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    :: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 ::

    Farmworkers Win Historic Deal After Boycotting Taco Bell by Duncan Campbell, the Guardian/UK
    The deal between the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and Taco Bell's parent company, Yum! Brands, the largest restaurant firm in the world, aims to improve the wages and conditions of the Florida tomato pickers, for years one of the most exploited groups in the US workforce, some of whose conditions have led to prosecutions under slavery laws.
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