Sunday, Sept. 30
Solidarity Action with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Flyer: JPEG PDF
More info: meghan@sfalliance.org or 727.744.7706
Support of Immokalee Workers
On
September 30, members of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW)-- a
farmworker organization from Immokalee, FL--will be stopping in St.
Petersburg as part of a state-wide "Focus on Florida" mini tour to
bring people together for education and action around its currentcampaign
against Miami-based Burger King.
Please make plans to join the CIW for the following events in St. Petersburg on Sunday, September 30th:
- 6:30pm - Peaceful Rally for Justice at Burger King: 4570 34th St. S. Join the CIW and their local student, faith and community allies for a
spirited action at Burger King. Art will be available, but feel
free to make and bring your own!
- 7:45pm - Film Screening & Campaign Presentation: Cafe Bohemia, 937 Central Ave.
Come out to Cafe
Bohemia to learn more about the lives of Florida
farmworkers, the CIW and how you can take action locally to support the
Campaign for Fair Food. A silent auction of donated art work will
be held during the event on Sunday evening (samples below). The bids
will close at 8:45 p.m. All items should be paid for
by check payable to the " Coalition of Immokalee Workers."
Funds will be used for renovation costs of the CIW's new Community
Center in downtown Immokalee..
The CIW has already secured two
groundbreaking agreements with both Yum Brands and McDonald's to
improve wages and working conditions for thousands of Florida tomato
pickers in those companies' supply chains, and has now turned its
"Campaign for Fair Food" to Miami-based Burger King, asking them to do
the same.
And yet, in the face
of this historic opportunity to improve the lives of the men and women
who pick its tomatoes, Burger King has refused to work with the CIW, an
act which threatens to undermine the hard-won advances established in
the Yum Brands and McDonalds agreements.
For more information or with any questions, please contact Meghan Cohorst at meghan@sfalliance.org or 727.744.7706.
http://ciw-online.org/index.html
Some of the artwork to be auctioned:
For more information on the Coalition of Immokalee Workers:
http://ciw-online.org/index.html