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Since AMERICAN RIGHTS AT WORK, a non-profit labor advocacy organization, first launched the Chipotle campaign, more than 10,000 activists have urged Chipotle to stand up for exploited Florida farmworkers. People around the country have been calling on Chipotle to live up to its “food with integrity” promise.

Can you support the efforts of these demonstrators by making a quick toll-free call to Chipotle’s corporate headquarters? Just follow these easy steps:

1. Call AMERICAN RIGHTS AT WORK, toll-free at 1-888-899-0017. This number will automatically connect to the Chipotle corporate office.

2. Tell the person who picks up that you want Chipotle to live up to its “food with integrity” promise by standing up for Florida farmworkers. You can also add:

* The Florida workers who pick Chipotle’s tomatoes have one of the worst jobs in America, with sub-poverty wages, back-breaking labor, and unimaginable exploitation.

* It’s time for Chipotle to live up to its “food with integrity” promise and join in a formal agreement with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers [pronounced i MOCK a lee] – a widely respected farmworker organization and a leader in the field of human rights.

* Partnering with them will ensure the workers who pick Chipotle’s tomatoes are treated fairly and paid a living wage.

Hoping for a bit of good publicity, Chipotle has been sponsoring screenings of Food, Inc., a new documentary about injustices in the food system.

It’s a good film — but Chipotle doesn’t seem to be getting the film’s message — they’ve refused to join in a formal agreement to build better working conditions for the Florida workers who pick their produce and face exploitation and poverty wages.

Chipotle can’t have it both ways. They can’t claim to stand for “food with integrity” while ignoring worker exploitation in their supply chain. We’re going to keep turning up the heat until Chipotle does the right thing and lives by their own “food with integrity” pledge. And to do that, we need YOUR help! Please, call 1-888-899-0017 right now!

http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/take-action/campaigns/call-chipotle-today-20090730-798-306-306.html

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