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’08: Top Five Stories | CIW

Posted on January 6, 2009October 15, 2020 by CIW

January 6, 2009 2008: Five stories that defined a momentous year in the Campaign for Fair Food... Whether it was the year in national news -- from the election of the country's first African American president to the worst economic crash since the Great Depression -- or just the year in Fair Food -- from three stunning new victories in >> Read More

NEW YEARS DAY MESSAGE FROM A CIW MEMBER

Posted on January 1, 2009October 15, 2020 by CIW

Carta de Año Nuevo… En esta temporada del Año Nuevo en la que el país celebra con familia y amigos y todos expresan sus deseos para el futuro, los trabajadores de Immokalee queremos tomar esta oportunidad para compartir los nuestros también. Hoy mientras el país celebra, en Immokalee seguimos viviendo una vida inimaginable -- amontonados, con sueldos estancados por 30 >> Read More

Thanksgiving in Immokalee

Posted on November 27, 2008October 15, 2020 by CIW

NOVEMBER 27, 2008 The CIW's community radio station, Radio Conciencia, hosted the party, held outside the CIW's new community center under a bright November sky. CIW members double as DJ's and techs for the community-run station, and the crew was in fine form on this day, keeping the party alive with music and commentary for more than three hours... ... >> Read More

Sustainable food blog Grist.org asks CIW for “elevator pitch” to President-elect Obama on farmworker justice!…

Posted on November 12, 2008October 15, 2020 by CIW

CIW joins Eric Schlosser, Michael Pollan, Anna Lappé, and more leaders in sustainable food and agriculture in "advising" the new president on how to address the inequities of our food industry. Don't miss the exciting and inspiring series "Going Up!" on Grist.org for some of the best ideas on what might be next in our country's efforts to humanize and >> Read More

Press Release: Sixth Immokalee slavery case suspect arrested Group accused of keeping beating, stealing from Immokalee laborers

Posted on January 18, 2008October 15, 2020 by CIW

FORT MYERS NEWS-PRESS Pat Gillespie pgillespie@news-press.com January 18, 2008 In one of the largest slavery prosecutions Southwest Florida has ever seen, authorities arrested a sixth suspect Wednesday, charging her with making money off unpaid illegal immigrant farm workers. Antonia Zuniga Vargas appeared in court for the first time Thursday to listen to the charges: conspiring to make money off workers >> Read More

How about a side order of human rights?

Posted on December 19, 2007October 15, 2020 by CIW

Fred Grimm, The Miami Herald Dec. 16, 2007 Immokalee -- Cheap tomatoes start here. At the slave house on Seventh Street. The squat beige stucco house three blocks off Main Street in Immokalee hardly suggests that the Navarrete family was getting rich using intimidation, locked doors and the strong-arm tactics to maintain their low-wage undocumented work crews. The only signs >> Read More

McDonald’s Immokalee Letter Delivery

Posted on October 15, 2006October 15, 2020 by CIW

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="216"] A delegation from the CIW gathers at the Immokalee McD's to deliver a copy of the manager letter...[/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="216"] ... The team awaits the arrival of the manager to hand over its precious missive...[/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="216"] When the time comes, they hand the letter over...[/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="216"] ... >> Read More

MAY DAY MARCH IN IMMOKALEE FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS

Posted on May 1, 2006October 15, 2020 by CIW

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="288"] The May 1st call for immigrants across the nation to withhold their labor -- as a means to demonstrate the value of the immigrant community's daily contribution to the economy and the society as a whole -- was respected in Immokalee...[/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="216"] ... where, with an historic march of 2,800 that >> Read More

“RFK MEMORIAL POVERTY TOUR: A TOUR FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE” KICKS OFF IN IMMOKALEE!

Posted on April 28, 2006October 15, 2020 by CIW

AFL-CIO President John Sweeney joined long-time friend Mrs. Ethel Kennedy on the first stop of the "Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Poverty Tour: A Tour for Social and Economic Justice" this Sunday, April 23, in Immokalee. The tour marked the 40th anniversary of Robert Kennedy's now famous “poverty tour”, which included a stop in Delano, CA, with Cesar Chavez and >> Read More

La Gira Por Derechos Reales

Posted on March 18, 2006October 15, 2020 by CIW

MIEMBROS DE LA COALICIÓN DE TRABAJADORES DE IMMOKALEE Y SUS ALIADOS SE PREPARAN PARA LA GIRA DE LA VERDAD DE McDONALD’S 2006: “LA GIRA POR DERECHOS REALES” 26 de Marzo – 4 de Abril, 2006 Gran Manifestación el 1º de Abril, Chicago, IL DONDE: Desde Immokalee a Chicago (ciudad donde se encuentra la sede de McDonald’s) y paradas entre medio, >> Read More