March for Fair Food

Lawrence Fair Food, Kansas Mutual Aid and the Lawrence Coalition for Peace and Justice organized the March for Fair Food on August 25, 2007. The march was in solidarity with the Coalition of Immokalee Worker's campaign for just wages for farmworkers in the state of Florida. After a four year successful boycott of Taco Bell and a two year campaign against McDonald's that won pay increases and improved working conditions for thousands of workers who pick tomatoes for the fast food industry. The CIW has now turned its attention to Burger King. The CIW's
simple demand: one penny more per pound of tomatoes picked and an end to
virtual slavery in the fields of Florida. photos by ailecia ruscin

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items are from 25 Aug 2007.