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Supermarket Week of Action makes it clear…

Posted on October 30, 2011October 16, 2020 by CIW

... the time for Fair Food is here! The results are in, and the Supermarket Week of Action was officially HUGE! With almost 30 actions across the country, Fair Food activists from Massachusetts to California have sent the supermarket industry a message they can't mistake: It is time to join the Fair Food Program. The longer you wait, the stronger >> Read More

“I have never seen such an act of disrespect”…

Posted on October 27, 2011October 16, 2020 by CIW

Pastor reacts to ripping down of clergy letters by Trader Joe's rep in scathing Op/Ed*... Story picked up by The Atlantic, as well: "Trader Joe's Locks the Doors to Rabbis and Ministers" *now with postscript... Toward the end of the huge march and rally at Trader Joe's headquarters in Monrovia last Friday, a strange thing happened. Though many of the >> Read More

CIW response to Trader Joe’s announcement of Oct. 21, 2011:

Posted on October 26, 2011October 16, 2020 by CIW

Hypocrisy is not sustainable... In Trader Joe’s latest public relations communiqué, issued the day before hundreds of Fair Food activists marched to its corporate headquarters in Monrovia, CA, the retailer now claims it is complying fully with the CIW’s Fair Food Program, but that it is simply doing so without the CIW. No partnership. No verification. No commitment. Just Trader >> Read More

Supermarket Week of Action, Coast to Coast

Posted on October 25, 2011October 16, 2020 by CIW

In Philadelphia, students with U Penn's Student Labor Action Project joined community and religious leaders in a large and spirited action, which attracted the attention of the local press (which you can read here and here). Above, Rabbis Lauren Grabelle-Herrmann and Rabbi Anna Boswell-Levy stand in front of a Fair Food Sukkah constructed on the sidewalk in front of the >> Read More

Trader Joe’s: We’ll be fair. Trust us…

Posted on October 24, 2011October 16, 2020 by CIW

Trader Joe's: We'll be fair. Trust us... 400+ marchers to TJ's: Not so fast, Joe! On Friday, October 21 -- the very day of the big march on Trader Joe's headquarters in Monrovia, CA -- Trader Joe's PR department issued a statement on the Campaign for Fair Food on the company's website. The statement announced a new agreement, between Trader >> Read More

March on Trader Joe’s Headquarters Monrovia, CA October 21, 2011

Posted on October 21, 2011October 16, 2020 by CIW

Those who follow this site know that photo reports are usually accompanied by extensive commentary providing context for the photos and a narrative of the day's action. But for the March on Trader Joe's headquarters last Friday, we have so many great pictures, and the pictures do such a great job telling the story, that we are going to go >> Read More

Religious leaders agree: It’s time for Trader Joe’s to join the Fair Food Program… Now.

Posted on October 20, 2011October 16, 2020 by CIW

Over 100 rabbis sign open letter to Trader Joe's; Call for food justice rings out across country during High Holiday season! Rabbis for Human Rights - North America is turning up the heat on Trader Joe's with a strong new letter signed by over 100 rabbis that will be delivered to Trader Joe's headquarters, in oversized form, at the >> Read More

Pressure grows on Trader Joe’s…

Posted on October 19, 2011October 16, 2020 by CIW

As Friday march on Trader Joe's headquarters approaches, religious leaders, press, Fair Food activists turn up the heat on "ethical grocer"... The letter above -- from Bishop Zavala, the longstanding and widely-respected Catholic Bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, to Trader Joe's CEO Dan Bane -- speaks for itself. This week, protests gaining momentum across the country echo the >> Read More

Another NOT so grand opening for Publix…

Posted on October 17, 2011October 16, 2020 by CIW

Protests hit Publix grand openings in St. Pete, Ocala! Plus... Campaign for Fair Food named to "Terrific Ten" in honor of National Food Day; CIW watermelon crew weighs in on anti-immigrant hysteria in Georgia... Yesterday, October 16th, marked World Food Day, a "worldwide event designed to increase awareness, understanding and informed, year-around action to alleviate hunger," according to the World >> Read More

Update on Florida Legal Services Lawsuit

Posted on October 16, 2011October 16, 2020 by CIW

UPDATE #2: October 16, 2011 Human rights, legal communities speak out on Florida Legal Services lawsuits Center for Constitutional Rights, RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights, National Economic and Social Rights Institute issue open letter; Oxfam America condemns suits... As more people learn of the Florida Legal Services (FLS) lawsuits against the fast-food companies participating in the CIW's Fair >> Read More