Petition Alert from Bruce Horowitz

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Dear Friends,

I have just read and signed the petition:

Take Action: One Penny More for Worker's Rights

http://www.thePetitionSite.com/takeaction/383328675

Hi,

 

I just told Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and KFC:

" STOP SUPPORTING WORKER EXPLOITATION! "

 

I just sent an email urging YUM foods to support a living wage

for the farmworkers that supply their produce.

You can help by joining us in expressing our disapproval. Go to:

http://www.care2.com/go/z/12604

 

Did you know that while global food giants like Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza

Hut rake in massive profits, farm workers labor long hours every day,

earning less than ONE PENNY per pound of tomatoes they pick. These

workers have no healthcare and no overtime pay. Yet, these food giants

demand discounts that can only be covered by a reduction in farm workers'

salaries and lack of benefits.

 

To earn just $50 in a day, a farm worker must pick roughly 28 TIMES

their own weight in tomatoes (TWO TONS). The Coalition of Immokalee

Workers, a farmworker group in Florida, demands that farmworkers

be paid one extra penny per pound of tomatoes which would double

the daily pay of a farmworker!

 

 

The people who feed the world should be able to make a living wage that

allows them to see a doctor when they need to, live in adequate housing,

and have at least a little time to spend with their families!

 

Tell Yum Brands (who owns Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut) to pay

workers fairly for backbreaking labor.

 

SIGN NOW:

http://www.care2.com/go/z/12604

 

 

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Thank you

Bruce

Total Signatures: 1,197

The most recent signatures* as of 2:58 PM PST Mar 31, 2004

 

# 1,197 3/31/04 2:10 PM Claire Frost, TX, US

# 1,196 3/31/04 2:10 PM Judith K. Bogdanove, ME, US

# 1,195 3/31/04 2:10 PM Sara Schoorl, CA, US

# 1,194 3/31/04 2:09 PM Casey Peavy-Yates, AK, US

# 1,193 3/31/04 2:09 PM Holly Krause, TX, US

# 1,192 3/31/04 2:09 PM Rebecca Pulju, IA, US

# 1,191 3/31/04 2:09 PM Bridget Jordan, AZ, US

# 1,190 3/31/04 2:09 PM Craig Struthers, CO, US

# 1,189 3/31/04 2:09 PM Corrinne Theodoru, MI, US

# 1,188 3/31/04 2:09 PM Jesse Barlow, PA, US

# 1,187 3/31/04 2:09 PM Daniel Stein, WA, US

# 1,186 3/31/04 2:09 PM Paul Impola, NY, US

# 1,185 3/31/04 2:08 PM Brooke C. Greene, VA, US

# 1,184 3/31/04 2:08 PM Laura Nelson, OH, US

# 1,183 3/31/04 2:08 PM Susan Scanlan-Martin, PA, US

# 1,182 3/31/04 2:08 PM Pamela Green, CA, US

# 1,181 3/31/04 2:08 PM Anonymous, FL, US

# 1,180 3/31/04 2:08 PM Lynnea Forness, MN, US

# 1,179 3/31/04 2:08 PM Anonymous, IN, US

# 1,178 3/31/04 2:08 PM Julie Villanueva, CA, US

# 1,177 3/31/04 2:08 PM Cassie Lyons, CA, US

# 1,176 3/31/04 2:07 PM John Ingalls, MN, US

# 1,175 3/31/04 2:07 PM Miriam Spencer, WA, US

# 1,174 3/31/04 2:07 PM Janice Buckner, NC, US

# 1,173 3/31/04 2:07 PM Allison Gough, HI, US

 

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http://www.thePetitionSite.com/takeaction/383328675

 

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