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Taco Bell Boycott Stories: A new website series…

Posted on May 15, 2019October 15, 2020 by CIW

[caption id="attachment_30196" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Workers from Immokalee build a pyramid of picking buckets outside Taco Bell parent company Yum Brands' corporate headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky, in 2003. The pyramid represented the number of 32-lb buckets of tomatoes a worker needed to pick to earn the minimum wage at the 40-cent per bucket piece rate that had been stagnant for nearly >> Read More

You CAN go home again…

Posted on March 11, 2014October 16, 2020 by CIW

[hupso_hide][hupso title="Short title" url="the URL"] CIW returns to Louisville, the birthplace of Fair Food, to visit with dear old friends and rekindle powerful alliances for the Wendy's campaign! In March, 2005, Taco Bell's parent company Yum Brands, based in Louisville, KY, signed the first-ever Fair Food agreement with the CIW after four long years of boycott. During those four years, >> Read More

“Sweet Victories ’05” — TACO BELL BOYCOTT CITED IN NATIONAL YEAR-END REVIEWS!…

Posted on January 2, 2006October 15, 2020 by CIW

In what should be a portent of great things to come in 2006, the Taco Bell Boycott victory has been cited in several national year-end reviews as a highlight of positive social change in 2005. From "The Nation" to "Truthout" and "WorkingForChange," national media identified the gains acheived through the boycott victory as a concrete reason for hope for those >> Read More

CIW RECEIVES TOP INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR TACO BELL BOYCOTT!

Posted on November 2, 2005October 15, 2020 by CIW

On Wednesday, November 2, at a gala awards ceremony in San Francisco, Gerardo Reyes of the CIW received the 2005 Business Ethics Network (BENNY) Award in the name of the farmworker community in Immokalee that spearheaded the successful Taco Bell Boycott. Here's an excerpt from the BENNY Award press release: "SAN FRANCISCO: Last evening, in a speech that brought the >> Read More

NEW WAVE OF HIGH-PROFILE SUPPORT AS TRUTH TOUR NEARS DEPARTURE!…

Posted on May 12, 2005October 15, 2020 by CIW

As workers in Immokalee put the final touches on plans for the 2005 Truth Tour, unprecedented support for the Taco Bell boycott continues to roll in. Yet another wave of prominent artists have added their names to the growing roster demanding an end to sweatshops in the fields. This time, the list includes one of America's favorite and most versatile >> Read More

VALENTINE’S DAY PROTESTORS TO YUM: “HAVE A HEART!”

Posted on February 14, 2005October 15, 2020 by CIW

Boycott supporters in Louisville, Kentucky are continuing to prepare for the 2005 Truth Tour and March 12th National Convergence with a series of protest actions and educational events throughout the city. On February 14, a delegation of community members (above) decided to pay Yum headquarters a heartfelt visit to give a small preview of what's in store for the weeks >> Read More

Christians to Fast, Pray during let for a just resolution of the Taco Bell Boycott

Posted on February 11, 2005October 15, 2020 by CIW

Contacts: Johnny Zokovitch, Pax Christi USA (352-219-8419); Arnold Nelson, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) (317-635-3100); Noelle Damico, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (631-371-9877); Virginia Nesmith, National Farm Worker Ministry (314-726-6470); Neil Michaud, Peace and Justice Office, Diocese of Venice, Roman Catholic Church (941-255-1353); CIW website: www.ciw-online.org; PC(USA) website: www.pcusa.org/boycott; LOUISVILLE, KY – National and regional leaders of Christian churches have called upon >> Read More

OVER 16,000 CONVERGE AT FT. BENNING, CALL FOR END TO SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS!…

Posted on November 22, 2004October 15, 2020 by CIW

CIW and the Taco Bell boycott at center of weekend activities!... From the School of the Americas Watch report: "Over 16,000 people from across the Americas—including actors Martin Sheen and Susan Sarandon—gathered this weekend outside the gates of Ft. Benning, Georgia in the most diverse demonstration yet of opposition to the School of the Americas (SOA), a combat-training school for >> Read More

Boise State U. employee resigns over Taco Bell contract!

Posted on October 28, 2004October 15, 2020 by CIW

The campaign by BSU students to end the university's sponsorship contract with Taco Bell is gathering steam. According to the BSU paper, The Arbiter: "Two weeks ago, (Dean) Gunderson submitted his resignation to the BSU Planning and Facilities Department. He said the choice stems from his moral difficulties with the sale of the Pavilion naming rights to a local Taco >> Read More

UCLA SAYS “NO MAS” TO TACO BELL; NW TOUR ROLLS ON!…

Posted on October 25, 2004October 15, 2020 by CIW

The Associated Students of UCLA voted to end Taco Bell's contract this past Friday (10/22), following a strong showing of student support for the respect of human rights on UCLA campus (including the "tomato bucket race" pictured here, where students participate in a Social Justice Alliance event raising student awareness about the conditions in Florida's tomato fields.) Check out the >> Read More