Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
Sojourners, a faith-based social justice organization in DC, has set up an online letter writing campaign against McDonald’s and in support of the CIW. You can personalize the letter, of course, and if you are not a person of faith, feel free to remove the faith language. But as a working template, it’s a really great start. It has all the right information and makes all the right demands! I encourage everyone to sign the letter and send it via the Sojourners website. It’s fast and easy… and every little bit of pressure makes a difference.
http://go.sojo.net/campaign/Fair_Wages
Look out for a reminder of our next meeting, Thursday February 8th, at 6:30. Details to follow.
Peace,
Audrey Sasson
FFNYC
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
Winning Hearts and Stomachs: Hostility to America, but Lines at McDonald’s
The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/28/AR2007012801048.html?referrer=emailarticle
By Sebastian Mallaby Monday, January 29, 2007; A15
Last week brought fresh evidence of America’s fallen standing in the world: The BBC polled 26,000 people in 25 countries and found that less than a third regard U.S. influence as positive. But one symbol of America — a more enduring one than President Bush, by far — provided some more cheerful news. McDonald’s reported its strongest business results in three decades, and brisk sales in supposedly anti- American countries were a large part of the reason. More…
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
Grower sued by migrant workers Suit claims pay less than minimum wage
By Pat Gillespie Ft. Myers News Press
pgillespie@news-press.com Originally posted on January 31, 2007
Nearly 200 migrant workers have filed a federal lawsuit against a produce company that grows tomatoes in Immokalee for paying them, they say, less than minimum wage.
The lawsuit, filed Monday in Fort Myers, was filed on behalf of more than 3,000 people comprising indigent migrant workers who live in Mexico and who worked for Ag-Mart Produce Inc. during the 2005-06 tomato season.
Ag-Mart, which does business as Santa Sweets Inc., grows grape tomatoes in North Carolina, New Jersey and Florida, including Immokalee. The company is based in Plant City. The group’s attorney, Gregory Schell, said all 177 workers named in the lawsuit worked in Immokalee.
More…
Monday, January 22nd, 2007
Join activists from around the city for our next planning meeting. Bring your ideas and energy, as we begin a new year of campaigning in solidarity with the farmworkers in Immokalee.
Where: 339 Lafayette St. buzzer #11 NYC (corner of Bleecker & Lafayette Sts, by the 6 train Bleeker street station, one block north of Houston).
When: 6:30 pm, Tuesday, January 23rd
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Fair Food NYC is an independent group supporting the Coalition of the Immokalee Workers.
For more about their struggle, visit http://www.ciw-online.org.
Contact fairfoodnyc(at)gmail.com or visit http://www.fairfoodnyc.org for more information or to get involved.