GOOD NEWS! (from down south) Another major victory for the Coalition of Immokalee Workers! Nearly a decade ago they organized one of the largest hunger strikes in US Labour history + one of the most effective modern boycotts (against Taco Bell). As a result of these highly creative and confronational actions - and so much more - in 2005 Yum Foods (the worlds largest fast food company) caved to the workers demands and became the first industry leader to intentionally increase the wages of farmworkers and adopted the first enforceable Code of Conduct for agricultural suppliers. In the years since corporate giants like McDonalds, Burger King, Subway, Trader Joes and Whole Foods followed. A couple of days ago Wal-Mart joined. “Through this collaboration, not only will thousands of hard-working farmworkers see concrete improvements to their lives, but millions of consumers will learn about the Fair Food Program and of a better way to buy fruits and vegetables grown and harvested here in the U.S,” said Cruz Salacio, a spokesman for the Coalition of Immokalee Workers.
Posted on: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 21:53:17 +0000
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