Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice (FL): “The recent announcements of the agreements which benefit the farmworkers bring great joy”…

From the “US Catholic” to change.org, the Campaign for Fair Food has been in the news this past week. Here’s a quick round-up:

“Florida farmworker coalition hails new agreement with tomato growers,” (U.S. Catholic, 10/28/10):

“… ‘The recent announcements of the agreements which benefit the farmworkers bring great joy,’ said Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice. ‘These announcements are just the latest step for bringing fair wages and working conditions for the workers. ‘While there is a time for joy, the struggle to help recognize and preserve human dignity — particularly the dignity of the workers — continues with everyone working together to seek justice in this matter,’ he said. read more

“The fight to end slave labor in our fields is bearing fruit,” (Alternet, 11/2/10):

“… The coalition has created a new model for farmworker justice, one that leverages the economic power of the country’s major food retailers to end farm labor exploitation. With every new buyer that joins the Campaign for Fair Food, farmworkers get a small raise and the purchasing power behind the call for more humane standards grows. That’s why it’s so important that consumers continue to demand that the supermarkets where they shop support the Campaign for Fair Food. Pacific Tomato Growers, Six L’s Packing Co., and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, are embarking together on a road toward real social responsibility. And if that road leads us where the Coalition of Immokalee Workers thinks it will, it may prove to be a model for generations of farmworkers — and the owners of large farms — in the coming years.” read more

“Students Protest Quiznos’ Unfair Food with Britney Spears Flash Mob,” (change.org, 11/2/10):

“Move over, Glee cast — you’re being overshadowed by farm workers’ rights advocates. The Student/Farmworker Alliance recently choreographed their own Britney Spears song and dance number to rival the ones on Glee. But instead of being executed by a team of television stars, this one was done guerrilla style by a sidewalk flash mob outside Quiznos headquarters in Denver, Colorado. You can dance to Britney in spirit by signing the petition to tell Quiznos to be bold and stand for slave-free food…”

If you still haven’t see the incredible video from the Denver Quiznos protest, click here now!

And if you’d like to participate in the petition demanding Quiznos work with the CIW to protect human rights in its supply chain, click here (the petition link is in the upper right-hand corner of the page).