TAKE ACTION: Boycott Arizona-based companies – Here’s a list!

Boycott Arizona-based companies – Here’s a list! |
FROM Padres Unidos

padresunidos.org

In the wake of the recent adoption into law of SB1070 by the State of Arizona today (04.23.2010), one of the most draconian anti-immigration laws ever in the United States, many people have called for a boycott of the State of Arizona.

2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Location: Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ

Apollo Group (University of Phoenix). Headquarters: Phoenix, Arizona

Arizona Diamondbacks, Location: Phoenix, Arizona

Best Western International, Inc., Headquarters: Phoenix, Arizona

Cold Stone Creamery. Headquarters: Scottsdale, Arizona

CSK Auto (Checker Auto Parts, Schucks Auto Supply, Kragen Auto Parts, Murray’s Discount Auto Stores), Headquarters: Phoenix, Arizona

Dial Corporation, Headquarters: Scottsdale, Arizona

Discount Tire Company (America’s Tire Company). Headquarters: Scottsdale, Arizona

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, Headquarters: Scottsdale, Arizona

Go Daddy. Headquarters: Scottsdale, Arizona

Grand Canyon

Mesa Air Group (Mesa Airlines, Go!, Freedom Airlines). Headquarters: Phoenix, Arizona

P. F. Chang’s China Bistro. Headquarters: Phoenix, Arizona

PetSmart. Headquarters: Phoenix, Arizona

Sky Mall, Headquarters: Phoenix, Arizona

Taser International, Headquarters: Scottsdale, Arizona

U-Haul. Headquarters: Phoenix, Arizona

US Airways. Headquarters: Tempe, Arizona

It would be helpful to also target the political contributors to Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce and Governor Jan Brewer.

Encourage your local municipalities to take action. Ask your elected officials to follow the lead of the City of San Francisco in halting their business partnerships with the State of Arizona. According to SF Supervisor David Campos, "We encourage other cities to join San Francisco. Together we can work to restore justice in our nation."

For more information on companies that do business in Arizona and actions to take against this racist, anti-immigrant legislation, please click on the following links:

Arizona’s Largest Employers (JobBank USA)

FORTUNE 500 by State (CNN)

List of Arizona companies (Wikipedia)

List of corporations in Phoenix (Wikipedia)

BOYCOTT ARIZONA ! – Contact These Companies and Hit ‘Em Where It Hurts (The Seminal)

"Boycott the Police State known as Arizona" Facebook Group

Immigrant Rights

VivirLatino

ACLU Arizona

Coalición de Derechos Humanos

National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights