Immokalee Workers Face Grower Resistance To Taco Bell, McDonalds Deals - 05/29/07

By Doug Cunningham

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers deals with Taco Bell and McDonald’s to pay workers more money for harvested tomatoes could be in trouble. The Florida Tomato Exchange, a grower group that controls 90 percent of tomatoes shipments from Florida, is urging its members not to honor the labor deal that puts a penny more per pound of tomatoes harvested into workers’ pockets.