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

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Unsettling experience at last weekend’s Publix actions becomes issue in Publix campaign…

Unsettling experience at last weekend’s Publix actions becomes issue in Publix campaign…

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Man (right) who followed protests from city to city, filmed under false pretenses, now identified as Publix "associate," filming for Publix. Unexplained filming of children questioned. In a bizarre turn of events, a man who followed CIW members and allies around Southwest Florida last weekend, filming the protests -- and on several occasions denying that he works for Publix, claiming >> Read More

And so it begins…

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"Month of Publix Protests" begins with a weekend full of actions around Southwest Florida! From the Naples Daily News ("Farmworkers picket Publix wanting chain to pay more for tomatoes," 10/17/09; all pictures are by Greg Kahn, Naples Daily News): "About 50 farmworkers and supporters of Immokalee farmworkers picketed a Publix in Naples on Saturday morning, calling for the Florida-based grocer >> Read More

Student/Farmworker Alliance “Dine with Dignity” week of action a success!

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You can give the SFA campaign for campus food justice a push by sending a message to Aramark and Sodexo... Students across the country organized this past week to demand justice for farmworkers from their campus foodservice providers, specifically calling on campus food giants Sodexo and Aramark to follow Compass Group's lead and help bring an end to Florida's "Harvest >> Read More

Publix: Where Shopping is Still a Shame…

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Publix: Where Shopping is Still a Shame... The Autumn of Our Discontent: Fed up with Publix's empty excuses for inaction, farmworkers and allies plan a full fall calendar of action at Publix supermarkets across Florida (click here for actions and dates)! From left to right, Lucas Benitez of the CIW, Chris Ashcroft of Compass Group, and Batista Madonia of East >> Read More

In wake of Compass/East Coast announcement, heat turns up on Publix!

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Editorial: "Publix should join agreement" A straight talking editorial in the Ft. Myers News-Press pivoted quickly from last week's announcement of the Compass/East Coast agreement to Publix and its refusal to support the growing movement for social responsibility in the Florida tomato industry. Here it is in its entirety ("Publix should join agreement"):   With their most important success yet >> Read More

CIW, Compass Group, East Coast announce “sweeping changes to benefit tomato harvesters” at press conference in DC!

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There's no question that this is the greatest victory for farmworkers since Cesar Chavez in the 1970s." - Eric Schlosser, author of "Fast Food Nation" (Ft. Myers News-Press, "Tomato workers win new pay deal" 9/26/09) This is a huge victory." - Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis (remarks at announcement ceremony 9/25/09) [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="504"] Sec. of Labor Solis congratulates >> Read More

Fifth annual Student/Farmworker Alliance “Encuentro” in Immokalee is a wrap!

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Also... Great story on East Coast agreement in Florida Catholic! From September 10-13, Immokalee played host to nearly 100 students & youth for the SFA's fifth-annual Encuentro! Over the course of the weekend, Encuentro participants attended workshops, had fun, and sweated in the intense Florida heat -- all while strategizing around the upcoming year in the Campaign for Fair Food >> Read More