This week, I have worked towards uploading my research of world-renowned conglomerates onto my Padlet, which can be accessed through this link: https://padlet.com/gzasada/kfntcga0kv6xdcy9. Over winter break, I had multiple conversations with my father about his experience visiting the Immokalee tomato workers in Florida with a few other organic vegetable farmers in the early 2000s. On his trip, he had the opportunity of interacting with activists supporting the Immokalee workers and he was able to learn about the Taco Bell Boycott, which occurred after the tomato workers asked for a salary raise. In response to our conversation, I decided to further research the plight of the Immokalee workers and how Taco Bell was responding to their requests. Through investigating, I was not only alarmed by how Taco Bell, and more generally YUM! Brands, mistreated their workers, but by how they sourced products such as palm oil and paper. I also was made aware of "Harvest of Shame," a film by Edward R. Murrow centered on the exploitation of United State's migrant laborers, which I look forward to watching.
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