Protest Slavery and Exploitation in the Cocoa Industry!

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Nationwide Day of Action to Stop Slavery and Exploitation in the Cocoa Industry! Tell See's Candies to start selling Fair Trade Chocolate!

**February 14th at See's Candies Stores!**

*Corporate Headquarters in South San Francisco!*
12 noon, 210 El Camino Real, South San Francisco

To get involved and get information about carpooling from Global Exchange contact Melissa at melissa [at] globalexchange.org or 415-255-7296 x 352

For other locations in the Bay Area, see below!

What's Happening?
* 43% of the world’s cocoa comes from the Ivory Coast, a country where child slave labor was recently uncovered on cocoa plantations! Cocoa workers who are actually paid get wages that leave them at the edge of poverty and starvation.

How can This Be?
* The world market price of cocoa has fallen so low- currently at 40 cents
per pound- that cocoa plantation owners have been forced to use child slaves
or pay their workers poverty wages.
* Though many companies in the US chocolate industry have agreed to work towards ending child slavery, their plan includes no provisions to insure that adult workers are given fair working conditions and wages, which is the only way to guarantee that slavery doesn't resurface or continue in secret.
* Not a single company in the $13 billion US Chocolate industry sells
Fair Trade Certified Chocolate, meaning that cocoa workers will be left
with poverty wages even after child slavery is eradicated.

Outraged? Join us on February 14th!!

On February 14th, we will gather at See’s candies to deliver hundreds of special Valentines asking See’s to “have a heart" and commit to purchasing at least 5% of their cocoa as Fair Trade Certified. To make this a success, we need YOU to come to the actions AND help before the Day of Action by collecting signatures for the Valentines and making some special signs. Contact one of the organizers listed below to get involved!!

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If you have any problems getting in touch with the organizer in your area, please contact Melissa at Global Exchange, melissa [at] globalexchange.org, 415-255-7296 x 352."

Berkeley, CA
12 pm
2170 Shattuck Ave
Bridget Meyer
bridgetmeyer [at] hotmail.com
650-756-0826

Oakland, CA
12 pm, 3295 Lakeshore Avenue
Dress
weddress [at] juno.com
510-597-1540

Palo Alto, CA
12:30-2:30
123 Stanford Shopping Center
Merrian Fuller
merrianfuller [at] hotmail.com

South San Francisco, CA (**Corporate Headquarters**
12 pm
210 El Camino Real
Deborah James, Global Exchange
fairtrade [at] globalexchange.org
415-255-7296 x 352

San Francisco, CA
4 pm, 542 Market Street
Melissa Schweisguth, Global Exchange
melissa [at] globalexchange.org
415-255-7296 x 352

San Francisco, CA
4 pm, 1519 Polk St
Mike Dean
sfomike [at] pacbell.net

San Jose, CA
12 pm
134 Eastridge Mall
Tawny Haydock, , saphireknight23 [at] yahoo.com
Rosemary Everett, snjmcajp [at] igc.org

San Jose, CA
11 am - 1 pm,
Prospect Street
Gaye Friedman
Akilah [at] ix.netcom.com

San Rafael, CA
3 pm
921 4th St.
Marion Irvine
mirvineop [at] juno.com