Pressure on McDonalds
Now Will Make a
Difference in the
Lives of Thousands
of Workers.

This October 27-28th, join us in standing with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) to end sweatshops and modern-day slavery in the fields!

The Student/Farmworker Alliance (SFA) calls for two days of widespread, decentralized protest actions to show McDonald's that Immokalee's workers are not alone in this fight.

In NYC we are organizing 2 days of actions

Friday October 27th 4:30 – 6pm at Union Square McDonalds at 17th and Broadway followed by a leaflet and post card signing at critical mass

Saturday October 28th 3pm – 4:30pm at Times Square McDonalds at 46th and Broadway

To get involved contact Liz (elizabeth.wagoner@gmail.com) or Lauren (lkarch@riseup.net)

The CIW – a grassroots organization of mostly Latino, Haitian, and Mayan Indian low-wage immigrant workers based in Southwest Florida – won its four-year boycott of Taco Bell in 2005. Now the CIW and its allies are organizing to extend these precedent setting gains throughout the rest of the fast-food industry. Over the last year, however, McDonald's has consistently responded to the dire human rights crisis in the fields as a mere public relations crisis, threatening to roll back the advances the CIW has won through years of struggle.

This October 27-28th, join students and young people across the country in
standing with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to end sweatshops and
modern-day slavery in the fields!

With strong support from students and youth, the CIW won its four-year
Taco Bell Boycott in 2005. Now the CIW and its allies are organizing to
extend these precedent-setting gains for farmworkers throughout the rest
of the fast-food industry. Over the last year, however, fast-food giant
McDonald's has consistently responded to the dire human rights crisis in
the fields as a mere public relations crisis, threatening to roll back the
advances the CIW has won through years of struggle.

Immediately following the CIW's McDonald's Mini-Tour – which will travel
from Immokalee, Florida to McDonald's headquarters outside Chicago,
Illinois from October 14-24th – the Student/Farmworker Alliance calls for
two days of widespread, decentralized actions on October 27-28th to show
the fast-food giant that Immokalee's workers are not alone in this fight.

The time is now for students and youth – what McDonald's calls its
advertising “sweet spot” – to demonstrate to the Golden Arches that if it
refuses to work with the CIW for real labor reform in its supply chain, we
will soon become its sore spot. Start organizing today in your community
for the Days of Action, and don't miss out on this pivotal “1-2 Punch!”
Let us know what you're planning, and be sure to send us photos of your
colorful, creative actions!

For more info visithttp://www.ciw-online.org/.

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