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Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Supersize picker's pay: The Coalition of Immokalee Workers is fighting exploitation in the fast-food industry
Supersize picker's pay: The Coalition of Immokalee Workers is fighting exploitation in the fast-food industrySource: Minnesota Daily
The Coalition of Immokalee workers — an organization that represents mostly Hispanic farm workers — has begun a campaign to get the fast-food giant to pay its tomato-picking farm workers 1 cent more per pound of tomatoes. Last year, the same organization was successful in forcing Taco Bell to give a similar raise to its farm workers after organizing a four-year national strike and boycott against the chain.
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