Fliering at BK in NYC
Saturday MAY 12th
Noon: Meet at Union Square South (by the steps)
Proceed to flier and deliver manager letters at:
Burger King
519 6th Ave, b’twn 13th and 14th
Burger King
115 E 23rd St, At Park Ave.
See www.fairfoodnyc.org [1] for more
From the SP-USA
As part of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers Fair Food Campaign, a campaign endorsed and supported by the SPUSA, the Student Farmworker Alliance (SFA) has called for Fair Food Actions on May 11-12th.
Party members, supporters and local affiliates are encouraged to take part.
Check out the Party's Fair Food/Immigrant Solidarity website at for information.
Take action in your community and let Burger King know that you won't accept a day more of inaction while injustice and human rights violations continue in the fields where BK's tomatoes are picked.
Also check out the CIW site ( [2] ) to see the report from last weekend's exciting "Clean Clothes, Fair Food" conference and protest in New York City!
In Unity,
Greg Pason
National Secretary
Socialist Party USA
ACTION ALERT FROM THE CIW
Greetings,
The historic Taco Bell [3]and McDonald's [4]agreements were two huge steps down the path to farmworker justice, and students and youth were pivotal in both campaigns. Today, the movement for Fair Food continues as the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and its allies look to expand the precedents of these agreements to the world's #2 burger chain: Miami-based Burger King.
Mark your calendars and start organizing today to join students and young people across the country this May 11-12 in calling on Burger King to work with the CIW to address the human rights crisis in Florida's fields. Click here [5]for action ideas you can take in your own community, including dropping off the newBK manager letter [6].
While BK uses the purchasing power of thousands of restaurants to drive down tomato prices - and, consequently, tomato pickers' wages - it has publicly rejected [7]working with the CIW to address human rights abuses in the fields (offering, instead, to "re-train" farmworkers to work in its restaurants). As one CIW member put it, "We're not unemployed. We want dignity and we want them to take responsibility for the conditions we work in the fields."
Even as it refuses to work with the CIW, however, BK recently announced an initiative to improve the treatment of farm animals [8]in its supply chain.
This May 11-12, let's send a strong message to Burger King that Florida's farmworkers and their student/youth allies are committed to making fast food into fair food - one burger chain at a time:
- Action ideas [9]
- Burger King manager letter [10]and flyer [11]
- Connect with local SFA members [12]in your community
- Burger King campaign analysis [13]
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Student/Farmworker Alliance
http://sfalliance.org [14]
http://ciw-online.org [15]
http://myspace.com/sfalliance [16]
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