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MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD FOR LABOR!

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Join Sojourners Magazine in telling McDonald's to ensure fair wages for farmworkers by clicking here. Here below is what Sojourners says about why faith should move us to action: "The Bible teaches God's command that society be organized so that all members have genuine access to the resources needed to live a decent life and provide for their families. As >> Read More

NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATE JODY WILLIAMS ENDORSES AFF AND CIW’s CAMPAIGN FOR FAIR FOOD!

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  Jody Williams, winner of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for her leadership of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, has endorsed the Alliance for Fair Food and the CIW's campaign to make fast-food fair food, too. In announcing her endorsement, Ms. Williams wrote: "The work of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers on behalf of Florida's farmworkers -- especially its >> Read More
RFK Statement on McDonald’s Partnership with SAFE

RFK Statement on McDonald’s Partnership with SAFE

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For several years, the RFK Center for Human Rights has followed with dismay the appalling wage and work conditions in the US agricultural industry. Over the last 25 years, farmworker wages have been stagnant, as large-scale corporate purchasers hold down the price of produce. Sweatshops in the fields have become the norm, and slavery has reemerged. As a representative workers >> Read More

McDonald’s Truth Tour Reportback

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      5/27: CIW TALKS TO SHAREHOLDERS AT MCDONALD'S ANNUAL MEETING... CIW members, allies, and Alliance for Fair Food members confronted McDonald's Board of Directors and shareholders at their annual meeting in Oak Brook, IL on Thursday asking McDonald's once again to put aside their PR campaign and to take up meaningful steps towards real change for the farmworkers >> Read More

McD’s “STUDY” ON FARMWORKER WAGES SHREDDED BY CRITICS!

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Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, more than 30 leading labor and social research experts across the country denounce report, and we've got all their statements here below: LABOR EXPERTS SAY McD'S STUDY ON FARMWORKER WAGES "SHOULD HAVE NO CREDIBILITY WHATSOEVER"... In April, McDonald's released the results of its long-anticipated study of tomato pickers' wages in its Florida suppliers' operations. >> Read More

Scholars’ Statement Responding to McDonalds Report on Florida Farmworkers

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"We are scholars in the fields of labor law, labor relations, and social research. We affirm the conclusions in Professor Bruce Nissen's response to the recent report, commissioned by McDonalds, on Florida farmworkers' working conditions. We agree that the McDonalds report does not meet accepted standards of research, and its findings and conclusions should not be taken seriously." (Institutional affiliations >> Read More

MAY DAY MARCH IN IMMOKALEE FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS

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  [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="288"] The May 1st call for immigrants across the nation to withhold their labor -- as a means to demonstrate the value of the immigrant community's daily contribution to the economy and the society as a whole -- was respected in Immokalee...[/caption]   [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="216"] ... where, with an historic march of 2,800 that >> Read More
Critical Analysis of the report, Economic Impact: Tomatoes in Florida, Report 1

Critical Analysis of the report, Economic Impact: Tomatoes in Florida, Report 1

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produced by the Center for Reflection, Education and Action Bruce Nissen Director Research Institute on Social and Economic Policy (RISEP), Florida International University nissenb@fiu.edu 305-348-2616 The report Economic Impact: Tomatoes in Florida, Report 1 was commissioned by the McDonald’s Corporation and completed by the Center for Reflection, Education and Action (CREA) in April 2006.  An examination of the conditions and >> Read More
“RFK MEMORIAL POVERTY TOUR: A TOUR FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE” KICKS OFF IN IMMOKALEE!

“RFK MEMORIAL POVERTY TOUR: A TOUR FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE” KICKS OFF IN IMMOKALEE!

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  AFL-CIO President John Sweeney joined long-time friend Mrs. Ethel Kennedy on the first stop of the "Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Poverty Tour: A Tour for Social and Economic Justice" this Sunday, April 23, in Immokalee. The tour marked the 40th anniversary of Robert Kennedy's now famous “poverty tour”, which included a stop in Delano, CA, with Cesar Chavez and >> Read More