Letters to the editor (2)
Stein ‘toon ill-conceived
Dear Editor:
Josh Stein’s editorial cartoon on Dec. 7 concerning the Immokalee tomato pickers and Taco Bell was, unfortunately, inaccurate and poorly thought-out. Stein apparently neglected to check his facts: due to boycott pressure, Taco Bell signed an agreement with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers in March, agreeing to the wage raise (the press release can be found here: www.ciw-online.org/we%20won.html).
Though Stein raises a valid concern (that reducing demand for tomatoes may reduce the number of jobs available), the boycott – which was initiated, coordinated, and led by workers, not “self-righteous protestors” – relied upon Taco Bell being more willing to spend the money to raise wages than to lose a greater sum of money to the boycott long before the loss of business would affect the workers. And, if Stein had taken the time to check his facts, he would have discovered that the workers were right.
Joe Thomas
Class of 2007
Our beloved ‘fountain’
Dear Editor:
We would like to propose to your readers that all students, from this day forward, refer to the giant concrete geometric shapes as “the Fountain,” both for lack of a better term and for lack of a better fountain.
Liz Kramer
Maya Solomon
Class of 2008
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