With These Hands I Demand the Future

With these hands I demand the future that poverty wages have stolen from me. Farmworkers returning from picking tomatoes bought by companies, such as McDonald's, show hands stained with pesticides and heavy with hard work.

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers is declaring that they are tired, in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, of "relying on the goodwill and understanding of those who profit from exploiting us," and are escalating their campaign to convince McDonald's to end human rights violations in its supply chain.

As their first major action in this new phase of the campaign, they are organizing two days of action in McDonald's corporate backyard, Chicago. The CIW will hold a march and protest outside McDonald's corporate headquarters in Oak Brook, IL, on the 13th to be followed by a day of colorful street protests in downtown Chicago in the Latin American tradition of "Carnaval" on the 14th.

The CIW is asking all the communities who stand in solidarity with the CIW join us this April 13th and 14th in Chicago to demand a fast-food industry that doesn't rely on the endless exploitation of farmworkers.

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[stewartgreffen]

hmmm nice hands!

[brabbitFTW]

whats the name of the song??

[Caty25cat]

Congratulation! enough of those fast foods chains ...they have to stop modern slavery.

[mbyrd777]

I wouldn't want to see anyone, legal or illegal, worked to death like these people are. It really is sad.

[tree1309]

hello, you don't know me but i was wondering the picture that is on at 43 seconds.. do you still have that picture..

[jeabo0adhd]

we should let them come legally and more easily

That way they are payed fairly. We might have to work harder and better to compete with them but who can criticize that?

[marissatequilera]

Felicidades Baku

Mañana saldrá al aire la entrevista que le hice a Lucas por koop a la una pm

Te la mando pronto la tenga lista

beso

[bollenzestig]

hello,

I'm very impressed by your video.

We have a project with our trade union in Belgium about work in dignity with the symbol of hands.

Should I can have the permission to use your video ?

How can I get to a copy of it ? Or download it ?

thanks ! And thanks again !

[paindobutkool]

actually ye, we got to meet Luca BENITA today and it was just so awfull to hear his personal story 'n other ppl's stories,i just felt very ashamed and i was like,r u even serious,,u know our gov is hepocrate which says to not hire "undocumented" folks and then lets these big companies to abuse these innocent people who have nothing but some goalz to achieve....GO FOLKS,WE R WITH U,,WHOLE NATION IS WITH U,,,WE WILL FIGHT TOGETHER.

[starlitephi]

This is a product of USA's Canibalistic Capitalism!

TOGETHER WE CAN ALL MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

GET ACTIVE NOW!

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