Farmworkers Organize to Fight McDonald's Corporation

[countryjake]

Farmers not lovin' tomato-picking pay
McDonald's studying impact of penny-a-pound wage increase

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/01/mcdonalds.farmers.ap/index.html

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April 1, 2006

CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- Farmworker advocates crowded the sidewalk outside McDonald's flagship restaurant Saturday, demanding better wages for the people who pick the tomatoes used by the fast-food giant.

Police officers kept the drive-thru open at the busy downtown intersection as several hundred protesters pounded on drums and held signs that read "I'm Not Lovin' It" -- a play on McDonald's advertising slogan.

Rolando Sales, 26, said workers who must fill 125 buckets to make $50 a day are being exploited so that McDonald's can purchase tomatoes at a low price. "We put food on the table for families all over this country," Sales said in Spanish. "We are asking McDonald's to take some responsibility as a corporation."

The rally was organized by the Florida-based Coalition of Immokalee Workers, which represents the largely Hispanic work force.



Coalition of Immokalee Workers
http://www.ciw-online.org/


McDonald's Truth Tour 2006: The Real Rights Tour!
http://www.ciw-online.org/2006truthtour/dailyupdates.html

[countryjake]

1. kick

[im10ashus]

2. K&R!

Thanks for posting this article!

:kick:

[countryjake]

3. Check out the link about the tour...great pictures and video...

stopping slavery in the fields by pounding on the door of the problem...I love those "We're not lovin' it!" signs. I hope their caravan raised awareness of McDonald's "cheap food" and produces some results. That's one corporation that needs to be brought to its knees.

[Heidi]

4. Power to the people!

Great thread and links! :kick: