toma toes risen

 the bell has bowed

   tacoville
will recognize 


 florida's 
    little brown 
            tomato skins ....




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March 8, 2005 
 In a precedent-
setting move,
 fast-food industry leader Taco Bell
Corp., 
a division of Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM)
 has
agreed to work 
with the Florida-based farm worker
organization,
 the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW),

to address 
the wages and working conditions 
of
farmworkers 
in the Florida tomato industry.


Taco Bell has recently secured an agreement with
several of its tomato-grower suppliers, who employ the
farmworkers, to pass-through the company-funded
equivalent of one-cent per pound directly to the
workers.



 In 2004, Taco
Bell purchased approximately 10 million pounds of
Florida tomatoes,
 representing 
less than one percent of
Florida’s tomato production.



CIW is a membership-led 
organization of agricultural
workers 
based in Immokalee, Florida,
 that seeks justice
for farmworkers 
and promotes 
their fair treatment in
accordance with national
 and international labor
standards. 

Among its accomplishments, 
the CIW has aided
in the prosecution 
of five slavery operations
 by the
Department of Justice
 and the liberation 
of over 1,000
workers. 
The CIW uses creative methods
 to educate
consumers about human rights 
abuses in the U.S.
agriculture industry, 
corporate social responsibility,
and how consumers 
can help workers 
realize their social
change goals. "

------------ didn't  ceasar chavez 
already do this 35 years ago?

shining  silver avatars 
           rise 
shining silver avatars
           fall

but regardless

eventually 
     the  dark harvest
  gets brought in 
               despite them
                        and 
                       by the fuck load .... 

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