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"
You
and your friends -- your fellow students, neighbors, co-workers, or members
of your church -- are the very heart of this
campaign!
If you have
come to this site because you want to help make FAIR FOOD a reality, you
can use the tools below to bring the Taco Bell boycott to your community.
But, first...
Please consider donating to the CIW!We
need your support to keep the boycott, the anti-slavery campaign, and
everything else we do going strong!
Click on the Pay Pal link below to send a secure donation now!
Now, here are some great
tools for organizing at home:
E-mail
Petition send an email to Emil (Emil Brolick, TB's CEO)
Or, send an automated fax to Emil Brolick, Taco Bell CEO,
from this link
on the United Church of Christ web site - It's easy and a
great way to support the boycott without even getting up from your seat!
Thanks for joining us, and don't
forget to send us any news, photos, or media reports on actions in your
community -- we'll post them as soon as we can and your action can help
motivate thousands of visitors to the site across the country!
Coalition
of Immokalee Workers
WHO
WE ARE
1995 General Strike
Immokalee, Florida
The CIW is today spear-heading the Taco
Bell boycott. But before we launched the national boycott in April of
2001, we had been organizing locally for many years in an effort to
modernize labor relations in Florida's fields, improve wages and working
conditions for our members, and eliminate modern-day slavery.
To learn more about the history of the
Coalition, you can go to the CIW site
where you'll find all the non-Taco Bell info on the Coalition from 1995
to 2001, including past CIW campaigns, Press Archives, Photo Galleries,
and more!
1997 General Strike
Immokalee, Florida
Or, you can simply click on some of
the links here below to go directly to the pages from the CIW site that
interest you... just remember to hit the back button on your browser
to return to the boycott site!:
Every year is the Year of the Worker in Immokalee, because
Immokalee is a town of workers. The community grew out of
the need for labor created by the agricultural industry
in Florida and its fight for better wages and labor relations
is what has put it on the map today. This banner, created
by several CIW members, reflects that fight, depicting the
upcoming march on Taco Bell headquarters in Irvine, California.
As the 2004 party got started, the line was long (and a
little unruly...) at the sign-up table, where people filled
out surveys on the CIW's new low-power FM radio station
(letting their preferences for music, language, and program
content be known for the radio team putting the new station
on the air) while others signed up for the Truth Tour in
February.
But once the music started, the party really got going,
with a record five bands playing this year.
And, of course, the biggest crowd-pleaser was again, as
always, Fernando Arau of "Despierta America,"
Univision's incredibly popular national morning show.
An as always, Fernando's jokes and heartfelt solidarity brought
smiles to faces, young and old.
But this time, Fernando brought a friend... Ana Maria Canseco,
a co-host on Despierta America. The dynamic between the created
a scene that, if possible, topped even Fernando's unforgettable
appearances at past Year of the Worker events.
The two, joined by Lucas Benitez of the CIW, acknowledged the
crowd's applause...
Then posed for the first of what must have been hundreds of
photos with appreciative CIW members.
And appreciative we were. We conclude the report from the 2004
Year of the Worker Party with this montage...
a
montage of the faces of the CIW...
faces
of Immokalee...
... faces of people who have one day a year to celebrate their
tremendous contribution to this country, and that day -- in
Immokalee -- is the CIW's Year of the Worker Party. See you
in 2005!
