Tag: Cruz Salucio

Wendy’s Boycott heats up as 120+ farmworkers, allies take to the streets in Orlando for a spirited summer protest!

CIW's Cruz Salucio:  Wendy's "cannot run away from farmworkers' human rights..."This past Sunday, even the sweltering, 100-degree heat of a late summer day in Orlando could not suppress the contagious energy of over 120 protesters who packed the sidewalk outside a Wendy's restaurant for a festive afternoon picket.  Seventy farmworkers and their families, many just starting to return to Immokalee after a summer season up north, >> Read More
Video short: Aspen Institute puts Fair Food Program center stage…

Video short: Aspen Institute puts Fair Food Program center stage…

[hupso title="VIDEO: @AspenInstitute puts @FairFoodProgram center stage..." url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/05/aspen/"]   "For the first time we as workers have a voice..." Last month, the Aspen Institute's Economic Opportunities Program held a public forum in Washington, DC, entitled "The Future of Worker Voice" with a distinguished panel of speakers.  Included on that panel were two representatives of the Fair Food Program, Cruz Salucio of the >> Read More

American history happens in a watermelon shed…

[hupso_hide][hupso title="World responds to @Walmart joining #FairFoodProgram! Press, statements, social media..." url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17932"] The world responds to news of the Walmart agreement! [caption id="attachment_17944" align="aligncenter" width="530"] A member of the Walmart delegation holds the Fair Food Program rights booklet during a meeting among CIW members, Florida tomato growers, Walmart representatives, and the Chairperson of the UN's Working Group on Business and >> Read More

PRESS RELEASE: Coalition of Immokalee Workers Announces Walmart to Join Groundbreaking Fair Food Program

NEWS RELEASE: January 16, 2014   MEDIA CONTACT: Coalition of Immokalee Workers Greg Asbed, 239-986-2364, greg@ciw-online.org Julia Perkins, 239-986-0891, Julia@ciw-online.org Walmart Walmart Media Relations 1-800-331-0085   Coalition of Immokalee Workers Announces Walmart to Join Groundbreaking Fair Food Program  [Statement by the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights on today’s announcement follows at the end of this release] [caption >> Read More

BREAKING NEWS: Walmart joins CIW’s Fair Food Program!

[hupso title="History in the making: @Walmart joins @CIW's #FairFoodProgram, strengthens groundbreaking #humanrights model" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17859"] World's largest retailer to put unprecedented market power behind groundbreaking Fair Food Program; Will work with CIW "to strengthen and expand" the FFP beyond Florida and into new crops! [video mp4="https://ciw-online.org/wp-content/uploads/Walmart-Signing_vid.mp4.mp4" webm="https://ciw-online.org/wp-content/uploads/Walmart-Signing_vid.webmhd.webm" ogg="https://ciw-online.org/wp-content/uploads/Walmart-Signing_vid.webmhd.webm" poster="https://ciw-online.org/wp-content/uploads/walmart-signing-screen-shot.png" width="523" height="294" loop="true" controls="false" preload="true" skin="native" align="center"] Walmart representatives John Amaya (left), >> Read More