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Fla. Tomato Pickers Still Reap ‘Harvest of Shame’

Posted on February 28, 2005October 15, 2020 by CIW

The Washington Post By Evelyn Nieves, Staff Writer Monday, February 28, 2005; Page A3 IMMOKALEE, Fla. -- The best part of the farm workers' day may be 4 a.m., still pitch black out, when they gather in a concrete building on the corner of Third and Main for hot coffee and bread. Minutes later, hundreds of them, almost all men, >> Read More

CIW MEMBER NAMED MOTHER JONES MAGAZINE’S “HELLRAISER OF THE MONTH”!…

Posted on July 5, 2004October 15, 2020 by CIW

Here's a little taste from the "Hellraiser" column of the July issue of Mother Jones Magazine, in which the CIW's own Lucas Benitez (L) is featured: "'Picking is dignified, honest work that deserves to be treated as such. This community of workers is... clearing the path for those who will come behind us. It's not something that can wait for >> Read More

Lucas Benitez Inspires and Challenges Folks on Long Island

Posted on June 30, 2004October 15, 2020 by CIW

A report on CIW member Lucas Benitez' tour of Long Island by Rev. Noelle Damico As members of the CIW kicked off their NW Tour in Seattle, Lucas Benitez kicked of a mini-tour in Long Island NY, accompanied by the Rev. Noelle Damico, National Coordinator of the Taco Bell Boycott for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Thursday morning, Lucas spoke to >> Read More

Root Cause People’s March to Miami to protest the FTAA ministerial meeting a huge success!

Posted on February 18, 2004October 15, 2020 by CIW

Over a thousand marchers poured into Miami on Tuesday, Feb. 18th, for the culmination of the 3-day, 34-mile "Root Cause" march, calling for trade policies that respect human rights and the environment. The march went off without a hitch, and with overwhelming popular support from the people of the Miami area along the march route, despite a steady drumbeat of >> Read More

Palm Beach Post – RFK Award for Human Rights

Posted on November 23, 2003October 15, 2020 by CIW

I am the CIW! ¡Soy yo la Coalicion! Julia Gabriel: "Como trabajadores y mujeres, tenemos que luchar por nuestros derechos y contra la violencia tanto en la labor como en la casa" "As women and as workers, we have to fight for our rights and against violence both in the fields and in our own homes" Click Here To >> Read More

LETTER FROM FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER

Posted on November 20, 2003October 15, 2020 by CIW

To Lucas Benitez, Julia Gabriel, and Romeo Ramirez I commend the decision of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights to honor you as its human rights laureates for 2003. Along with your colleagues in the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, you have shown great moral clarity and bravery as you work to improve sub-standard working and living conditions >> Read More

WASHINGTON DC, 4/13/03 3,000 OUTSIDE TACO BELL AT 14th & U!

Posted on April 14, 2003October 15, 2020 by CIW

Sunday, April 13, saw one of the biggest, most exciting actions to date in the two-year old Taco Bell boycott, as over 3,000 people joined CIW members in a powerful protest to demand that Taco Bell take responsibility for the sweatshop conditions in the fields where its tomatoes are picked. How did such a remarkable action come about? Solidarity, >> Read More

For pickers, Slavery tastes like tomatoes

Posted on March 30, 2003October 15, 2020 by CIW

By Greg Asbed, Special to The Palm Beach Post When farm workers from the camped outside of Taco Bell corporate headquarters in Irvine, Calif., last month -- with dozens staging an unprecedented hunger strike, calling on Taco Bell to take responsibility for sub-poverty wages and labor abuses in the Florida fields where its tomatoes are picked -- they asked reporters >> Read More

Letters from Religious Leaders to Emil Brolick

Posted on September 30, 2001October 15, 2020 by CIW

Letter from Cardinal Roger Mahoney to Emil J. Brolick -- September 12, 2001: Archdiocese of Los Angeles Sept. 12, 2001 Mr. Emil Brolick President Taco Bell Corp. 17901 Von Karman Irvine, CA 92614 Dear Mr. Brolick: For some thirty-six years now I have been very closely involved with efforts here in California to improve wages, benefits, and working conditions of >> Read More