ACTION ALERT FROM GLOBAL EXCHANGE USA
The chocolate and confectionary multinational M&M/Mars is currently asking
consumers in 78 different countries to vote for a new color of M&Ms candies.
Global Exchange USA has been coordinating a campaign to rally votes for
"Fair Trade Certified, the color of dignity and freedom." Now they want to
go global! Their action alert is in 5 languages (English, Spanish, German,
French, and Italian) and they ask you to pass this on to your friends and
colleagues around the world. The campaign goes until May 31. ENGLISH Poverty
Wages & Slavery Making Your M&M's Bitter! Here's what you can do!
M&M/Mars is currently asking consumers in 78 different countries to vote for a
new color of M&M's. Struggling cocoa farmers need concerned citizens around
the world to tell M&M's "No matter what the shade, make my M & M's Fair
Trade, the color of dignity and freedom!" You can help rally the vote for
Fair Trade by collecting special "Fair Trade M&M's Write-In Ballots" in your
community. To get everything you need (special ballots, flyers, background
information, etc.) e-mail
melissa@globalexchange.org.
You can also help in the following ways:
Send a FREE FAX to M&M's:
http://www.globalexchange.org/cocoa/faxMMMars031402.html
VOTE for Fair Trade Certified M&M's at the M&M's color vote website. Go to
http://gcv.mms.com/us/, choose "Write in
Your Own Color," type "Fair Trade Certified!" in the box, and click to
submit your vote!
WRITE/E-MAIL M&M/MARS:
Paul Michaels, President, M&M/Mars Inc., 6885 Elm St., McLean, VA 22101 USA
consumer.affairs@mmmars.com, askmms@mmmars.com. See
http://www.globalexchange.org/cocoa/faxMMMars031402.html for a sample
letter.
EUR CALL M&M/MARS at 1-800-627-7852. See
http://www.globalexchange.org/cocoa/mmmars.html
for "talking points."
