NAOMI KLEIN, NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD, AXIS OF JUSTICE JOIN THE GROWING LIST OF ENDORSERS OF CAMPAIGN FOR FAIR FOOD!

Meanwhile, McD’s top three execs receive over $15 million in bonuses…

As momentum builds for the arrival of the 2007 McDonald’s Truth Tour in Chicago for the April 13th and 14th actions, the list of endorsers of the Campaign for Fair Food continues to grow.

This week alone, endorsements have come in from Naomi Klein (author of "No Logo" and "Fences and Windows"), the National Lawyers Guild, and Axis of Justice (the partnership of Serj Tankian of System of a Down, on left in the photo above, and Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, that has built a coalition of artists and activists to fight for social change). More endorsements are on the way, as artists and human rights activists continue to express their support for a more just food industry.

And speaking of justice in the food industry… Do check out this little item from the Chicago Tribune when you get a chance, "McDonald’s CEO gets $8.8 million bonus." The article tells of McDonald’s recent distribution of bonuses to its top three executives totalling over $15 million.

Where does McDonald’s get the money for such hefty bonuses? Well, in part, by leveraging the buying power of its more than 30,000 restaurants to demand the lowest prices possible for its ingredients. In other words, some of those $15 million come straight out of Immokalee, where workers haven’t seen a real raise in the picking piece rate for nearly thirty years.

Taking food from the mouths of thousands of farmworkers and their families, who live in grinding poverty, to give it to three of McDonald’s top executives, who live in great wealth… the same executives who, in their infinite wisdom, say that McDonald’s can’t afford to pay farmworkers one penny more per pound… Are you ready to join us in Chicago yet?