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Article

20 Déc 2005

Auteur:
Kari Lydersen, New Standard [USA]

McDonald's vs. the Tomato Pickers [USA]

Having forced Taco Bell [part of YUM!] to pay tomato pickers a penny more per pound, a farmworkers' organization in southern Florida [Coalition of Immokalee Workers, CIW] is pressuring McDonald's for a similar agreement. But the group charges that the fast-food chain has attempted to circumvent the campaign, instead signing on to a corporate responsibility pledge [Socially Accountable Farm Employer certification programme, SAFE]...the CIW says that after several talks with McDonald's officials, they have made little headway. Company representatives did not return any of several calls about this issue...In interviews with The NewStandard, the two organizations participating in SAFE acknowledged that so far no workers have been involved in the initiative, but said a diversity of groups will be represented by board members. They would not, however, specifically say that workers would be included.

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