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ROBERT F. KENNEDY MEMORIAL CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS RESPONSE TO YUM BRANDS OFFER

Posted on March 1, 2004October 15, 2020 by CIW

"After three years of a consumer boycott led by the , Taco Bell and its parent company, Yum Brands, have acknowledged that farmworkers are a critical component of their operations and that the abominable wages and working conditions farmworkers now face can and must change. Yum has accepted in principle that it needs to set standards for its suppliers. But >> Read More

Palm Beach Post – RFK Award for Human Rights

Posted on November 23, 2003October 15, 2020 by CIW

I am the CIW! ¡Soy yo la Coalicion! Julia Gabriel: "Como trabajadores y mujeres, tenemos que luchar por nuestros derechos y contra la violencia tanto en la labor como en la casa" "As women and as workers, we have to fight for our rights and against violence both in the fields and in our own homes" Click Here To >> Read More

Slavery? In Florida? In 2003? Yes

Posted on November 23, 2003October 15, 2020 by CIW

By Dan Moffett, Palm Beach Post Editorial Writer Sunday, November 23, 2003 Each year since 1984, the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights gives an award to courageous activists somewhere in the world. The past winners are a diverse collection of men and women who fought against most every conceivable injustice that infects the human spirit. Among them >> Read More