Wednesday, December 3, 2008

DISTRIBUTE WIDELY & STAND DOWN



STAND DOWN ON PROTESTS AGAINST SUBWAY


Subway, the third largest fast-food chain in the world and the biggest fast-food buyer of Florida tomatoes, reached an agreement yesterday morning (12/2) with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to help improve wages and working conditions for the workers who pick their tomatoes!

Visit http://sfalliance.org today for links to coverage of this exciting development, the joint CIW/Subway press release, and to a listing of public events taking place over the next 10 days as representatives of the CIW and Student/Farmworker Alliance make their way to the following cities:

Washington, DC
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Boston
Providence
New Haven
New York

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