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“Because a tractor doesn’t tell the farmer how to run the farm” Testimony by Lucas Benitez

“Because a tractor doesn’t tell the farmer how to run the farm” Testimony by Lucas Benitez

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Testimony by Lucas Benitez Before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Good Morning.  It is a tremendous honor to be here today testifying in front of this committee in such a storied institution as the United States Senate. I thank you for this once in a lifetime opportunity. At the same time, of course, the reason I am >> Read More

Truth Tour, “Concert for Fair Food”

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Truth Tour, "Concert for Fair Food" rock Chicago's House of Blues and shakes the house of fast-food!... By all measures, the 2007 Truth Tour was a landmark event, from the announcement of the precedent-setting agreement with McDonald's and its suppliers at the Carter Center in Atlanta to the unforgettable "Concert for Fair Food" at Chicago's House of Blues! Click here >> Read More

CIW, McDonald’s, McD’s suppliers reach agreement to improve farmworker wages and working conditions!

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CIW, McDonald's, McD's suppliers reach agreement to improve farmworker wages and working conditions! With the arrival of the 2007 Truth Tour in Chicago just days away, the CIW, McDonald's, and its suppliers gathered at the Carter Center in Atlanta on Monday, April 9, to announce an agreement that guarantees: A penny more per pound to workers harvesting tomatoes for McDonald's; >> Read More
McDONALD’S USA AND ITS PRODUCE SUPPLIERS TO WORK WITH THE COALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS

McDONALD’S USA AND ITS PRODUCE SUPPLIERS TO WORK WITH THE COALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contacts: Lucas Benitez(239) 503-0133 or (239) 986-2364 William Whitman McDonald’s USA (630) 623-6745 ATLANTA – The (CIW), and McDonald’s USA, working with McDonald’s produce suppliers, today announced plans to work together to address wages and working conditions for the farmworkers who pick Florida tomatoes. Beginning in the 2007 growing season, McDonald’s USA, through its produce suppliers, will >> Read More

PACK YOUR BAGS, WE’RE HEADING TO CHICAGO!

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Final preparations are underway in Immokalee and across the country as the 2007 McDonald's Truth Tour is set to hit the road... In Minnesota, CIW member and 2003 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award Laureate Romeo Ramirez addressed community, student, and labor gatherings as the Twin Cities gear up to send a delegation to Chicago. Read a story from one >> Read More

NATIONAL STUDENT ORG’S TELL McD’S CEO SKINNER: “OUR PATIENCE IS ALL BUT EXHAUSTED”

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Nine of the country's leading student organizations have sent a joint letter to McDonald's on the eve of the 2007 Truth Tour, advising McD's CEO Jim Skinner to "not underestimate our tenacity or the proven strength of our alliance with Florida's farmworkers." The student letter comes only a week after 185 religious leaders sent their own letter to McDonald's. The >> Read More

THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH TAKES A STAND FOR FAIR FOOD!

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2.4 million-strong Church joins AFF in calling for Fair-Food that respects human rights, not fast-food that exploits human beings! At its meeting in Portland, Oregon, earlier this month, the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church adopted a resolution to support the Alliance for Fair Food. The resolution: "calls on the church to promote principles and practices of socially responsible purchasing >> Read More

SHAREHOLDER RESOLUTION CALLING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTIONS IN McD’S SUPPLY CHAIN MOVES FORWARD FOLLOWING SEC RULING!

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In a March 22nd letter to McDonald’s Corporation from the Securities and Exchange Commission, the SEC announced that it was “unable to concur” with McDonald’s attempts to exclude a shareholder resolution submitted by CIW allies from the McDonald’s 2007 Proxy Statement.  As such, McDonald’s shareholders should have the opportunity to vote on the resolution, entitled “Human Rights Standards,” at the >> Read More