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RFK Statement on McDonald’s Partnership with SAFE

Posted on June 15, 2006October 15, 2020 by CIW

For several years, the RFK Center for Human Rights has followed with dismay the appalling wage and work conditions in the US agricultural industry. Over the last 25 years, farmworker wages have been stagnant, as large-scale corporate purchasers hold down the price of produce. Sweatshops in the fields have become the norm, and slavery has reemerged. As a representative workers >> Read More

McDonald’s Truth Tour Reportback

Posted on May 30, 2006October 15, 2020 by CIW

5/27: CIW TALKS TO SHAREHOLDERS AT MCDONALD'S ANNUAL MEETING... CIW members, allies, and Alliance for Fair Food members confronted McDonald's Board of Directors and shareholders at their annual meeting in Oak Brook, IL on Thursday asking McDonald's once again to put aside their PR campaign and to take up meaningful steps towards real change for the farmworkers >> Read More

Lucas Benitez’s Remarks at McDonald’s Shareholder Meeting

Posted on May 26, 2006October 15, 2020 by CIW

Oak Brook, IL My name is Lucas Benitez and I´m representing MCG-JMR Joint Venture. I am a leader of the CIW, a farmworker organization in southwest Florida. Today there is a human rights crisis in the fields of Florida. The workers who pick the tomatoes that go in McDonald´s sandwiches and salads work under conditions that can only be described >> Read More

Letter from John J. Sweeney, AFL-CIO to McDonald’s

Posted on May 15, 2006October 15, 2020 by CIW

Richard H. Lenny, Board of Directors McDonald’s Corporation 2111 McDonald's Dr Oak Brook, IL 60523 Dear Mr. Lenny, I am writing to you on behalf of millions of union members and consumers who are part of the AFL-CIO family. We are very concerned about the living and working conditions of Florida’s field workers, especially those who pick tomatoes that end >> Read More

Point-by-Point Comparison: Principles Established in Taco Bell Agreement vs McDonald’s SAFE and Additional Supplier Standards

Posted on May 10, 2006October 15, 2020 by CIW

Taco Bell Agreement McDonald's / SAFE WAGE INCREASE: Taco Bell’s increase of one penny more per pound means workers earn roughly 75 cents/bucket when picking tomatoes for Taco Bell, up from the going rate of 40-45 cents. At the current 40-45 cent rate for a 32-lb bucket of tomatoes, workers earn between 1.25 and 1.4 cents per pound. The >> Read More

Scholars’ Statement Responding to McDonalds Report on Florida Farmworkers

Posted on May 1, 2006October 15, 2020 by CIW

"We are scholars in the fields of labor law, labor relations, and social research. We affirm the conclusions in Professor Bruce Nissen's response to the recent report, commissioned by McDonalds, on Florida farmworkers' working conditions. We agree that the McDonalds report does not meet accepted standards of research, and its findings and conclusions should not be taken seriously." (Institutional affiliations >> Read More

Critical Analysis of the report, Economic Impact: Tomatoes in Florida, Report 1

Posted on April 30, 2006October 15, 2020 by CIW

produced by the Center for Reflection, Education and Action Bruce Nissen Director Research Institute on Social and Economic Policy (RISEP), Florida International University nissenb@fiu.edu 305-348-2616 The report Economic Impact: Tomatoes in Florida, Report 1 was commissioned by the McDonald’s Corporation and completed by the Center for Reflection, Education and Action (CREA) in April 2006. An examination of the conditions and >> Read More

“RFK MEMORIAL POVERTY TOUR: A TOUR FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE” KICKS OFF IN IMMOKALEE!

Posted on April 28, 2006October 15, 2020 by CIW

AFL-CIO President John Sweeney joined long-time friend Mrs. Ethel Kennedy on the first stop of the "Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Poverty Tour: A Tour for Social and Economic Justice" this Sunday, April 23, in Immokalee. The tour marked the 40th anniversary of Robert Kennedy's now famous “poverty tour”, which included a stop in Delano, CA, with Cesar Chavez and >> Read More

Scholars’ Statement on Rights of Farmworkers Producing for McDonalds

Posted on April 24, 2006October 15, 2020 by CIW

Scholars’ Statement on Rights of Farmworkers Producing for McDonalds April 24, 2006 Signatories: * Robert B. Reich Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Former Secretary of Labor * William B. Gould IV Professor of Labor Law, Stanford Law School Former Chair, National Labor Relations Board * Paul C. Weiler Professor of Labor Law, Harvard Law School >> Read More

Letter to McDonald’s from Most Reverend John R. Manz

Posted on April 18, 2006October 15, 2020 by CIW

Mr. James Skinner, CEO McDonald's Corporation 2111 McDonald's Drive Oak Brook, IL 60523 Dear Mr. Skinner, As the Episcopal Liaison to Migrant Farmworkers for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, I have had the opportunity to visit farmworker communities throughout the United States. In November of 2004, I traveled to Florida and visited with the (CIW). I celebrated Mass >> Read More