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Sun Mar 17 2002
From Sweatshops to Farms: Workers' Rights Compromised Globally
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3/17: A new study finds that despite minor improvements, Indonesian sport shoe factories producing for Nike and Adidas Salomon still fall pitifully short of providing safe-working conditions. Meanwhile, 700 workers in shoe factories in Maine recently lost their jobs, as the company relocated production to sweatshops in China. The Chinese laborers will earn approximately 3% of what the U.S. employees had earned.
3/12: Upwards of 1000 people marched on Taco Bell's corporate headquarters in Irvine today, culminating the Taco Bell Truth Tour, a cross-country caravan to raise awareness of ongoing abuse of workers by the fast-food chain. Afterward, members of Coalition for Immolakee Workers met with representatives from Taco Bell to discuss the farmworkers' demands. Full coverage from the LA IMC | Boycott Taco Bell.org On 3/8, a rally in SF marked the local stop on the tour. The fast food chain is notorious for its purchase of tomatoes from farms that subject pickers to vile working conditions. In a related action on 3/14, protesters contested Safeway's reliance on genetically engineered (GE) foods, which have potentially devastating effects on both consumer health and the environment.
3/12: Upwards of 1000 people marched on Taco Bell's corporate headquarters in Irvine today, culminating the Taco Bell Truth Tour, a cross-country caravan to raise awareness of ongoing abuse of workers by the fast-food chain. Afterward, members of Coalition for Immolakee Workers met with representatives from Taco Bell to discuss the farmworkers' demands. Full coverage from the LA IMC | Boycott Taco Bell.org On 3/8, a rally in SF marked the local stop on the tour. The fast food chain is notorious for its purchase of tomatoes from farms that subject pickers to vile working conditions. In a related action on 3/14, protesters contested Safeway's reliance on genetically engineered (GE) foods, which have potentially devastating effects on both consumer health and the environment.
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