<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="header"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"</span>1-2 Punch!:" Nationwide McDonald's actions
Oct. 27-28th: <span style="font-style: italic;">Only two weeks away!</span></span>
<p style="font-weight: bold;" class="subheader">From 'sweet spot' to sore spot!...</p><p class="subheader">This October 27-28th, join students and young people
across the country in standing with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers
to end sweatshops and modern-day slavery in the fields!
</p><p class="body">With strong support from students and youth, the CIW won its four-year <a href="http://www.sfalliance.org/tacobell.html" class="links">Taco Bell Boycott</a>
in 2005. Now the CIW and its allies are organizing to extend these
precedent-setting gains for farmworkers throughout the rest of the
fast-food industry. Over the last year, however, fast-food giant
McDonald's has consistently responded to the dire human rights crisis
in the fields as a mere <a href="http://www.ciw-online.org/Tangled_Web.html" target="_blank" class="links">public relations crisis</a>, threatening to <a href="http://www.ciw-online.org/pointbypoint.html" target="_blank" class="links">
roll back</a> the advances the CIW has won through years of struggle.</p>
<p class="body"> Immediately following the CIW's <a href="http://www.pcusa.org/pcnews/2006/06484.htm" target="_blank" class="links">McDonald's Mini-Tour</a>
– which will travel from Immokalee, Florida to McDonald's headquarters
outside Chicago, Illinois from October 14-24th – the Student/Farmworker
Alliance calls for two days of widespread, decentralized actions on
October 27-28th to show the fast-food giant that Immokalee's workers
are not alone in this fight.</p><ul style="font-weight: bold;"><li class="body">Suggested actions and <a href="http://www.sfalliance.org/action.html" class="links">organizing ideas</a></li><li class="body"><a href="http://www.sfalliance.org/propaganda.html" class="links">
Resources</a> including flyers, stencils, chant sheets, radio PSAs, and more</li><li class="body">Sampe <a href="http://www.sfalliance.org/2006actionadvisory.html" class="links">media advisory</a> for your local event</li>
<li class="body">Is an event being planned in your city? Check the <a href="http://www.sfalliance.org/1-2-punch-table.html" class="links">action listings</a></li><li class="body">Background on the <a href="http://www.sfalliance.org/research.html" class="links">
Campaign for Fair Food</a></li></ul>
<p class="body">The time is now for students and youth – what McDonald's calls its advertising <a href="http://www.sfalliance.org/media/nrn.html" class="links">"sweet spot"</a>
– to demonstrate to the Golden Arches that if it refuses to work with
the CIW for real labor reform in its supply chain, we will soon become
its sore spot. Start organizing today in your community for the Days of
Action, and don't miss out on this pivotal "1-2 Punch!"</p><p class="body"> <a href="http://www.sfalliance.org/contact.html" class="links">Let us know</a> what you're planning, and be sure to send us photos of your colorful, creative actions!
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<br>__________<br>Marc Rodrigues<br>Student/Farmworker Alliance<br>(239) 292-3431<br><a href="http://sfalliance.org">http://sfalliance.org</a><br><a href="http://ciw-online.org">http://ciw-online.org</a><br><a href="http://myspace.com/sfalliance">
http://myspace.com/sfalliance</a>