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Trader Joe’s Northeast Tour August 2-12, 2011

Posted on August 12, 2011October 15, 2020 by CIW

Days 7, 8, & 9 Massachusetts (click here for full schedule) Just to keep you on your feet, today we are going to switch things up a bit in our photo report, beginning with the Tour crew's Thursday visit to Boston and working our way back to the Worcester, New Bedford, and Needham stops earlier in the week. In visiting >> Read More

When it rains, it pours…

Posted on August 12, 2011October 15, 2020 by CIW

... action for Fair Food! For those of you who like your Fair Food protests with a touch of the crazy, well, Providence was the place to be this past Monday as the Trader Joe's Northeast Tour crew hooked up with allies from Providence Fair Food, Fuerza Laboral, and the Environmental Justice League of RI for another Stop & Shop >> Read More

We interrupt our coverage of the Trader Joe’s Northeast Tour…

Posted on August 11, 2011October 15, 2020 by CIW

... for a round-up of some excellent recent media! Over the past week we have been brought you updates from the road from the exciting Trader Joe's Northeast Tour. For those of you who haven't had a chance to check out those updates, you can find them at the following links: Photo report from Day 4 (New York City) Photo >> Read More

NYC Fair Food activists, Tour crew…

Posted on August 10, 2011October 15, 2020 by CIW

... race for farmworker justice! Determined Fair Food activists and farmworkers from Immokalee pinned a number on their chests and ran 1.6 miles -- from the Trader Joe's in Chelsea to the Trader Joe's at Union Square -- this past Friday as New York's Community/Farmworker Alliance organized the first annual "Race for Farmworker Justice" through the streets of the >> Read More

Trader Joe’s Northeast Tour August 2-12, 2011

Posted on August 9, 2011October 15, 2020 by CIW

Days 5 and 6 White Plains, NY, and Providence, RI (click here for full schedule) Our latest update from the road with the Northeast Tour crew begins in White Plains, New York, where a relatively new group of Fair Food allies received the crew with open hearts on the CIW's first-ever visit to the Westchester County town. The visit began >> Read More

City of Brotherly Love shows much love…

Posted on August 7, 2011October 15, 2020 by CIW

... for the Tour crew and the Campaign for Fair Food! The Trader Joe's Northeast Tour continued its swing through the great cities of the Northeast, stopping in Philadelphia on Thursday for a daily double of Fair Food action -- a protest at a local Giant supermarket (above, northeast-based chains Giant and Stop & Shop are owned by Dutch supermarket >> Read More

Trader Joe’s Northeast Tour August 2-12, 2011

Posted on August 6, 2011October 15, 2020 by CIW

Day 3 Philadelphia, PA (click here for full schedule) With all the attention so far on Trader Joe's, the Tour crew couldn't forget about Giant! After traveling up from DC, a very busy Day 3 started with a protest at a Giant in Lansdowne, PA, just outside of Philadelphia. A large delegation delivered a Manager Letter to four Giant representatives >> Read More

Trader Joe’s Northeast Tour August 2-12, 2011

Posted on August 5, 2011October 15, 2020 by CIW

Day 4 New York, New York (click here for full schedule) In action after action, Fair Food activists with the New York-based Community/Farmworker Alliance have made creativity their trademark. On Day 4 of the Northeast Tour, several members of the CFA donned Trader Joe's-style Hawaiian shirts and launched their latest action with an old favorite: Sampling Justice, where consumers are >> Read More

Trader Joe’s Northeast Tour gets off to a great start in Washington, DC…

Posted on August 5, 2011October 15, 2020 by CIW

Trader Joe's Northeast Tour gets off to a great start in Washington, DC... and Baltimore, MD! Fresh off a strong showing on the west coast, farmworkers from Immokalee and their allies in the Campaign for Fair Food are taking the fight to Trader Joe's again over the next ten days, this time visiting the great cities of the northeast coast, >> Read More

Trader Joe’s Northeast Tour August 2-12, 2011

Posted on August 5, 2011October 15, 2020 by CIW

Days 1 and 2 Baltimore, MD, Washington DC (click here for full schedule) The Northeast Tour started out with a visit by several of the Tour participants to the watermelon fields of Delaware's eastern shore, where members of the CIW's watermelon cooperative (above) were hard at work harvesting melons. Fortunately for the Tour crew, the recent record-breaking heat wave had >> Read More