[Lsp_farm_beginnings] RE: Fwd: Tell McDonald's You're Not Lovin' It

[Darla Schoenrock]

FYI letter and call to action to support fair wages.


Your input makes a difference!


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From: Liz Cattaneo, American Rights at Work <action at americanrightsatwork.org
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Date: Mar 19, 2007 11:21 AM
Subject: Tell McDonald's You're Not Lovin' It


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Dear Darla,

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action]<http://action.americanrightsatwork.org/campaign/araw_mcdonalds/iwgg3is2v5856ij?>


*Tell McDonald's to improve the
wages and working conditions
of these 
workers.*<http://action.americanrightsatwork.org/campaign/araw_mcdonalds/iwgg3is2v5856ij?>


Farmworkers who pick tomatoes for the fast food industry are among this
country's most exploited workers.  *Unlike most of us, they have no right to
form unions, overtime pay, or have benefits of any kind*.  And these workers
are stuck with subpoverty wages, making on average $10,000 a year.



Fast food giant McDonald's could make a huge difference in the lives of
these farmworkers.  Join us in demanding that McDonald's treat farmworkers
with respect, require truly humane labor standards of its suppliers, and pay
a fairer price for tomatoes.



*Sign our petition to urge McDonald's to do the right
thing!*<http://action.americanrightsatwork.org/campaign/araw_mcdonalds/iwgg3is2v5856ij?>



Such action by a fast food company would not be without precedent.  As a
result of tireless efforts by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Taco Bell
agreed to take responsibility for the abysmal conditions faced by
farmworkers in its supply chain in 2005.  Taco Bell agreed to establish an
enforceable code of conduct and pay a penny more per pound for its
tomatoes—nearly doubling workers' wages.



*Tell McDonald's to follow Taco Bell's lead on this simple path to
justice.*<http://action.americanrightsatwork.org/campaign/araw_mcdonalds/iwgg3is2v5856ij?>



The world's largest restaurant company prides itself as a leader in
corporate social responsibility, even recently moving to purchase only
fair-trade coffee for over 650 of its restaurants.  Likewise, McDonald's
requires its Happy Meal toy suppliers in China to respect internationally
recognized labor rights, including the right to organize and overtime pay.
Yet for these U.S. farmworkers, McDonald's takes the position that those
fundamental rights are too much to ask.



McDonald's net profits in 2006 were $3.5 billion, a 36 percent increase from
2005.  The fast food leader spends more than $1 billion in advertising every
year, and even recently gave its CEO an $8 million bonus.  *Yet the company
wants us to believe it can't pay a penny more per pound to keep these
workers out of poverty.*   The same workers who have earned virtually the
same wages for 30 years!   *Does that sound right to you?*



Ask CEO Jim Skinner and Vice President of Social Responsibility Bob Langert
why McDonald's refuses to respect the rights of its workers:

http://action.americanrightsatwork.org/campaign/araw_mcdonalds<http://action.americanrightsatwork.org/campaign/araw_mcdonalds/iwgg3is2v5856ij?>



Thanks for all that you do to strengthen workers' rights!

Liz Cattaneo,
American Rights at Work

www.americanrightsatwork.org<http://action.americanrightsatwork.org/ct/4pNTLQ91qqUZ/>

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