Tuesday night, January 22- UTK Chapter meeting; 5:30- UNITE Building

Wednesday night, January 23- Stewards Training, 5- 7 pm, UNITE Building. Please rsvp to tsmith11_58@hotmail.com .

Thursday night, January 24- Mailing party, 5:30, UNITE Building.

On Saturday Jobs with Justice, a coalition of religious, community, and labor organizations, of which UCW is a member, is holding a protest to highlight unfair treatment of Florida farmworkers. Below is information on the event:

One penny per pound. Florida farmworkers have been fighting for an increase of just one penny more for every pound of tomatoes they pick for the fast food industry.

You have already helped convince McDonald’s to pay this extra penny–last April, McDonald’s followed the lead of Yum! Brands (owner of Taco Bell and other national food chains) in increasing wages and improving working conditions for these workers.

But Burger King is a different story. Not only is Burger King refusing to work with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to improve labor standards, it’s also trying to undermine the agreements already in place with other fast food chains.

CALL TO ACTION!!!
January 26, 2008 - International Day of Action-Protest

11:30 am Saturday January 26 at Burger King, 2806 North Broadway, join with Jobs with Justice of East Tennessee to support the tomato pickers and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers in Florida.

Cameron Justin Brooks
Organizer
United Campus Workers