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In feature series, Mexico’s respected daily journal, La Jornada, shows why the Fair Food Program is global beacon of hope

In feature series, Mexico’s respected daily journal, La Jornada, shows why the Fair Food Program is global beacon of hope

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[caption id="attachment_38696" align="aligncenter" width="900"] CIW farmworker staff members provide an on-the-clock, worker-to-worker education session on an FFP Farm[/caption] La Jornada: "Both the administrators and the CIW explain that, in the end, the agreement not only directly benefited the workers but also improved the company's business and reputation." Lucas Benitez, CIW co-founder, on Worker-driven Social Responsibility: "How beautiful it is that we >> Read More
Final wrap-up from last month’s March to Build a New World

Final wrap-up from last month’s March to Build a New World

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[caption id="attachment_36714" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Almost 600 farmworkers and allies marched into billionaire enclave of Palm Beach, FL to celebrate the Fair Food Program and demand Wendy's, Publix, and Kroger join the gold standard for human rights protection in the agricultural industry.[/caption] Now you can read the solidarity statements from allies around the country, like these two below, that buoyed marchers' >> Read More
DAY 5: Marchers quintuple in number on final day of March to Build a New World, take Palm Beach by storm with message of farmworker freedom!

DAY 5: Marchers quintuple in number on final day of March to Build a New World, take Palm Beach by storm with message of farmworker freedom!

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[caption id="attachment_36713" align="aligncenter" width="900"] A massive March to Build a New World takes to the streets of Palm Beach on its final day with a colorful, animated message for food industry leaders -- including Palm Beach resident and Wendy's Board Chair Nelson Peltz -- that the time has come to stop running from real social responsibility and to join the >> Read More
DAY 4: From labor camps to luxury yachts, modern-day slavery to latter-day robber barons, marchers travel across 48 miles, 2 worlds, in quest for farmworker freedom…

DAY 4: From labor camps to luxury yachts, modern-day slavery to latter-day robber barons, marchers travel across 48 miles, 2 worlds, in quest for farmworker freedom…

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Washington Post (AP): "Now workers enjoy the right to complain without fear of retaliation. Workers also have water and shade as part of these agreements,” said Gerardo Reyes Chavez, a coalition official, at the start of the march in Pahokee. “The [Fair Food] program has proven to be the solution, the antidote to the problem of modern day slavery, the >> Read More
Day 3: Support for farmworker freedom swells as marchers inch closer to the coast; YOU can still join us for the grand finale, Saturday, 3/18!

Day 3: Support for farmworker freedom swells as marchers inch closer to the coast; YOU can still join us for the grand finale, Saturday, 3/18!

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  [caption id="attachment_36578" align="aligncenter" width="900"] One of the youngest marchers does his part to Build a New World on Day 3 of the march from Pahokee to Palm Beach, eliciting a tumult of truck and car horns that saluted marchers along the day's 11 mile route. As marchers made their way ever closer to the island enclave of Palm Beach, >> Read More
Day 2: Rain, cold fail to dampen marchers’ spirits as farmworkers, allies move one day closer to march goal, one giant leap closer to new world of farmworker freedom!

Day 2: Rain, cold fail to dampen marchers’ spirits as farmworkers, allies move one day closer to march goal, one giant leap closer to new world of farmworker freedom!

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[caption id="attachment_36559" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Marchers met new challenges on their 5-day, 50-mile route to the island of Palm Beach yesterday in the form of rain and unseasonably cold weather, but rose to meet the challenges of the day with enthusiasm and an unwavering commitment to their twin goals of celebrating more than a decade of unprecedented human rights progress under >> Read More
DAY 1: Over 100 workers, allies launch 5-day march to celebrate decade of human rights progress, Build a New World of farmworker freedom!

DAY 1: Over 100 workers, allies launch 5-day march to celebrate decade of human rights progress, Build a New World of farmworker freedom!

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[caption id="attachment_36546" align="aligncenter" width="2048"] Over 100 farmworkers and their allies make their way from Pahokee to Palm Beach on Day one of the Build a New World March. The globe at the head of the march, illuminated by the sun representing the Fair Food Program, remains divided into two worlds, one filled with the light of fair working conditions, human >> Read More
One day before we launch our 5-day trek from Pahokee to Palm Beach, national media are celebrating the CIW’s March for Farmworker Freedom

One day before we launch our 5-day trek from Pahokee to Palm Beach, national media are celebrating the CIW’s March for Farmworker Freedom

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[caption id="attachment_36518" align="aligncenter" width="800"] CIW's Cruz Salucio makes the final touches on a sun representing the Fair Food Program.[/caption] Truthout: "There are few human rights achievements that are so universally celebrated today as the farmworker-led Fair Food Program." Civil Eats: "Created 10 years ago, the program has been credited with markedly improving conditions in agricultural fields for workers on the >> Read More
Archbishop Wenski: “Your efforts to shed light on this egregious [forced labor case in Pahokee] through the Build a New World March are God’s work”

Archbishop Wenski: “Your efforts to shed light on this egregious [forced labor case in Pahokee] through the Build a New World March are God’s work”

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[caption id="attachment_36505" align="aligncenter" width="731"] Archbishop Wenski speaks with farmworkers and allies during their 5-mile march in Palm Beach, FL in April 2022[/caption] Archbishop Thomas Wenski: "Even as I extend my congratulations, it is with a heavy heart that I must also recognize the plight of farmworkers who do not yet labor in the light of justice & dignity." "Many years >> Read More
Florida students visit Immokalee to celebrate booting Wendy’s from campus, mobilize for the Build A New World March!

Florida students visit Immokalee to celebrate booting Wendy’s from campus, mobilize for the Build A New World March!

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  [caption id="attachment_36482" align="aligncenter" width="652"] University of Florida students visited the CIW's office after securing a crucial victory at their university[/caption] UF Student/Farmworker Alliance on booting Wendy's from campus: "While it's important we celebrate our victories, the fight for fair food is never over! We continue to keep our end goal in mind: an end to exploitation and abuse in >> Read More