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TACO BELL TRUTH TOUR MARCH
Date:
Friday, March 08, 2002
Time:
4:30 PM
-
6:30 PM
Event Type:
Protest
Organizer/Author:
Location Details:
We will meet at 4:30pm for a protest and rally at the Taco Bell at
Mission and Valencia. At 5:30pm we will march to the Taco Bell at 16th and
Mission for another protest and rally at 6:00pm.
The Bay Area 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. We are
planning a great rally and march with speaches from the Immokalee Workers, UFW
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. The benefit will start at 7 pm at 255 Potrero St.
+++JOIN THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR THE SF ACTION+++
We need your help to pull this event off. Our next planning meeting is
scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 20th 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 will be organized to transport people from the Bay Area down to LA/Irvine
for the convergence. Housing will be provided. For more info on the buses,
please email ciwbayarea@hotmail.com or call (510)646-1887.
++++Worker Solidarity!++++Justice For Farm Workers!++++
*Why we protest Taco Bell?
Taco Bell is one of the principal buyers of the tomatoes picked by the
farmworkers in Immokalee, Florida. They buy 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.
And you are invited to be part of this historic caravan! There are a number
of ways that you can participate -- you could join the
Immokalee workers for the entire two-week tour, or you could jump into the
caravan at any point along the way (we are especially encouraging people to
join us on the California leg from San Francisco to LA/Irvine), or you could
come for an exciting two days of action at the national convergence in Los
Angeles/Irvine, CA, on March 10 and 11 as we march on Taco Bell.
Who is Coalition of Immokalee Workers?
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), a farmworker organization based in
Immokalee, Florida, has asked to meet with Taco Bell representatives to
discuss the working and living conditions of the farmworkers who pick Taco
Bell's tomatoes.
for more information, please visit: http://www.ciw-online.org
for questions about the Bay Area action, email ciwbayarea@hotmail.com or call
(510)649-1887
Added to the calendar on Tue, Feb 3, 2004 10:24AM
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