Tag: McDonald’s

“This is the best workplace-monitoring program I’ve seen in the US”…  Don’t miss today’s New York Times story on the Fair Food Program!

“This is the best workplace-monitoring program I’ve seen in the US”… Don’t miss today’s New York Times story on the Fair Food Program!

[caption id="attachment_25182" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Auditor from the Fair Food Standards Council, the third-party monitoring body tasked with ensuring the implementation of hte Fair Food Program, conducting an interview with workers on a tomato farm in Florida[/caption] Front page New York Times story takes a close look at Fair Food Program, traces trajectory of Florida tomato industry "from being the worst >> Read More

National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI) Rebukes Supermarket Giant Ahold for Misleading, Stalling Tactics in Response to Farmworker Rights Campaign

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Kate Caldwell +1 215.913.6026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, September 1, 2010 – Ahold, a Royal Dutch company that owns supermarkets throughout the United States and Europe, is “dragging its feet on farmworker justice in its supply chain and attempting to co-opt the good name of a leading human rights organization, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), >> Read More
“Two roads diverged…”

“Two roads diverged…”

“Two roads diverged…” Those are the famous first words of Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken.”  The poem tells of a traveler faced with a choice between two roads. After some contemplation, he ultimately chooses the “one less traveled by.”  His choice, the traveler tells us, “made all the difference.” Last week, the Florida Tomato Growers Exchange (FTGE), the >> Read More
Jobs with Justice of East Tennesse Letter to Burger King Manager

Jobs with Justice of East Tennesse Letter to Burger King Manager

JOBS WITH JUSTICE OF EAST TENNESSEE 1124 North Broadway Knoxville, Tennessee 37917 Manager Burger King 2806 North Broadway Knoxville, TN 37917 Dear Sir: Jobs With Justice of East Tennessee is a coalition of grassroots communiity groups, students, churches, and labor unions that advocates for worker rights and economic justice. We are demonstrating at your place of business in support of >> Read More
McDONALD’S USA AND ITS PRODUCE SUPPLIERS TO WORK WITH THE COALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS

McDONALD’S USA AND ITS PRODUCE SUPPLIERS TO WORK WITH THE COALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contacts: Lucas Benitez(239) 503-0133 or (239) 986-2364 William Whitman McDonald’s USA (630) 623-6745 ATLANTA – The (CIW), and McDonald’s USA, working with McDonald’s produce suppliers, today announced plans to work together to address wages and working conditions for the farmworkers who pick Florida tomatoes. Beginning in the 2007 growing season, McDonald’s USA, through its produce suppliers, will >> Read More
SAVE THE DATE! April 13-14…

SAVE THE DATE! April 13-14…

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers announces a major mobilization for farmworker justice, April 13-14, 2007, in the greater Chicago area.  Make your plans to join us for historic actions that will usher in a new phase in the Campaign for Fair Food. CIW: “Today, we are tired, in the words of Martin Luther King Jr., of ‘relying on the good >> Read More

Sample letters you can send to the CEOs of McDonald’s, Subway, and Burger King asking them to follow Taco Bell’s lead, meet with the CIW, and move now to address human rights violations in Florida’s tomato fields:

McDonald's: Mr. Jim Skinner, CEO McDonald’s Corporation McDonald’s Plaza Oak Brook, IL 60523 Dear Mr. Skinner, As a supporter of the historic agreement between Taco Bell and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) on March 8, 2005, I am writing to express my sincerest hope that McDonald’s will join Taco Bell in working with the CIW to bring about change >> Read More
Critics say fast feeder should address farm workers’ ‘subpoverty’ wages, conditions

Critics say fast feeder should address farm workers’ ‘subpoverty’ wages, conditions

By Lisa Jennings OAK BROOK, Ill. (Dec. 12) - McDonald's Corp.'s support for new workplace policies created by Florida farmers has drawn a firestorm of criticism from the labor coalition whose four-year boycott of Taco Bell led to its March agreement to pay a penny a pound more for Florida tomatoes. With no less a human-rights champion than former President >> Read More