{"id":557,"date":"2007-03-27T13:08:03","date_gmt":"2007-03-27T13:08:03","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-01-30T16:04:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T21:04:58","slug":"farm-workers-to-pressure-mcdonalds-for-better-wage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/2007\/03\/27\/farm-workers-to-pressure-mcdonalds-for-better-wage\/","title":{"rendered":"Farm Workers to Pressure McDonalds for Better Wages"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin: 0px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/presbyterian.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/03\/27\/truthtour.jpg\" title=\"\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" title=\"Truthtour\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/truthtour.jpg\" alt=\"Truthtour\" width=\"100\" height=\"108\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> In just a couple weeks, farmworkers from the <a href=\"http:\/\/ciw-online.org\/\">Coalition of Immokalee Workers<\/a> (CIW) and their allies will travel from Immokalee, FL \u2013 home of one of the largest farmworker communities in the country \u2013 to Chicago, IL, home of the world\u2019s largest restaurant chain, McDonald\u2019s. The <strong>&#8220;2007 Truth Tour: Behind the Golden Arches&#8221;<\/strong> will culminate in two national days of action on April 13th and 14th in the Chicago area marking a new phase in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcusa.org\/fairfood\/\">Campaign for Fair Food<\/a>. Now is the time to finalize plans to join us for these historic actions!<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height: 14px;margin: 0px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px\"><strong>*Major Rally at McDonald\u00b4s Global Headquarters*<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px\"><strong>Friday, April 13th, 3pm Oak Brook, IL<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height: 14px;margin: 0px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px\">Featuring Dolores Huerta, co-founder, United Farm Workers; Rev. Michael Livingston, President of the National Council of Churches; Kerry Kennedy; Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky; music and more! The CIW, joined by a powerful alliance of students, people of faith and human rights leaders, will announce an exciting new phase in the McDonald&#8217;s Campaign during the largest rally ever to take place outside McDonald&#8217;s headquarters.<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height: 14px;margin: 0px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px\"><strong>*Carnaval &amp; Parade for Fair Food, Real Rights and Dignity*<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px\"><strong>Saturday, April14th, 10am Federal Plaza, downtown Chicago<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height: 14px;margin: 0px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px\">Featuring Rev. Michael Livingston, President of the National Council of Churches; John Sweeney, President, AFL-CIO; Eliseo Medina, Vice President, SEIU; Zack de la Rocha and Tom Morello, formerly of Rage Against the Machine; Bishop John Manz, Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago; Rev. Calvin Morris; RebelDiaz; Son del Centro; Olmeca; Hot 8 Brass Band; and more! The Parade and Carnaval will be an event to remember, where farmworkers and thousands of their allies will come together in a celebration of culture, music, and hope that will be heard from the fields of Immokalee to the streets of Chicago to the corporate boardrooms of McDonald&#8217;s.<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height: 14px;margin: 0px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px\">You can be a part of writing the next chapter of this story, so:<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height: 14px;margin: 0px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px\"><strong>Get on the Bus!<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ciw-online.org\/2007truthtour\/support.html\">Check here<\/a><\/strong> for a list of cities currently organizing transportation to Chicago.<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height: 14px;margin: 0px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px\">Visit the official <a href=\"http:\/\/ciw-online.org\/2007truthtour\">2007 Truth Tour site<\/a> with logistical information and outreach materials.<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In just a couple weeks, farmworkers from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and their allies will travel from Immokalee, FL \u2013 home of one of the largest farmworker communities in the country \u2013 to Chicago, IL, home of the&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3880,4155],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economic-justice","category-worker-justice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.5 (Yoast SEO v23.5) - 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