As Month of Protests continues (on right, protesters picket a Tampa Publix last week), Oxfam America posts a great write up on CIW’s recent agreement with FTGE!

Fair Food activists everywhere are making preparations to join the “Do the Right Thing Tour” (and its two major actions, Boston/Feb. 27 and Tampa/March 4-5). Here in Florida, those preparations include a Month of Protests, as Publix consumers, like those shown above at a protest in Tampa last week, are taking to the streets in the weeks leading up to the tour.

Meanwhile, longtime Campaign for Fair Food ally Oxfam is adding its considerable web voice to those praising the CIW’s recent agreement with the Florida Tomato Growers Exchange (“Historic breakthrough in Florida tomato fields,” 1/31/11).

Here’s an excerpt:

“… Ray Offenheiser, president of Oxfam America, called the agreement between the FTGE and CIW “a real game-changer for farm workers and generations to come.” “Oxfam is proud to support CIW and commends the Florida Tomato Growers Exchange for leading the way. This is the step that will transform Florida’s fields of shame to workplaces of dignity where workers are treated with the respect they so deserve.” read more

We look forward to Oxfam’s continued solidarity as the Campaign enters the all important battle for the support of the supermarket industry. First stop: none other than Oxfam America’s hometown of Boston, Massachusetts!

Stay tuned for more as the Campaign for Fair Food heats up in the month of February (unlike most of the country, including snowy Boston)…