immokalee, Florida. They buy the tomatoes from the local\ncontractors only paying 40 cents for every 32 lb. bucket of tomatoes to the\nmigrant workers, the same rate paid in 1978. "The tomatoes Taco Bell buys for\nits tacos and Chalupa's are produced in what can only be described as sweatshop\nconditions," said Lucas Benitez of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW),\none of the tour's organizers. "Twenty years of picking at sub-poverty wages, no\nright to overtime pay, no right to organize or join a union, no health\ninsurance, no sick leave, no paid holidays or vacation, and no pension is a\nnational disgrace."\n\nThe CIW is proposing that through negotiations Taco Bell pay 1 cent more per\npound of tomatoes, passing the extra penny on to the pickers, which would\nnearly double their pay.\n\nThe CIW is organizing a cross-country tour to bring attention to and drum up\nsupport for their struggle. The Taco Bell Truth Tour will be stopping in San\nFrancisco on March 8th and will culminate with a major convergence in LA/Irvine\nto protest the Corporate Headquarters of Taco Bell on March 10th and 11th.\n\nAnd you are invited to be part of this historic caravan! There are a number\nof ways that you can participate -- you could join the\nImmokalee workers for the entire two-week tour, or you could jump into the\ncaravan at any point along the way (we are especially encouraging people to\njoin us on the California leg from San Francisco to LA/Irvine), or you could\ncome for an exciting two days of action at the national convergence in Los\nAngeles/Irvine, CA, on March 10 and 11 as we march on Taco Bell.\n\nWho is Coalition of Immokalee Workers?\nThe Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), a farmworker organization based in\nImmokalee, Florida, has asked to meet with Taco Bell representatives to\ndiscuss the working and living conditions of the farmworkers who pick Taco\nBell's tomatoes.\n\nfor more information, please visit: http://www.ciw-online.org\n\nfor questions about the Bay Area action, email ciwbayarea@hotmail.com or call \n(510)649-1887\n\n \n \n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/4703.php SUMMARY:TACO BELL TRUTH TOUR MARCH LOCATION:We will meet at 4:30pm for a protest and rally at the Taco Bell at \nMission and Valencia. At 5:30pm we will march to the Taco Bell at 16th and \nMission for another protest and rally at 6:00pm. \n URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/4703.php DTSTART:20020309T003000Z DTEND:20020309T023000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR