THE LATEST NEWS ON CIW ACTIONS AND MEMBERS
Slavery in the Fields
This article on the Coalition's Anti-Slavery Project discusses one of the most extreme forms of abuse that results from the lack of modern labor relations in the fields:
Miami Herald (7/9/01) "New law targets forced labor: Modern-day slavery persists"
El Nuevo Herald (7/9/01) "Explotan a miles de 'esclavos' en EU"
Taco Bell Boycott:
ON TACO BELL CAMPAIGN - GENERAL
Weekly
Planet, "Picking a Fight" June
7-13. This is an excellent
article that ties the history of the Coalition with the Taco
Bell boycott:
"In today's anti-corporate atmosphere, the chances that people will choose not to buy are pretty good. Many of those who are beginning to insist that corporate responsibility should go with huge corporate profits are students -- exactly the demographic that Taco Bell targets. There are hundreds of Taco Bells on college campuses around the country and plenty of students who'd just as soon shut them down as buy products that are made by exploiting workers."
New
California Media (7/6/01) "Tomato Pickers Protest Rotten
Deal"
BBC News story: "Florida tomato pickers urge tomato boycott" (3/3/01)
Christian Science Monitor story: "Florida farmworkers take on fast food giant" (2/1/01)
Palm Beach Post EDITORIAL: "Raise the Chalupa" (2/5/01)
Naples Daily News story, I (2/7/01) and Naples Daily News story, II (2/18/01)
AP story: "Farmworkers ask Taco Bell for aid in improving field conditions" (2/2/01)
"SUMMER OF ACTION
IN THE TACO BELL BOYCOTT"
Pasadena Independent (6/28/01) - Protest in Pasadena, CA (Check back soon...update forthcoming!)
Fresno Alliance* (June 2001) - The CIW in Fresno (Click on the story titled "No Quiero Taco Bell")
Union Labor News (June 2001) "UW Students Urge 'Boycott Taco Bell" - Protest in Madison, WI
Daily Planet "Students Support Taco Bell Boycott" (5/23/01) - Protest in Berkeley, CA
Daily Bruin** (5/17/01) - "Don't write off UCLA labor because media ignores it" - Student activism with labor at UCLA
*The actual percentage of tomatoes Taco Bell buys from Immokalee is not known as of yet.
**The three general strikes and the 30-day hunger strike took place before the Taco Bell boycott began.
ON MAY DAY PROTESTS
Palm Beach Post Editorial: "From Nike to Taco Bell" (5/8/01)
Tallahassee Democrat Op/Ed: "Like Nike, Taco Bell must not support suffering" (5/5/01)
Gainesville Sun report: "UF students join protest over tomato dispute" (5/02/01)
Palm Beach Post report: "Tomato pickers protest at Taco Bell" (5/02/01)
Naples Daily News report: "Protesters target Taco Bell over farming conditions" (5/02/01)
IN SPANISH
La Opinion: "Campesinos piden boicot contra Taco Bell" (5/7/01)
ON NOTRE DAME PROTEST
Op-ed on the Boycott: "Take charge of your taco" (4/5/01)
Article on the Protest: "Students protest Taco Bell" (4/9/01)
Op-ed on the Protest: "Burrito revolution" (4/10/01)
Answer
to Op-ed: "Plan goes beyond protest"
(4/13/01)
ON ORLANDO PROTEST (4/01/01)
Orlando Sentinel story: "Taco Bell protesters call for boycott" (4/2/01)
Florida Catholic story (4/5/01)
ON TALLAHASSEE PROTEST (2/25/01)
Tallahassee Democrat: "Protesters march around Taco Bell" (2/26/01)
Naples Daily News: "Immokalee Workers join in Capital Taco Bell protests" (2/26/01)
ON ST. PETE PROTEST (2/18/01)
St. Pete Times story: "Migrants protest at Taco Bell" (2/19/01)
Tampa Tribune story: "Protesters seek pay for pickers" (2/19/01)
Weekly Planet story: "Taco Hell" (2/18/01)
March for Farmworker Justice (Jan. 14 - 15, 2001):
- Editorial: "Governor should keep pledge to farm workers", Daytona News-Journal, 12/30/00
- "Immokalee workers join 400 in farm-issue march", Naples Daily News, 01/15/01
- "22 Miles on the Road to Justice", St. Petersburg Times, 01/15/01
- "Hundreds march to protest wages", St. Petersburg Times, 01/14/01
- "Hundreds of Florida farmworkers plan march on Tallahassee", AP/Naples Daily News, 01/14/01
Agricultural Guestworker Legislation Defeated!:
- 12/16/00: Sarasota Herald Tribune article on the death of the guestworker bill
- 9/29/00: Immokalee group protests proposed guest worker bills (Ft. Myers News Press)
- 10/04/00: Wall Street Journal Article on H2A Bill and Protest
- 09/21/00: Coalition of Immokalee Workers sees new House bill as 'legalized slavery' (Naples Daily News)
CIW and other farmworker organizations hold press conference in Tallahassee, announce "month of protest":
- 10/23/00: Farmworkers conclude fast on Capitol steps in Tallahassee (Naples Daily News)
- 10/22/00: Farm workers fasting as form of protest (Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
- 10/22/00: Farmworker protests continue with two-day fast in Tallahassee (Naples Daily News)
- 10/08/00: Farmworker protests begin with rally against "guestworker" bill and governor's rejection of agricultural summit proposal at joint appearance by George and Jeb Bush in New Port Richey, Florida (St. Petersburg Times)
- 10/06/00: Bush refuses to intervene (Naples Daily News)
- 10/06/00: Florida farmworkers protest after Bush refuses to mediate dispute (AP - Daytona News- Journal)
- 10/06/00: Farmworkers want talks with growers (Tallahassee Democrat)
- 10/05/00: Farmworker groups to bring pay issues to state capital today (Naples Daily News)
CIW contributes to another successful 'modern day slavery' prosecution in Immokalee with U.S. Justice Department:
- 10/20/00: Immokalee man convicted of kidnapping (Naples Daily News)
- 10/18/00: Drama marks 'modern day slavery' trial (Ft. Myers News Press)
CIW and Radio Energia sponsor "Hispanic Culture 2000 Festival" in Ft. Myers; Latino Grammy nomineee to perform:
- 9/30/00: In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Hispanic Culture 2000 Festival presented by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and WWCL-AM radio, is scheduled Sunday in Terry Park. (Ft. Myers News Press)
- 10/01/00: Over
8,000 attend CIW/Radio Energia Hispanic Culture Festival!
(Naples Daily News)