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The CIW's 2008 Northeast Subway Tour comes to 2640!
Thursday Dec 4, 6PM @ 2640 (2640 St. Paul St.)
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the United Workers come together for a colorful presentation of their Human Rights Campaigns. Come early for warm tamales, hot chocolate and coffee with the workers at 6pm… Stay for a dynamic presentation of the CIW's "Campaign for Fair Food" and the United Workers' "Human Rights Zone Campaign".
The planned demonstration at Subway has been cancelled as of Dec. 2nd due to another important CIW victory. For updates check www.ciw-online.org.
you'd like to help at this event, e-mail marina@justharvestusa.org and
For more on the 2008 Northeast Subway Tour (now a victory) visit, www.ciw-online.org.
"The CIW is an internationally-recognized human rights organization working to eliminate modern-day slavery and sweatshop labor conditions from Florida agriculture. Members are largely Latino, Haitian, and Mayan Indian immigrants working in low-wage jobs throughout the state of Florida. The Campaign for Fair Food began with a Boycott of Taco Bell in 2001 and has included victories with Taco Bell, McDonald's, Burger King, and recently, Whole Foods and Subway (Dec 2nd). It continues strong asking the food industry to come to the table with farmworkers and address the human rights crisis in its tomato supply chain and help put at end to sweatshops and modern-day slavery."
"The United Workers is a poor people's multi-racial and bilingual human
rights organization, founded by homeless day laborers, fighting to secure
the human rights of everyone, everywhere.
After securing Living Wages at Camden Yards, the United Workers decided to
extend and expand their victory to the Inner Harbor, declaring the Inner
Harbor a "Human Rights Zone". The United Workers is uniting all low-wage
workers across the Inner Harbor to demand their Economic Human Rights to
dignity, jobs, health care, and education."
www.unitedworkers.org
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