Workers gather at the CIW’s community center in Immokalee last night to make final preparations for Friday morning’s departure for Boston. Above, CIW members watch a short theater piece on the struggle for Fair Food entitled “Let the sun shine for all.” In the background of this hastily shot photo can be made out a sun being lifted aloft by four workers. The sun — representing the new day of human rights in the fields — burns at the heart of the battle over the future of farm labor reform in Florida’s fields between the Campaign for Fair Food and the supermarket giants Publix and Ahold. |
* Oxfam e-alert…
* Change.org calls for action…
* Huffington Post (again!) weighs in on Trader Joe’s and the Campaign for Food…
* Read the New York/Trader Joe’s action Press Release here!
With only one day left before workers in Immokalee load up a caravan and head north to Boston for Sunday’s big march on Stop & Shop, things are coming to a boil across the Campaign for Fair Food.
Longtime ally Oxfam America issued an email alert yesterday to thousands of their members in the Northeast. Here’s an excerpt: