Did the national movement against Taco Bell that included
Notre Dame students convincing the University administration to
end a sponsorship agreement with local Taco Bells succeed in increasing
wages for migrant tomato pickers?
Yes. According to a press release issued in March 2005, Taco
Bell has agreed to work with the Florida-based farmworker organization
the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to address the wages and working
conditions of farmworkers in the Florida tomato industry. That
includes funding a penny-per-pound "pass-through" wage increase
for workers employed by the suppliers of Florida tomatoes. In
return, the worker group announced an end to its three-year boycott
of Taco Bell.
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July 2005
