{"article":{"id":13102,"heading":"RATM's Tom Morello at Taco Bell Boycott Benefit\/National Days of Action","author":"Boycott Taco Bell","created":"2001-11-25 20:36:13","modified":"2005-08-15 00:43:39","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:43:39","article":"","contact":"tbboycott@yahoo.com","link":"http:\/\/www.ciw-online.org","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"December 1 Taco Bell Boycott National Day of Action (part of many events happening throughout the country) and December 7 Taco Bell Boycott Benefit concert to raise money for the upcoming national action at Taco Bell HQ in Irvine.","numcomment":1,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2001\/11\/img06.jpg","filesize":"36.7 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2001\/11\/13102.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2001\/11\/img06.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2001\/11\/img06.jpgthumb.jpg","medium":"\/uploads\/2001\/11\/img06.jpgmid.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":13110,"heading":"For Details on December 1 and 7 Events","article":"Boycott Taco Bell National Day of Action! \r\n\r\nDate: Saturday, December 1, 2001 \r\n\r\nLocation: 2910 S. Bristol Taco Bell restaurant (on corner of Bristol and Segerstrom) in Santa Ana \r\n\r\nTime: Begins at 11am \r\n\r\nPlease bring noisemakers, instruments, signs, and lots of people \r\n\r\nSanta Ana Food Not Bombs will be providing FREE Vegan Food at this event! \r\n\r\nThe Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), based in Florida has called for a nation-wide boycott of Taco Bell, following more than a year of denied requests for dialaogue with Taco Bell to discuss mean to improve the working conditions and pay-rates of the workers who provide Taco Bell with Tomatoes. The intent of the action is to raise awareness about the sweatshop-like conditions Immokalee farmworkers work under and to send a strong message to the Taco Bell Corporation, which needs take steps towards transforming the exploitative labor conditions where their tomatoes are produced. \r\n\r\nFor more information regarding the Taco Bell Boycott, contact the CIW website www.ciw-online.org \r\n\r\nFor local events and organizing for this campaign, contact tbboycott@yahoo.com \r\n\r\nOrange County Meetings are held in Santa Ana on Thursdays at 7pm at the SEIU office located on 1651 4th St. (on corner of 4th and Lyon), Suite #120. \r\n\r\n------------------------------- \r\n\r\nBenefit Show for the Taco Bell Truth Tour! \r\n\r\nDate: Friday, December 7, 2001 \r\n\r\nLocation: 511 S. Harbor Blvd, Anaheim @ the Alianza Indigena Sin Fronteras Center\/Unitarian Society. Directions from LA: 5 South to 91 East, exit right (south) on Harbor Blvd. The building is on right hand side, across street from Anaheim PD. \r\n\r\nTime: 6pm - 12am \r\n\r\nFor more info on directions\/location, call (714) 758-1990 \r\n\r\n$5 Donation \r\n\r\nProceeds go to the Coalition of Immokalee Workers Boycott Taco Bell Campaign \r\n\r\nSpecial Live Performances\/Presentations: \r\n\r\nRawskillz \r\n\r\nChunk \r\n\r\nOver the Counter Intelligence \r\n\r\nWho Is This Is \r\n\r\nJupiter Sciples \r\n\r\nScott Keltic Knot \r\n\r\nSarah Walbrink of Relish \r\n\r\nPoetry by Yuri \r\n\r\nTazumal \r\n\r\nSAS \r\n\r\nTom Morello of Rage Against The Machine \r\n\r\nFor local events and organizing for this campaign, contact tbboycott@yahoo.com \r\n\r\nOrange County Meetings are held in Santa Ana on Thursdays at 7pm at the SEIU office located on 1651 4th St. (on corner of 4th and Lyon), Suite #120. \r\n\r\nWe are a collective of OC organizers that is working with the various local organizations to carry out a national boycott against Taco Bell, owned by Tricon, the largest fast food system in the world. We are part of a grassroots movement working in solidarity with the farm workers directly exploited by Taco Bell, who have formed the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. We are demanding that Taco Bell pay one cent more per pound of tomatoes in order to double the salaries (currently at sub-poverty level) of workers in Immokalee, Florida. \r\n\r\nFor more information regarding the Taco Bell Boycott, contact the CIW (Coalition of Immokalee Workers) website www.ciw-online.or \r\n\r\nBoycott Taco Bell! Please come support this event! \r\n\r\n----------------------- \r\n\r\nUna Tocada en Beneficio al Boicot Taco Bell! \r\n\r\nDate: 7 de diciembre, el viernes \r\n\r\nLocation: 511 S. Harbor, Anaheim. Se ubica en el Centro Alianza Indigena Sin Fronteras\/Sociedad Unitaria en la esquina de Harbor Blvd y Santa Ana St. \r\n\r\nTime: 6pm hasta la medianoche (714) 758-1990 \r\n\r\n$5 Donacion \r\n\r\nTocadas Especiales en Vivo: \r\n\r\nRawskillz \r\n\r\nChunk \r\n\r\nOver the Counter Intelligence \r\n\r\nWho Is This Is \r\n\r\nJupiter Sciples \r\n\r\nOscar Keltic Nudo \r\n\r\nSarah Walbrink de Relish \r\n\r\nPoesia de Yuri \r\n\r\nTazumal \r\n\r\nSAS \r\n\r\nTom Morello of Rage Against The Machine \r\n\r\nPara participar en la campana contra Taco Bell se puede contactar nuestro correo de internet tbboycott@yahoo.com. Le damos la bienvenida a venir a nuestras reuniones en la oficina de SEIU en Santa Ana. La direccion: 1651 4th St. (en la esquina de 4th y Lyon) #120. \r\n\r\nSomos un colectivo de organizadores del Condado de la Naranja que trabaja con varias organizaciones locales para llevar a cabo un boicot contra Taco Bell, que pertenece a la empresa Tricon, el sistema de la comida rapida mas grande del mundo. Somos parte de un movimiento popular organizado desde las bases. Trabajamos en solidaridad con los campesinos directamente explotados por el infame Taco Bell. Los trabajdores se han organizado en la Coalicion de Trabajadores de Immokalee, Florida. Exigimos que Taco Bell pague un centavo mas para cada libra de tomates para doblar el pago de los obreros agricolas. \r\n\r\nPara mas informacion, busque muestra pagina de internet en www.ciw-online.org \r\n\r\nBoicotea la Campana!","author":"Fair Wages for Taco Bell Tomato Pickers!","parent_id":13102,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2001-11-25 22:05:26","modified":"2001-11-25 22:21:00","fileurl":""}]}