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Blowback! Pop culture media explodes with news of Wendy’s attack on farmworker women, response from #TimesUp leaders…

Posted on March 26, 2018October 15, 2020 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

[caption id="attachment_33034" align="alignright" width="405"] InStyle (with an audience of 9.5 million) posted the above video at the top of their story on Alyssa Milano's powerful response to Wendy's outrageous claim that farmworker women were "exploiting" the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements.[/caption] People Magazine (76 million readers): "Alyssa Milano Slams Wendy's 'Outrageous' Response Amid Farmworkers' Protest of Fast Food Chain..." Elle Magazine >> Read More

Drumbeat grows louder for FFP as proven solution for Time’s Up movement!

Posted on January 24, 2018October 15, 2020 by CIW

The Nation: "When it comes to creating a workplace where women are empowered to report sexual harassment—and receive justice rather than retaliation when they do so—the farmworkers of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) offer a proven model..." The list of publications connecting the dots between the Time's Up movement and the CIW's Fair Food Program -- the former >> Read More

Part Two: “We are not victims — we are not asking for charity, we are calling for justice!”

Posted on October 27, 2017October 16, 2020 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

[caption id="attachment_27009" align="aligncenter" width="600"] CIW's Nely Rodriguez addresses 70+ allies from Columbus in front of Wendy's Headquarters, holding aloft a quilt created by the farmworker women of Immokalee.[/caption]Farmworker Women to Wendy's executives: "We want to work with dignity in the fields."Last Sunday, farmworkers stood alongside religious leaders from across the city of Columbus, Wendy's hometown, for a moving interfaith service >> Read More

“We aren’t asking you to create the solution. The solution already exists…”

Posted on June 29, 2016October 16, 2020 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

Kroger executives, shareholders faced with massive labor violations in supply chain...As Kroger shareholders poured into their annual meeting in Cincinnati last Thursday, they were greeted by some rather disturbing news from the company's supply chain: A Kroger tomato supplier in Florida by the name of Tomato Thyme -- operating, in theory, under the ever-watchful eye of Kroger's internal supply chain monitoring process -- >> Read More

Strawberries! Get your Fair Food Program strawberries here!…

Posted on March 22, 2016October 16, 2020 by CIW

Fair Food Program strawberries set to hit select Whole Foods stores this week, carry FFP label on the clamshell...Whole Foods: "The Fair Food Program is the leading worker welfare success story in the U.S."The Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Whole Foods Market, and Sunripe Certified Brands announced a groundbreaking initiative today, expanding the Fair Food Program into the strawberry industry and >> Read More

Publix: “May your practices reflect God’s care. The world is watching.”

Posted on June 23, 2014October 16, 2020 by CIW

[hupso_hide][hupso title="United Methodist Women denounce @Publix for rejecting #FairFoodProgram..." url="https://ciw-online.org/"] United Methodist Women chastise Publix for rejecting Fair Food Program, celebrate deep and growing partnership with farmworkers... United Methodist Women just won't take no for an answer when it comes to food justice and Florida's supermarket giant, Publix! Last week we posted a story about this incredible video, a moving look at three generations >> Read More

American history happens in a watermelon shed…

Posted on January 20, 2014October 16, 2020 by CIW

[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

“These ashes represent a new day dawning in the fields out of a dark past of abuse… These ashes also represent Publix’s opportunity for redemption.”

Posted on November 7, 2013October 16, 2020 by CIW

[hupso_hide][hupso title="#UnitedMethodist Women host @CIW at annual gathering in #Lakeland, call on @Publix to support new day for farmworkers!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17106"] United Methodist Women host CIW at last weekend's Annual Conference in Lakeland, reaffirm their commitment to farmworkers and the call for Publix to support dramatic human rights advances taking root in the fields today... This past weekend, over 300 Florida United >> Read More

A good couple of days for Fair Food…

Posted on October 20, 2013September 26, 2020 by CIW

"Hope that a better world, a more humane world, was in fact possible..." Four Freedoms Medal ceremony, massive Wendy's protest, highlight week full of momentum in movement for Fair Food! “Somewhere we have heard that the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice… Today, for the first time in the history of the south, this >> Read More

Photo Report: CIW families, consumers teach Publix the true meaning of Labor Day!

Posted on September 3, 2013October 16, 2020 by CIW

[hupso_hide][hupso title="Labor Day Weekend of Action in FL: CIW's Women's Group leads the way" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=16081"] CIW's Women's Group leads the way in big Labor Day Weekend of Action across Florida... Four years ago, CIW members took their call for Publix to sign a Fair Food agreement to the streets for the very first time. This past weekend, CIW members once again loaded >> Read More