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New video from Phoenix, AZ, provides timely reminder that a preventable police killing can never be justified…

Posted on December 15, 2021February 23, 2022 by CIW

[caption id="attachment_34654" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Banner petition, signed by over 1,000 Immokalee community members, declares that "An injury to one is an injury to all" and demands accountability for the wrongful death of single father and Immokalee farmworker Nicolas Morales.[/caption] Video of recent police shooting in Phoenix, AZ, provides timely, real-world demonstration of the actions and decisions Collier County Sheriff's Office >> Read More

What Does it Take to Build Resilient Communities?

Posted on December 13, 2021February 23, 2022 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

[embed]https://youtu.be/TD1VKilburQ[/embed] From disasters like hurricanes and police violence, to the generations-old injustices of poverty and discrimination, the Immokalee farmworker community has faced countless challenges over the past thirty years. So when the COVID-19 pandemic came out of nowhere two years ago to pose an existential threat to farmworkers -- and the state of Florida made it painfully clear that we >> Read More

Stand with Farmworkers on Human Rights Day

Posted on December 10, 2021February 23, 2022 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

Some of the most challenging calls we get on the Fair Food Program hotline come from farmworkers on non-FFP farms. While Program staff always do their best to assist in those cases, the frustrating truth is that we only have the power to fix human rights violations on farms covered by the FFP's binding legal agreements with Participating Buyers. It's >> Read More

CIW Op-Ed: “We must recognize the injustice of Nicolas Morales’s death”

Posted on December 1, 2021February 23, 2022 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

CIW 0p-ed in the Naples Daily News: "We as a community can— and must — recognize the injustice of Nicolas Morales's death and honor his life by implementing the long-overdue reforms necessary to ensure that no son or daughter of Collier County suffers that same incalculable loss [as Nicolas Jr.] ever again." CIW, allies call on Citizens Review Panel to >> Read More

This Giving Tuesday, honor the farmworkers at your table

Posted on November 30, 2021February 23, 2022 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

You can support the human rights of the farmworkers who harvested your Thanksgiving meal. Make a one-time donation for Giving Tuesday here. Every year, we mark the holiday season by celebrating “Giving Tuesday,” a day to put our gratitude to work by supporting the causes and communities we most care about. The food at our tables this season comes >> Read More

BREAKING: U.S. DOJ busts sprawling modern-day slavery operation in fields of South Georgia

Posted on November 23, 2021February 23, 2022 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

[caption id="attachment_34904" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Officials from the U.S. Justice Department, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. State Department, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol and state and local law enforcement officers speak at a news conference in Waycross, Georgia, yesterday, Monday, November 22, to announce indictments in the case of U.S. v. Patricio et al.[/caption] U.S. Department >> Read More

WEEK OF ACTION, DAY 5: Join the #DaveWouldNever social media campaign!

Posted on November 19, 2021February 23, 2022 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

1-minute Virtual Action #5: Post to social media using #DaveWouldNever to let Wendy's know that the company's late founder and renowned philanthropist Dave Thomas would be appalled at Wendy's disdain for farmworkers' human rights! It's been quite the week! Between sending emails, making phone calls, posting tweets and signing petitions, supporters of the Wendy's Boycott have made their voices heard >> Read More

WEEK OF ACTION, DAY 4: Sign the #DeliverWithDignity petition!

Posted on November 18, 2021February 23, 2022 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

During the Week of Action kick-off on Monday, Fair Food allies sent over 300 emails to DoorDash's CEO Tony Xu urging the tech billionaire to meet with farmworker leaders of the CIW to learn how the Fair Food Program is transforming the lives of tens of thousands of farmworkers for the better, why consumers are boycotting Wendy's, and what DoorDash >> Read More

WEEK OF ACTION, DAY 3: Send a tweet to Ohio State’s President demanding OSU listen to its students and boot Wendy’s from campus!

Posted on November 17, 2021February 23, 2022 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

[caption id="attachment_34044" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Students at the Ohio State University protest outside the Wendy’s at the Wexner Medical Center calling for the removal of the fast-food chain from campus as part of a coordinated national Week of Action in April 2021.[/caption] 1-minute Virtual Action #3: Send a tweet to Ohio State's President Kristina Johnson demanding her administration listen to students' >> Read More

WEEK OF ACTION, DAY 2: Call on NYC Council Members to support the Wendy’s Boycott resolution!

Posted on November 16, 2021February 23, 2022 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

[caption id="attachment_30871" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Young Fair Food leaders taking center stage during a Wendy's Boycott action in New York City in 2019.[/caption] 1-minute Virtual Action #2: Make a quick call to New York City Council Members, urging them to sponsor Resolution 1156 in support of the Wendy's Boycott and farmworkers' human rights! PLUS: If you're in NYC, join New York >> Read More