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ARAMARK & Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) sign agreement to improve wages, working conditions in tomato fields of Florida

Posted on April 1, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Coalition of Immokalee Workers Greg Asbed, greg@ciw-online.org, 239-986--2364 Aramark Karen Cutler, cutler-karen@aramark.com, 215-238-4063 PHILADELPHIA, PA, April 1, 2010 – The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and ARAMARK have reached an agreement to address farmworker wages and working conditions in the tomato fields of Florida. Similar to those previously reached between the CIW and other food service >> Read More

Breaking News… Foodservice giant Aramark signs Fair Food agreement with CIW!

Posted on April 1, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

Eighth agreement comes in wake of successful "Dine with Dignity" campus campaign, leaves Sodexo as lone holdout in foodservice industry... The CIW and Aramark issued a joint statement today to announce that we have reached an "agreement to to address farmworker wages and working conditions in the tomato fields of Florida." The statement reads, in part: "... Similar to those >> Read More

Mobilization ramps up as Farmworker Freedom March approaches!

Posted on March 31, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

You can become a fan of CIW on Facebook and follow the Campaign for Fair Food at twitter.com/ciw... Fair Food allies are getting ready -- and getting the word out -- for next month's huge Farmworker Freedom March, and the social media savvy out there are leaving no stone unturned! You can become a fan of the CIW on Facebook >> Read More

More than 2,000 gather in Immokalee for CIW’s annual “Year of the Worker Party”!

Posted on March 30, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

Mobilization for Farmworker Freedom March begins in earnest in Immokalee... Meanwhile... Nation magazine editor pens definitive article on Modern-Day Slavery Museum! Nation editor Katrina Vanden Heuvel published an article on the Modern-Day Slavery Museum this past Sunday, entitled simply "Modern Slavery," that provides the best, most extensive analysis yet on the remarkably powerful mobile exhibit. Here's an excerpt: "... All >> Read More

Special visitors surprise museum at St. Augustine stop!

Posted on March 28, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

Former workers for Ron Evans visit museum, share their own stories of debt, beatings, and escape... North Florida crewleader Ron Evans is serving 30 years in jail today for holding workers in what federal prosecutors called "a form of servitude morally and legally reprehensible." As reported in the Associated Press ("Authorities say farmworkers lured into servitude with drugs, alcohol"), Evans >> Read More

Publix Mailbag: Letters calling on Publix to support farmworkers piling up!

Posted on March 26, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

Plus!... Supermarket Week of Action pics (right), reports coming in... Letters to the editor, manager's letters, letters from religious leaders... they all keep piling up in Publix's mailbox, and they all call on Publix to work with the CIW to protect farmworker rights in Florida's fields! The question on everyone's minds: Is anyone at Publix listening? Here below are excerpts >> Read More

Communities across the state, country mobilizing for the Farmworker Freedom March!…

Posted on March 24, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

Three-day march just three weeks away! From Ft. Myers, FL, to Louisville, KY, and beyond, Fair Food activists are getting ready to join workers from Immokalee for next month's huge Farmworker Freedom March from Tampa to Lakeland! In the picture above, members of the Resurrection Youth Ministry of the Church of the Resurrection in Ft. Myers gather for a group >> Read More

Museum does two days in Tallahassee with a little help from friends at FSU Center for Advancement of Human Rights…

Posted on March 17, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

Plus... Pics don't lie: Supermarket giant Ahold on the hook for buying tomatoes from grower that used enslaved workers from Navarrete prosecution... The Modern-Day Slavery Museum wrapped up two days in Tallahassee yesterday before heading south to Gainesville, where it will spend the rest of the week in and around the campus of the University of Florida. Before leaving Tallahassee, >> Read More

Farmworker Freedom March just one month away…

Posted on March 16, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

Celebrity Supermarket Action!... Late last year, world-renowned Dutch composer Louis Andriessen, left, and Dutch-American violinist Monica Germino delivered the Campaign for Fair Food letter directly to supermarket giant Ahold headquarters in Amsterdam. Ahold owns the Giant and Stop and Shop brands here in the US, and Fair Food activists can keep the pressure on by delivering the manager's letter to >> Read More

Modern-Day Slavery Museum

Posted on March 10, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

The Florida Modern-Day Slavery Museum consists of a cargo truck outfitted as a replica of the trucks involved in a recent slavery operation (U.S. v. Navarrete, 2008), accompanied by displays on the history and evolution of slavery in Florida. Launched in 2010, the museum has toured extensively all across Florida, as well as in the Southeast and Northeast United States >> Read More