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Three ways to participate in the upcoming “Build A New World” March!

Three ways to participate in the upcoming “Build A New World” March!

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1) Join us for the 2-mile grand finale on March 18 at 10:30am in Palm Beach, FL! 2) Donate to help offset the cost of transportation, supplies, art creation and meals for an action of this magnitude!  3) Write a message of solidarity for the 100+ farmworkers and allies who are embarking on the 5-day, 45-mile Build A New World March!  On >> Read More
REGISTER TODAY: Take part in the 2023 “Build A New World” March!

REGISTER TODAY: Take part in the 2023 “Build A New World” March!

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Farmworkers have announced a five-day march to celebrate the extraordinary success of the Fair Food Program, and to demand holdouts Wendy’s, Publix, and Kroger finally join the Fair Food Program. Join us in building a new world of freedom for all farmworkers – either by taking part in the 2-mile grand finale in Palm Beach on March 18, or marching >> Read More
PRESS RELEASE: CIW announces march to celebrate 10+ years of progress under Fair Food Program, calls on holdouts Wendy’s, Kroger, and Publix to help finish the job of eradicating forced labor

PRESS RELEASE: CIW announces march to celebrate 10+ years of progress under Fair Food Program, calls on holdouts Wendy’s, Kroger, and Publix to help finish the job of eradicating forced labor

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[caption id="attachment_26379" align="aligncenter" width="807"] Workers on a Fair Food Program farm gather for an FFP worker-to-worker education session, led by members of the CIW Education Team, before heading into the fields to harvest tomatoes that will bear the Fair Food Program label. FFP education sessions take place on the clock and in the fields, and inform workers at least twice >> Read More
SAVE THE DATE: Farmworkers and Allies to Launch 5-day March to Palm Beach, FL, for Farmworker Freedom!

SAVE THE DATE: Farmworkers and Allies to Launch 5-day March to Palm Beach, FL, for Farmworker Freedom!

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MARCH 14-18: Get ready Fair Food Nation! Farmworkers are organizing a 5-day march from Pahokee, FL, home of Florida's most recent federal forced labor case, to the billionaire enclave of Palm Beach, where the power to end farmworker exploitation resides, to demand that three key remaining Fair Food holdouts – Wendy's, Publix, and Kroger – join the award-winning Fair Food Program! Ready >> Read More
Lessons learned from Immokalee’s fight against COVID-19: New study on community health highlights importance of building trust

Lessons learned from Immokalee’s fight against COVID-19: New study on community health highlights importance of building trust

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‘Trust has been undervalued in health systems, but the Immokalee experience shows that it may increase participation in community health efforts through operationalizing the factors listed in the trust determination theory.” “The Immokalee coalition upheld the notion that while technical expertise is critical for building public health infrastructure, community knowledge is equally important for adapting interventions to local needs.” A >> Read More
Produce Industry Journal “The Packer” seeks CIW opinion on latest Florida-based forced labor operation…

Produce Industry Journal “The Packer” seeks CIW opinion on latest Florida-based forced labor operation…

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“This is not the first federal prosecution for forced labor that the Coalition of Immokalee Workers has uncovered and helped investigate, but the thirteenth,” CIW co-founder Lucas Benitez told The Packer. “The truth is, modern-day slavery remains a systemic problem in agriculture, and that problem is only going to continue to grow with the expansion of the H-2A program. But >> Read More
Report from the Frontlines of FFP Expansion: A ‘Fair Fish Program’ for Migrant Fishermen in the UK?

Report from the Frontlines of FFP Expansion: A ‘Fair Fish Program’ for Migrant Fishermen in the UK?

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[caption id="attachment_36261" align="aligncenter" width="820"] The Fair Food Program team visits Peterhead Port Authority in northeastern Scotland, Europe's largest fishing port. From left to right, Chris Williams of the ITF, Greg Asbed, Marley Monacello and Cruz Salucio of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), Paul Schulman of the Fair Food Standards Council and Lucas Benitez of the CIW.[/caption] "The level of >> Read More
From CIW to our generous supporters: thank you for supporting our work!

From CIW to our generous supporters: thank you for supporting our work!

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Charles Dickens, on the holiday season: “It is a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they were really fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys.” There is no easy way to >> Read More
BREAKING: Forced Labor Ringleader Sentenced to Nearly 10 Years in Federal Prison

BREAKING: Forced Labor Ringleader Sentenced to Nearly 10 Years in Federal Prison

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United States District Court in Tampa sentences Bladimir Moreno — ringleader of Florida-based forced labor operation and last of four defendants to be sentenced — to nearly 10 years in prison. “These defendants exploited their victims’ vulnerabilities and immigration status, promising them access to the American dream but then turning around and confiscating their passports and threatening arrest and deportation if >> Read More