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Campaign for Fair Food Drawing Contest Winners

Posted on February 3, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

To young people, their parents, and all their teachers: Farmworkers across the country pick the fruits and vegetables we need to stay healthy. And though they help put food on millions of tables across the country, most farmworkers don't earn enough to support their own families, and many times they are treated unfairly at work in the fields. Through the >> Read More

Students marching from Miami to Washington for immigrant rights add Publix to their route!

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

Fifty years ago today in Greensboro, North Carolina, a small group of students began a peaceful protest that catapulted the cruel injustice of racial segregation into national focus. Their sit-in at a Woolsworth lunch counter inspired countless others across the country to likewise take a stand against separate and unequal facilities for black Americans. The bravery and resolve of these >> Read More

Publix “Neighborhood Grocer” image takes yet another hit…

Posted on January 27, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

Publix "Neighborhood Grocer" image takes yet another hit... News-Press report exposes Publix use of foreign students on temporary work visas (part-time, no benefits) to fill hundreds of local jobs in the face of 14% unemployment! Editorial: Publix claim they can't find local workers to fill jobs "insulting nonsense" It's been a rough few months for Publix and its public relations >> Read More

SAVE THE DATES!:

Posted on January 25, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

CIW announces "Farmworker Freedom March," Tampa to Lakeland, Florida, April 16-18, 2010! March to call for: "Freedom from forced labor; Freedom from abuse; Freedom from poverty and degradation" Mobile "Modern-day Slavery Museum" to tour state in lead-up to Freedom March... Earlier this month, President Obama declared January, 2010, "National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month," saying: "Fighting modern slavery and >> Read More

Love among the ruins

Posted on January 15, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

The extent of destruction and loss in Haiti is only now coming into focus, and its true measure will not be known for months, maybe years, to come. But as we have learned from so many tragedies past, these are the times when the very best of human nature -- our capacity for love and all that love makes possible >> Read More

Hour-long BBC program live from Immokalee on modern-day slavery

Posted on January 11, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

UPDATE 1/12/10: To check out yesterday's hour-long BBC program live from Immokalee on modern-day slavery, click here! "Immokalee slavery topic of the day on global radio," (Ft. Myers News Press) BBC's "World Have Your Say" to broadcast live from Immokalee, 1:00 pm (EST), and online at Public Radio's WGCU or BBC Radio On the heels of President Obama's proclamation designating >> Read More

Capitol Hill update, Part II…

Posted on January 9, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

US Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R - FL) congratulates CIW on news of Fair Food tomatoes in House restaurants! Here's the quote, from the Miami Herald Blog, "Naked Politics" (1/7/10): "... Diaz-Balart, whose district includes Immokalee, saluted the ag workers, saying their work 'is critical to Florida’s agriculture industry and I am pleased it is being recognized in the Capitol.'" We >> Read More

New year brings new visit from Senator Sanders to Immokalee!

Posted on January 7, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

There's no better way to begin a new year than to get together with old friends, and that's just what happened yesterday at the CIW headquarters in Immokalee. US Senator Bernie Sanders is one of the CIW's staunchest allies on Capitol Hill, and has done much to advance the cause of Fair Food. His visit to Immokalee yesterday provided a >> Read More

President Obama declares January “National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month”…

Posted on January 5, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

President Obama declares January "National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month"... Newly launched "Fair Food Project" (right) takes it one step further and invites you to help make the change! In a proclamation signed yesterday, January 4th, 2010, President Obama declared January "National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month". The proclamation states, in part: "The United States was founded on >> Read More

A season of hope…

Posted on December 28, 2009October 15, 2020 by CIW

Holidays perfect time for a news round-up with a theme of hope for the new year! A dozen years ago -- shortly before Christmas, 1997 -- a small group of farmworkers in Immokalee began a 30-day hunger strike that would forever transform the struggle for justice in this country's fields. Their excruciating month-long fast cast an unblinking light on the >> Read More