Tag: modern-day slavery

CIW speaks at White House on FFP’s power to prevent slavery!

[hupso_hide][hupso title=".@CIW speaks at @WhiteHouse on FFP's power to prevent #slavery!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=16511"] CIW's Laura Germino speaks on Fair Food Program on plenary panel at "Taking Action to Eradicate Modern-day Slavery"... Earlier this year, President Obama's Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships issued its report, “Building Partnerships to Eradicate Modern-day Slavery,” in which the Council was tasked with investigating the landscape of >> Read More

Cosecha de verguenza…

Massive slavery operation uncovered in Mexican tomato fields underscores value of Fair Food Program and market consequences for human rights violations Earlier this month, a horrifying story of human rights abuse and exploitation broke when Mexican authorities rescued nearly 300 workers from brutal forced labor conditions on a tomato farm in the state of Jalisco. Here is an excerpt from a report >> Read More

The real news out of the Florida tomato industry…

From the 1960 PBS piece “Harvest of Shame” to modern-day slavery cases and disturbing reports about sexual harassment, it is now an indisputable reality that farm labor is one of the most fundamentally impoverished and abusive -- and fundamentally necessary -- jobs in the United States. Though no less deplorable, the existence of these conditions is neither new nor surprising >> Read More
Fair Food Program Changes the Norm:  Confronting Sexual Violence and Harassment in the Fields

Fair Food Program Changes the Norm: Confronting Sexual Violence and Harassment in the Fields

Fair Food Program Changes the Norm: Confronting Sexual Violence and Harassment in the Fields "It happens so much it's kind of normal." — former female farmworker [i] Sexual violence and harassment of women in the workplace violates federal and state laws as well as fundamental principles of human rights, including the prohibition of discrimination based on sex, the duty to >> Read More

Harvesting Hope/Pennies For Publix Photo report November 15, 2010

The first-ever "Harvesting Hope interfaith community event" hit Naples this past weekend with a whirlwind of activities spread over three days, including a radio panel on farm labor issues broadcast on the local NPR affiliate, a visit by the CIW's Modern-Day Slavery Museum, several opportunities for worship at the Vanderbilt Presbyterian Church, children's activities, a Publix protest, a great benefit >> Read More
CIW’s Laura Germino Recognized as TIP Hero

CIW’s Laura Germino Recognized as TIP Hero

U.S. State Department 2010 "Trafficking in Persons" (TIP) Report Ceremony CIW's Laura Germino Recognized as TIP Hero 6/14/10 photos by Fritz Myer Washington, DC, is unique among U.S. cities. Its famous monuments and massive government buildings have a way of making things seem small. Take the Florida Modern-Day Slavery Museum, for example. The museum made headlines across Florida during its >> Read More
CIW’s Germino (right) recognized in standing-room only ceremony at State Department!

CIW’s Germino (right) recognized in standing-room only ceremony at State Department!

Sec. Clinton: "All of us have a responsibility to bring this practice to an end," including "businesses that knowingly profit or exhibit reckless disregard about their supply chains..." Germino: CIW, overseas TIP Heroes pledge to continue "collective fight to wipe slavery off the face of this earth." In an unforgettable ceremony held in a storied room on the top floor >> Read More