Tag: President Jimmy Carter

President Jimmy Carter, Michael Pollan — CIW, Fair Food Program receive high praise from high places!

[hupso_hide][hupso title="President Jimmy Cartner, @michaelpollan weigh in on #FairFoodProgram, historic @Walmart agreement!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=18108"] Walmart agreement, success of Fair Food Program subject of comments by former president, food movement leader... As the recent news out of Immokalee of the CIW's agreement with Walmart continues to reverberate through the food industry and through the world of human rights, high profile observers continue >> Read More
President Jimmy Carter writes letter to CIW following 2013 Roosevelt Freedom from Want Medal

President Jimmy Carter writes letter to CIW following 2013 Roosevelt Freedom from Want Medal

"My hope is that this will become a model for social responsibility within the agricultural industry." Well-wishers from Michael Pollan to Mark Bittman weigh in after announcement of award... Last week's news of the CIW's selection for the Roosevelt Institute's Freedom from Want Medal brought many kind words of congratulations from around the worlds of human rights and food justice. Rather than >> Read More
McDONALD’S USA AND ITS PRODUCE SUPPLIERS TO WORK WITH THE COALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS

McDONALD’S USA AND ITS PRODUCE SUPPLIERS TO WORK WITH THE COALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contacts: Lucas Benitez(239) 503-0133 or (239) 986-2364 William Whitman McDonald’s USA (630) 623-6745 ATLANTA – The (CIW), and McDonald’s USA, working with McDonald’s produce suppliers, today announced plans to work together to address wages and working conditions for the farmworkers who pick Florida tomatoes. Beginning in the 2007 growing season, McDonald’s USA, through its produce suppliers, will >> Read More
Critics say fast feeder should address farm workers’ ‘subpoverty’ wages, conditions

Critics say fast feeder should address farm workers’ ‘subpoverty’ wages, conditions

By Lisa Jennings OAK BROOK, Ill. (Dec. 12) - McDonald's Corp.'s support for new workplace policies created by Florida farmers has drawn a firestorm of criticism from the labor coalition whose four-year boycott of Taco Bell led to its March agreement to pay a penny a pound more for Florida tomatoes. With no less a human-rights champion than former President >> Read More
FARMWORKERS CELEBRATE DECISIVE VICTORY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS!

FARMWORKERS CELEBRATE DECISIVE VICTORY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS!

FORMER PRESIDENT CARTER COMMENDS CIW'S "PRINCIPLED LEADERSHIP IN THIS VERY IMPORTANT CAMPAIGN... See all the statements of support for this historic agreement below! The four-year Taco Bell boycott is over! Click here for details on the precedent-setting accord. Click here for photos and reports from Saturday's day-long Victory Celebration & Rally (3/12). And don't miss the complete mulitmedia reports from >> Read More

Former President Jimmy Carter weighs in on Yum’s “proposed solution” to the Boycott

"This cannot be considered a serious proposal": Former President Jimmy Carter weighs in on Yum's "proposed solution" to the boycott... Nobel Peace Prize winner and former US President Jimmy Carter, writing from the Carter Center in Atlanta, added his voice to the growing chorus of organizations and individuals calling on Yum Brands to take meaningful steps to improve wages and >> Read More