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Today's lead stories:
Coalicion Presente: Labor Day Special on the Coalition of
Immokalee Workers, and Their Successful Organizing Efforts;
Today Only Special Second Program:
Special FSRN Program on Hurricane Katrina from New Orleans,
Houston, and more
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Coalicion Presente
On March 8th, 2005, In Louisville Kentucky, the Vice President
of Yum brands, the corporation that owns Taco Bell, shared
a podium with a group of migrant farmworkers who pick tomatoes
which end up in Taco Bell's food. The press conference was
officially to announce a pay raise for the workers, and a
promise for better working conditions in the fields of South
Florida. But it was also a defining moment for a greater struggle.
A 4 year long boycott of Taco Bell, an unprecedented strategy
of building alliances with students and religious groups around
the county, and a focus on a specific corporate entity had
proved that the movement for global justice could organize
without a charismatic leader, could allow groups around the
country to work with autonomy, and most importantly, could
win. But the victory over Taco Bell hasn't resulted in equality
for the Mexican, Guatemalan, and Haitian tomato pickers in
the town of Immokalee, just as their problems didn't begin
with Taco Bell. Today, as the United States celebrates Labor
Day, FSRN's Shannon Young and Andrew Stelzer bring us the
story of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, their historic
victory over the largest restaurant owner in the world, and
their struggle to end modern day slavery in the fields.
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