Category: A Year of Victories: May 2008 – May 2009

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’08: Top Five Stories | CIW

’08: Top Five Stories | CIW

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January 6, 2009 2008: Five stories that defined a momentous year in the Campaign for Fair Food... Whether it was the year in national news -- from the election of the country's first African American president to the worst economic crash since the Great Depression -- or just the year in Fair Food -- from three stunning new victories in >> Read More

New Year message from a CIW member…

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The headline says it all, so without further ado, here is a message from a CIW member to the readers of our website following a remarkably tumultous year in the Campaign for Fair Food (the excerpt below is in Spanish, click on the link to see the complete text and its translation): Carta de Año Nuevo: En esta temporada del >> Read More

NEW YEARS DAY MESSAGE FROM A CIW MEMBER

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Carta de Año Nuevo… En esta temporada del Año Nuevo en la que el país celebra con familia y amigos y todos expresan sus deseos para el futuro, los trabajadores de Immokalee queremos tomar esta oportunidad para compartir los nuestros también. Hoy mientras el país celebra, en Immokalee seguimos viviendo una vida inimaginable -- amontonados, con sueldos estancados por 30 >> Read More

Media round-up…

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Between Governor Crist's continued silence on farmworker slavery and the holidays, a number of great stories on the Campaign for Fair Food slipped through the cracks. Here's a round-up of some of the stories we missed over a busy past couple of weeks: "Shameful exploitation," Bill Maxwell, St. Petersburg Times (12/14/08): "... Written in 1938, when U.S. farmworkers were mostly >> Read More

‘Twas the Night before Christmas…

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12/24/08: ... And not even in this season of good will could Governor Crist find it in his heart to break his silence on the scourge of slavery in his state. His stubborn silence leaves us speechless... And so we leave you with this excellent review of all the recent news from Katrina Vanden Heuvel, editor of The Nation, "In >> Read More
Worker to Judge: “Bosses should not beat up the people who work with them”…

Worker to Judge: “Bosses should not beat up the people who work with them”…

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In the midst of a growing uproar over Tallahassee's controversial statements on slavery in Florida, Friday's sentencing in the Navarrete case (pictured here, from the left, are farm bosses Geovanni and Cesar Navarrete) provided a horrifying reminder of the raw brutality of forced labor and the enduring shame of an agricultural industry seemingly addicted to exploitation... Four Immokalee family members >> Read More

VERY LATEST: Incredibly, McElroy does it again…

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Given an opportunity to explain his earlier, explosive comments downplaying the significance of modern-day slavery in Florida, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services spokesperson Terence McElroy chose to dig himself -- and Governor Crist, whom he represents -- an even deeper hole. Here's what he wrote in an email to a reporter from the Ft. Myers News-Press when asked >> Read More

What they’re saying about the McElroy statement:

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Open letter to Governor Charlie Crist, signed by more than 70 human rights, religious, student, labor, and community organizations and leaders from across Florida and across the nation: "When those who have the responsibility to ensure freedom from slavery, one of the grossest violations of human rights, instead tolerate its existence, people of conscience must speak out..." Read the letter >> Read More