NATIONAL DAYS OF ACTION: Taco Bell Boycott, Nov. 29 - Dec.1

Urgent news from the Taco Bell Boycott:

From Thursday, November 29, to Saturday, December 1, universities and

communities across the country will be participating in a campaign of

three days of action at Taco Bell restaurants. With protests already

planned from Gainesville, FL, to Irvine, CA, the national actions are

the next step in the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' (CIW) campaign

to convince the Taco Bell Corporation to recognize the farmworkers

who pick their tomatoes and help improve the wages and working

conditions in Florida's tomato fields.

The Student/Farmworker Alliance (email: sfw_alliance@hotmail.com) is

spearheading the National Days of Action campaign. The specific

actions planned for 11/29-12/1 vary according to the community and

the history of the boycott in each area, but groups are organizing

everything from simple flyering/picketing to continuous three-day

protests with teams participating in shifts throughout the business

hours of their local Taco Bell restaurant and creative actions

building up to a larger protest and rally on Dec. 1.

If you are interested in bringing the Taco Bell Boycott National Days

of Action to your school or community, contact the Student/Farmworker

Alliance or the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (coaimmwkr@aol.com)

for more information and materials that you can use for organizing in

your area. Thanks, CIW