• Campaign for Dialogue and a Living Wage in 2000 is taking off!
• Lucas Benitez wins 1999 Rolling Stone Magazine Brick Award for “Best Young Community Leader”
• Coalition participates in March of the Americas with the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign
• Second major slavery ring is brought to justice

Campaign for Dialogue and a Living Wage in 2000

Farmworkers and supporters marched 230 miles from Ft. Myers to Orlando. Read more. See the march route. Sign the petition. Visit Religious Leaders Concerned.

New Initiative in Tomato Pickers’ Campaign!

• April 25, 00 ACTION ALERT: needs your help to make Taco Bell a part of the solution in Florida’s farmworkers’ fight for dialogue and a fair wage. Read the Palm Beach Post editorial on the Campaign.

Recent Press

• April 9, 00: Former Migrant Organizes Workers Miami Herald
• March 28,00: A Growing Voice for Fla. Farm Workers Los Angeles Times Front-Page Article
• March, 00: People en espanol: Lucas Benitez se puso los pantalones y pidio justicia para los suyos

Meeting with Governor Bush

• March 18: Coalition Meets with Governot over Petitions
• March 16: Press Release: Farmworker Delegation to carry over 5,000 signatures collected during recent march to tallahassee today

Meeting with Bruce Springsteen

• March 7: Bruce Springsteen Meets with Marchers before concert

March for Dignity, Dialogue and a Fair Wage for Florida Farmworkers

• March 5: Farmworker supporters reach end of march for better wages, benefits
• March 5: Farmworkers protest wages, working conditions for tomato pickers
• February 25: Migrants on the march
• February 23: Catholic bishops show support at farmworker march
• February 21: Farmworkers, supporters continue trek to Orlando
• February 20: March: Immokalee farmworkers begin march to Orlando
• February 19: Farmworkers taking cause for better pay on a march to Orlando

Taco Bell

• January 18: Farm workers ask Taco Bell’s help in dispute with growers

Meeting with Senator Graham

• January 18: Fort Myers News Press Opinion: Coalition, officials strengthen parade
• January 12: Senator’s Visit Boosts Farmworkers
• January 9: U.S. Sen. Graham visits Immokalee to garner support for farm labor reforms
• January 6: Senator Bob Graham to meet with Immokalee farmworkers

Work Stoppage

• December 22: St. Petersburg Times Editorial Cartoon
• December 21: Trouble in the Fields: A St. Petersburg Times Editorial
• December 19: Governor to encourage talks; Coalition suspends protests; Y2K will see continued protests if no progress forthcoming
• December 18: Ripe for Reform, an Editorial from the Palm Beach Post
• December 17: Charges to be dropped against arrested Coalition member
• December 15: Still more workers stay home from work
• December 14 : Peaceful Protests Continue in Immokalee
• December 13 : Hundreds of tomato pickers in Immokalee take to the streets to protest wages
• View original video of Monday’s protest in English or in Spanish. Requires Quicktime 4.
• Link to the Religious Leaders Concerned website in support of the Coalition

Contact Us:

P. O. Box 603, Immokalee, FL, 34143 * Phone (941)657-8311 * Fax (941)657-5055* CoaImmWkr@aol.com

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