PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
(U.S.A.)
Office of the General Assembly
THE REV. DR. CLIFTON
KIRKPATRICK, STATED CLERK
May 21, 2004
IN RESPONSE TO YUM
BRANDS “OFFER” AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING
"After three years
of a consumer boycott, Taco Bell and its parent company
Yum Brands have acknowledged that farm workers are at
the heart of their operation and that farm workers’
wages and working conditions must change. But the company’s
recent offer is not a concrete offer to assure those
who pick tomatoes for Yum’s suppliers any increase
at all in the current unjust and inadequate wages they
receive, and is clearly not enough. Our sisters and
brothers who pick tomatoes continue to suffer. The Presbyterian
Church (U.S.A.) urges Yum Brands to take concrete steps
now in cooperation with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers
to bring real change to the way Yum does business and
to the egregious conditions under which farm workers
continue to labor."
The Presbyterian Church
(U.S.A.) has approximately 2.5 million members, 11,200
congregations and 21,000 ordained ministers. Presbyterians
trace their history to the 16th century and the Protestant
Reformation
For more information
on the Presbyterian Church and its support for the Taco
Bell Boycott visit
www.pcusa.org/boycott
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