Tag: tomato industry

Extreme Makeover: Florida tomato industry edition…

[hupso_hide][hupso title="#Florida tomato industry makeover - a 2 pt reflection..." url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=18988"] [caption id="attachment_18990" align="aligncenter" width="301"] Before: The CIW's Modern-Day Slavery Museum visits Washington, DC in June of 2010[/caption] [caption id="attachment_18989" align="aligncenter" width="301"] After: CIW members celebrate new rights under Fair Food Program in Lakeland in March of 2013[/caption] In the space of just a few years, the CIW's Fair Food Program has >> 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
SixL’s Injunction Report

SixL’s Injunction Report

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA FLORIDA LEGAL SERVICES, INC, a Florida Corporation, and AROLDO LOPEZ, Plantiffs, vs. FARMOP, INC., a Florida Corporation, and DAVID GARCIA, Individually, Defendants ORDER ON PLANTIFFS' APPLICATION/MOTION FOR TEMPORARY INJUNCTION THIS MATTER having come on to be heard before this Court upon the Plaintiff's Application/Motion for >> Read More