Tag: Migrant Justice

Are you ready?  VT workers’ Milk with Dignity National Day of Action around the corner…

Are you ready? VT workers’ Milk with Dignity National Day of Action around the corner…

[hupso title="Are you ready?  VT workers' #MilkWithDignity June 20th Day of Action around the corner..." url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/06/mwd-around-the-corner/"]Dairy workers, allies gearing up for June 20th Day of Action;Meanwhile, CIW and Worker-driven Social Responsibility take center stage at CGI America in Denver!Even as the season winds down in Immokalee, the ever-expanding Fair Food movement is gearing up for an action-filled summer!  Last week, we shared an exciting report >> Read More

NEW VIDEO! VT dairy workers launch official Milk with Dignity video…

[hupso title="NEW VIDEO: VT dairy workers launch official #MilkWithDignity video" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/06/mwd-vid/"] "We are organizing ourselves to shift power, and to ensure that farmers and farmworkers have a voice in the industry..." A battle for fundamental human rights is brewing in Vermont's dairy industry, and at the heart of it all lies this pivotal question: Who should speak for farmworkers when it >> Read More

ACTION ALERT: “We need Milk with Dignity!”

[hupso title="ACTION ALERT: We need #MilkWithDignity! Support @MigrantJustice dairy workers today..." url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/05/milk-dignity-action/"] Vermont dairy workers declare June 20th as national Day of Action, launch petition in support of brand-new Milk with Dignity Campaign! Last week, we shared the exciting news -- via an excellent article in the national hub for food movement news, Civil Eats -- that Vermont dairy workers >> Read More

“Will Ben & Jerry’s Help Improve Conditions for Dairy Workers?”

[hupso title="Will @Benandjerrys help improve conditions for #VT dairy workers? @MigrantJustice" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/05/milk-with-dignity-launch/"] Great new article in Civil Eats asks: "A little Justice With Your Cherry Garcia?" Worker-driven Social Responsibility -- the market-based model for the enforceable protection of human rights in corporate supply chains at the heart of the CIW's Fair Food Program -- is a proven success.  To quote an >> Read More

Largest screening yet! 300 attend Burlington screening of “Food Chains”…

[hupso title="Largest screening yet! 300 attend Burlington screening of @FoodChainsFilm... @MigrantJustice" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/04/burlington-food-chains/"] [caption id="attachment_21748" align="aligncenter" width="611"] 300 in the audience at the University of Vermont for the "Food Chains" screening on April 1st[/caption]   Green Mountain State ripe for Fair Food, shows swell of support for CIW and local dairy workers... In honor of Farmworker Awareness Week at the end of last month, the >> Read More