PRESS ARCHIVES
A Selection of Taco Bell Boycott Press

Hundreds of stories have been written about the Taco Bell boycott and the CIW’s work against modern-day slavery since 2001 in local and national papers, as well as in university dailies and religious news services across the country. However, due to changes in many commercial media web sites, and the increasing use of registration or pay requirements to access sites, many of the stories are no longer available on the net. The links below are a collection of those articles still available by good old fashioned clicking — so click away and enjoy the free internet (while you still can)…

HIGHLIGHTS: TEN MUST READ STORIES

* “Human rights dying on the vine,” Los Angeles Times, Op/Ed, Eric Schlosser 5/04 – Boycott
* “Hellraisers: Power to the Pickers,” Mother Jones Magazine 7/04 – Boycott/General
* “Picking a fight,” Orlando Weekly 6/01 – Boycott/General
* “Nobodies: Does slavery exist in America?,” New Yorker 4/03 – Slavery
* “Slavery? In Florida? in 2003? Yes,” Palm Beach Post Op/Ed 11/03 – Slavery/Boycott
* “Immigrant advocates win award,” Washington Post 11/03 – RFK Human Rights Award
* “Farmworkers walk for freedom,” Alternet 11/03 – Root Cause March/Boycott
* “Still harvesting shame,” Palm Beach Post Special Report 12/03
*“Florida’s Fields of Despair: Destitute Farmworkers Exploited,”Miami Herald Special Report 9/03
* “Esclavitud en el siglo XXI,” Univision (reporte de internet con Jorge Ramos), Enero 2004

2004 TACO BELL TRUTH TOUR REPORTS

* “Morello takes on Taco Bell,” Rolling Stone Magazine 3/04
* ” Farmworkers march on Yum Brands in tomato dispute,” Louisville Courier Journal 2/04 (photo gallery)
* “Farmworkers expect to end march with protest,” Naples Daily News 3/04
* “Students protest Taco Bell’s wages for tomato pickers,” The Daily Northwestern 3/04
* “Human rights dying on the vine,” Los Angeles Times, Op/Ed, Eric Schlosser 5/04

2003 ROBERT F. KENNEDY HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD

* “Laborers turned activists win RFK Human RIghts Award,” Boston Globe 11/03
* “Immigrant advocates win award,” Washington Post 11/03 – RFK Human Rights Award

SLAVERY

* “Fear and knowing in Immokalee,” St. Petersburg Times 12/02
* “Florida employers guilty of slavery,” Labor Note 8/02
* “Trafficking for labour,” BBC World News radio report
* “For pickers, slavery tastes like tomatoes,” Op/Ed Palm Beach Post 3/03
* “Report: Modern-day slavery alive and well in Florida,” CNN 2/04
* “Slavery? In Florida? in 2003? Yes,” Palm Beach Post Op/Ed 11/03
* “Esclavitud en el siglo XXI,” Univision (reporte de internet con Jorge Ramos), Enero 2004
* “Nobodies: Does slavery exist in America?,” New Yorker 4/03

BOOT THE BELL CAMPAIGN

* “ND won’t renew Taco Bell contract: Student activists win their point,” South Bend Tribune, 9/04
* “Notre Dame cancels contract with Taco Bell,” The Observer, 9/04
* “Top ten activist campuses,” Mother Jones Magazine 10/03 (U of Chicago chosen for successful Boot the Bell campaign)
* “The political consumer: Or, No quiero labor exploitation,” Portland State University Vanguard, 4/04
* “Hunger strikers attend dean’s lunch to discuss Taco Bell,” University of Florida Alligator 5/04

For a collection of university and local press on the national student hunger strike in April, 2004, click here

* “Demand change by closing Taco Bell,” UCLA Daily Bruin 11/03
* “Taco Bell must protect its suppliers’ workers,” UCLA Daily Bruin 11/03
* “Take Charge of Your Taco,” Notre Dame University 4/01

MARY ROBINSON VISIT TO IMMOKALEE

* “Fast-food giant ignores rights of workers,” commondreams.org 3/04
* “Coalition, dignitaries rally for human rights,” Naples Daily News 3/04
* “Ireland’s former president calls for better farmworker pay,” AP story (Miami Herald) 3/04

ROOT CAUSE MARCH

* “Miami or bust,” Naomi Klein, Guardian of London 11/03
* Lucas Benitez testimony to Congress on free trade, tomapaine.com
* “Farmworkers walk for freedom,” Alternet 11/03

2003 HUNGER STRIKE REPORTS

* “Farmworker protest passed on to religious groups,” Naples Daily News 3/03
* “Florida farmworkers stage ten-day hunger strike at Taco Bell headquarters,” Labor Notes 4/04
* “Hunger strikers end Taco Bell protest,” Irvine World News 3/03
* “Taco Bell addendum,” Naples Daily News 3/03 (scroll down)
* “At Lent, NCC takes up concerns of farmworkers,” NCC News Service 3/03
* “La Raza takes stance against Taco Bell,” Cal State Long Beach Forty-Niner 3/03
* “MEChA boycotts Taco Bell,” San Bernadino Valley College Arrowhead 3/03
* “Protesters starve for tomato pickers,” UCLA Daily Bruin 3/03

2002 TACO BELL TRUTH TOUR REPORTS

* “The Trouble with Tomatoes,” The Nation 3/02
* “Students on the Move, “USA Today 3/02
* “Rage Against the Chihuahua,” LA IndyMedia 3/02
* “Taco Bell Boycott March in SF,” San Francisco Indymedia 3/02
* “Taco Bell Truth Tour Hits Atlanta, demanding One Penny More!.” Atlanta IMC 3/02
* “National boycott tour brings farmworkers to Taco Bell Headquarters,” Naples Daily News 3/02
* “Farm workers to meet executives,” Naples Daily News 3/02
* “West Coast offers warm welcome to Taco Bell Boycott tour,” Naples Daily News 3/02
* “Former farmworker shares tales of modern-day slavery,” Naples Daily News 3/02
* “Taco Bell Truth Tour ends more than two-week cross-country journey,” Naples Daily News 3/02
* “Protesters take aim at Taco Bell,” Deseret News 3/02
* “Getting them where it hurts,” The Weekly Planet (Tampa) 3/02
* “Students spend spring break protesting Taco Bell,” Central Michigan University 3/02

OP/EDS ON BOYCOTT

* “Human rights dying on the vine,” Los Angeles Times, Op/Ed, Eric Schlosser
* ” Slavery? In Florida? in 2003? Yes,” Palm Beach Post Op/Ed 11/03
* “Taco Bell should help tomato pickers,“ St. Petersburg Times 2/02
* “Sell living wage, not talking dog,” Palm Beach Post 3/02
* “Take Charge of Your Taco,” Notre Dame University 4/01
* “Raise the Chalupa,” Palm Beach Post 2/01
* “Demand change by closing Taco Bell,” UCLA Daily Bruin 11/03
* “Taco Bell must protect its suppliers’ workers,” UCLA Daily Bruin 11/03

EARLY STORIES ON BOYCOTT

* “Florida tomato pickers urge boycott,” BBC 3/01
* “Florida farmworkers take on fast-food giant,” Christian Science Monitor 2/01
* “Immokalee farmworkers want Taco Bell support for higher wages,” Naples Daily News2/01
* “Immokalee farmworkes target Taco Bell in fight for better wages, working conditions,” Naples Daily News 2/01
* “Migrant farmworkers take their case to the court of public opinion” Iowa Public TV6/02

OTHER

* “National Council of Churches boycotts Taco Bell,” CNN 11/03
* “Protesters: Taco Bell uses farms that underpay workers,” Louisville Courier Journal 5/03
* “Bush’s bogus guestworker program,” The Nation Online 2/04
* “New book profiles Immokalee man and other who have led inspirational lives,” Naples Daily News 1/02
* “Tomato pickers boycott Taco Bell for higher wages,” Social Funds News (on shareholder resolution) 12/01
* “Farmworkers want Taco Bell at table during talks for pay, working conditions,” Naples Daily News 12/01
* “Yo no quiero Taco Hell,” Working for Change (a publication of Working Assets) 9/01
* “LABOR: Taco Bell boycott called by farmworkers,” Ashville (NC) Global Report 9/01