Category: A Year to Dine with Dignity: May 2009 – August 2010

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Et tu, Kroger?

Et tu, Kroger?

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June 26, 2010 Country's largest grocery store chain still purchasing from grower tainted by latest slavery prosecution (right); Rejects partnership with CIW, tells shareholders "we can make more progress... working directly with the growers than we can by working with a third party"... Wow. It must be something about the supermarket industry that makes saying patently ludicrous things seem perfectly >> Read More
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of the General Assembly 100 Witherspoon St. ~ Louisville, KY ~ 40202

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of the General Assembly 100 Witherspoon St. ~ Louisville, KY ~ 40202

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Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of the General Assembly 100 Witherspoon St. ~ Louisville, KY ~ 40202 November 17, 2010 Commendation of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and the Florida Tomato Growers Exchange on their Historic Fair Food Agreement On behalf of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) we commend the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and the Florida Tomato >> Read More
On the Occasion of the Groundbreaking Agreement between the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and Pacific Tomato Growers

On the Occasion of the Groundbreaking Agreement between the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and Pacific Tomato Growers

Posted on by CIW
"Today we celebrate the groundbreaking agreement between the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and Pacific Tomato Growers. We are grateful to witness this display of social responsibility. This agreement will bring about basic rights for farmworkers. We hope and pray that the spirit of collaboration exhibited by the CIW and Pacific Tomato Growers leads the way to a future in >> Read More
Modern-Day Slavery Museum Northeast Tour Final Stop, Compass Group Headquarters Charlotte, NC 8/16/10

Modern-Day Slavery Museum Northeast Tour Final Stop, Compass Group Headquarters Charlotte, NC 8/16/10

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On the final stop of the 2010 Northeast Tour, the CIW's Modern-Day Slavery Museum set up shop on some prime real estate -- in the parking lot of foodservice giant Compass Group's corporate headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. While the idea of a farmworker organization joining forces with a major food retail corporation to fight slavery and poverty in the >> Read More

Slavery Museum wraps up Northeast Tour!

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Final stop at Compass Group headquarters in Charlotte, NC, perfect ending to a great tour; See the links to reports from all the stops below... A three-week tour focused on the problem of modern-day slavery in Florida's fields ended with an emphasis on the solution to farm labor exploitation on its final stop in Charlotte, North Carolina. The stop took >> Read More

Traitor Joes?

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Traitor Joes?... Massive rally outside Trader Joes location in NYC (right) sends Fair Food message loud and clear to natural food giant! PLUS: What they're saying about the Sodexo agreement!... Just Harvest USA is an exciting new organization working within the growing food justice movement with a particular focus on farm labor justice. According to the Just Harvest website, their >> Read More
Sodexo and Coalition of Immokalee Workers Sign Fair Food Agreement

Sodexo and Coalition of Immokalee Workers Sign Fair Food Agreement

Posted on by CIW
CONTACT: Sodexo: Jaya K. Bohlmann 301 987 4415 jaya.bohlmann@sodexo.com CIW: Lucas Benitez, Julia Perkins 239-657-8311 239-986-0891 lucas@ciw-online.org julia@ciw-online.org Foodservice leader, farm worker organization form strategic partnership to improve wages, working conditions in Florida tomato fields GAITHERSBURG, MD, August 24, 2010 – With consumer demand for sustainable food growing by the day, Sodexo, North America’s leading provider of Quality of Daily Life Solutions >> Read More
Sodexo signs Fair Food agreement with CIW!

Sodexo signs Fair Food agreement with CIW!

Posted on by CIW
Big Three foodservice industry leaders now squarely behind growing movement for Fair Food!... Saying, "Sodexo is committed to protecting and upholding the rights of all workers, whether employed directly by us or by our business partners and suppliers,” Arlin Wasserman, Sodexo vice president for sustainability and corporate social responsibility, announced today that his company has signed an agreement to work >> Read More
Modern-Day Slavery Museum barnstorms New England!

Modern-Day Slavery Museum barnstorms New England!

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  The Modern-Dady Slavery Museum was featured on Democracy Now! on August 11th. Check out the photo report from Days Twelve & Thirteen plus the media round-up! Following last week's exciting Ahold actions, the Northeast Tour crew continued to raise awareness about farmworker exploitation in the supermarket industry's tomato supply chain with four New England stops in just two days! >> Read More