Monday, December 11th, 2006
Latest From Immokalee
Hey everyone,
In exciting campaign news, our allies at Chicago Jobs With Justice and United Students for Fair Trade have officially endorsed the Alliance for Fair Food ! We’re looking forward to working together with Chicago JwJ and USFT in the months ahead. If you belong to an organization that is interested in joining the AFF, contact us today!
Also, this holiday season, take a moment to vote for McDonald’s for a special recognition: The 2006 Jobs With Justice Grinch of the Year! For the unwillingness of this multi-billion-dollar giant to pay just a penny more per pound of tomatoes to improve the lives of farmworkers in its tomato supply chain, McDonald’s truly deserves the label of “Grinch.” Visit www.jwj.org today to cast your write-in vote for McDonald’s, and click here for more campaign background & talking points.
Finally, today, students at Purdue University continue their hunger strike, now in its 24th day, demanding their university purchase its apparel from suppliers who guarantee their workers the right to organize and a living wage. Visit www.purduehungerstrike.org for more info, and take action in solidarity with the hunger strikers by clicking here.
A special note - former Chilean dictator Pinochet has died, never having been brought to justice for his many crimes (committed with U.S. support). Check out Indymedia and Democracy Now for more news and analysis.
And as always, stay tuned to the SFA and CIW sites for all the latest news and analysis from the Campaign for Fair Food.
Thanks,
SFA
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Marc Rodrigues
Student/Farmworker Alliance
(239) 292-3431
http://sfalliance.org
http://ciw-online.org
http://myspace.com/sfalliance