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Compass Group and Foodbuy visit Immokalee as the Fair Food Program’s rapid expansion continues

Compass Group and Foodbuy visit Immokalee as the Fair Food Program’s rapid expansion continues

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[caption id="attachment_37696" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Compass and Foodbuy representatives visited Immokalee to see the Fair Food Program's industry-leading workplace protections in action. Here, delegation members join CIW and Pacific Tomato Growers representatives for a photo during a farm visit to Pacific's operations outside Immokalee, where they saw a worker-to-worker education session and toured the fields.[/caption] “As a long-standing participating buyer in >> Read More
“We needed to create a new form of power.“ Watch CIW Co-Founder Lucas Benitez speak on human rights revolution that began in Immokalee

“We needed to create a new form of power.“ Watch CIW Co-Founder Lucas Benitez speak on human rights revolution that began in Immokalee

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CIW’s Lucas Benitez: “I arrived ready to go into the field and to perform that labor, but what I was not prepared for was facing constant violations of my human rights in the process.” “We, as workers, were able to create real consequences where before there existed none.” To mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of >> Read More
Read how farmworkers launched the historic Fair Food Program in new Food, Inc. 2 Book

Read how farmworkers launched the historic Fair Food Program in new Food, Inc. 2 Book

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Newly released book -- including chapters from Eric Schlosser, Michael Pollan, and Senator Cory Booker -- to accompany spring release of sequel to Oscar-nominated, Emmy Award-winning documentary Food, Inc. CIW: “Through the unrelenting struggle and sacrifice of tens of thousands of workers and their consumer allies, the CIW’s successful efforts have transformed an industry once dubbed ‘ground zero for modern-​day slavery’ >> Read More
Grocery giant and Fair Food holdout Kroger linked to yet another modern slavery ring

Grocery giant and Fair Food holdout Kroger linked to yet another modern slavery ring

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Investigation from The Lever: "Multibillion-dollar retail giant Kroger Company defended its proposed takeover of rival Albertsons Companies, Inc. by highlighting its partnership with a blueberry grower that hired a labor contractor accused of orchestrating one of the largest human trafficking rings in modern U.S. history." "Kroger has not joined the Fair Food Program, and refused to let its shareholders vote >> Read More
Save the Date! Farmworker Freedom Festival – March 8-10 in Palm Beach, FL

Save the Date! Farmworker Freedom Festival – March 8-10 in Palm Beach, FL

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What:  A 3-day celebration of farmworkers’ human rights featuring the CIW’s mobile Modern-day Slavery Museum, a benefit concert, and original farmworker theater and art, including a two-story tall, life-like farmworker puppet walking the streets of Palm Beach, giving voice to the country’s farmworker community in their ongoing fight for fundamental human rights When, Where:  March 8-10, 2024, Palm Beach, Florida >> Read More
With funding secured and key partners onboard, WSR pilot to protect and empower UK fishers readies for launch!

With funding secured and key partners onboard, WSR pilot to protect and empower UK fishers readies for launch!

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Financial Times: “The scheme gives workers a key role in establishing, monitoring and enforcing their own employment rights.” “Unlike many voluntary corporate social responsibility schemes, the pilot programme is based on legally binding agreements between employers and buyers that incentivise adherence and are audited by an independent council.” Press Release: Europe’s first Worker-Driven Social Responsibility pilot launched in UK- quotes >> Read More
A message from co-founder Lucas Benitez, on the CIW’s 30th Anniversary

A message from co-founder Lucas Benitez, on the CIW’s 30th Anniversary

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As the calendar flips from 2023 to 2024, the CIW turns 31 years old.  Thirty years ago, in 1993, farmworkers from Mexico, Guatemala, and Haiti began to hold weekly community meetings at the local Catholic church in Immokalee in an effort to address the abuses that had plagued Southwest Florida’s fields for generations. We drew upon social movement experiences in >> Read More
CIW’s Lupe Gonzalo named as one of top “25 leaders, innovators and agents of change across the fresh produce supply chain.” 

CIW’s Lupe Gonzalo named as one of top “25 leaders, innovators and agents of change across the fresh produce supply chain.” 

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The Packer: “Drawing on her experience with the Fair Food Program, Gonzalo has helped to train, mentor and educate workers from other regions and industries on the Worker-Driven Social Responsibility model.” “Gonzalo also was a member of the CIW team working with Futures Without Violence, which collaborated with CIW and other Fair Food Program partners on the first sexual harassment >> Read More