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Walk for Farmworker Justice

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

Walk for Farmworker Justice Lakeland, FL Dec 6 , 2009 photos by JJ Tiziou Sunday's Walk for Farmworker Justice started shortly after noon when nearly 200 workers from Immokalee arrived at the Publix on Florida Avenue on the edge of downtown Lakeland, hometown of the Publix supermarket chain. It wasn't long before the Immokalee contingent was joined by a growing >> Read More

Speech by CIW’s Lucas Benitez at United Nations on Occasion of First World Social Justice Day

Posted on February 10, 2009October 15, 2020 by CIW

I first want to thank Mrs. Robinson and the other organizers for holding this event. It is a tremendous honor to be invited to address an audience such as this in a setting as inspiring as the United Nations. I come here today representing the CIW, a community-based labor organization rooted in the town of Immokalee, Florida. Immokalee is a >> Read More

Collected Press from the April 15, 2008 Senate Hearing:

Posted on April 19, 2008October 15, 2020 by CIW

Senator Bernie Sanders addresses the hearing, joined by Senators Edward Kennedy (shown here on right), Richard Durbin, and Sherrod Brown (not pictured). The senators' opening remarks set the tone for the dramatic hearing to follow... "Ending Slavery for Pennies," The Nation, 4/16/08 "Senators look into treatment, wages of Fla. tomato pickers: US senators hold hearing on Fla. tomato growers' opposition >> Read More

“Because a tractor doesn’t tell the farmer how to run the farm” Testimony by Lucas Benitez

Posted on April 15, 2008October 15, 2020 by CIW

Testimony by Lucas Benitez Before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Good Morning. It is a tremendous honor to be here today testifying in front of this committee in such a storied institution as the United States Senate. I thank you for this once in a lifetime opportunity. At the same time, of course, the reason I am >> Read More

McDONALD’S USA AND ITS PRODUCE SUPPLIERS TO WORK WITH THE COALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS

Posted on April 9, 2007October 15, 2020 by CIW

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contacts: Lucas Benitez(239) 503-0133 or (239) 986-2364 William Whitman McDonald’s USA (630) 623-6745 ATLANTA – The (CIW), and McDonald’s USA, working with McDonald’s produce suppliers, today announced plans to work together to address wages and working conditions for the farmworkers who pick Florida tomatoes. Beginning in the 2007 growing season, McDonald’s USA, through its produce suppliers, will >> Read More

Lucas Benitez’s Remarks at McDonald’s Shareholder Meeting

Posted on May 26, 2006October 15, 2020 by CIW

Oak Brook, IL My name is Lucas Benitez and I´m representing MCG-JMR Joint Venture. I am a leader of the CIW, a farmworker organization in southwest Florida. Today there is a human rights crisis in the fields of Florida. The workers who pick the tomatoes that go in McDonald´s sandwiches and salads work under conditions that can only be described >> Read More

75,000 March for Immigrant Rights

Posted on April 10, 2006October 15, 2020 by CIW

THE GREAT MARCH There was a march in Ft. Myers on Monday. Ft. Myers has a population of about 65,000. The crowd that marched was estimated by police to be over 75,000... The CIW was there. The march was triggered by the passage of the "Sensenbrenner Bill" by the House, a bill that would make it a felony to be >> Read More

Letter to Steve Ells of Chipotle from Lucas Benitez

Posted on February 9, 2006October 15, 2020 by CIW

Mr. Steve Ells, CEO Chipotle 1543 Wazee Street, Suite 200 Denver, CO 80202-1443 (303)222-2500 (fax) Dear Mr. Ells, My name is Lucas Benitez, and I am writing on behalf of the (CIW). The CIW is a membership-led organization of agricultural workers based in Immokalee, Florida. Florida is the country’s leading producer of fresh tomatoes, and many of our members pick >> Read More

FARMWORKERS CELEBRATE DECISIVE VICTORY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS!

Posted on March 12, 2005October 15, 2020 by CIW

FORMER PRESIDENT CARTER COMMENDS CIW'S "PRINCIPLED LEADERSHIP IN THIS VERY IMPORTANT CAMPAIGN... See all the statements of support for this historic agreement below! The four-year Taco Bell boycott is over! Click here for details on the precedent-setting accord. Click here for photos and reports from Saturday's day-long Victory Celebration & Rally (3/12). And don't miss the complete mulitmedia reports from >> Read More

Comments by Coalition of Immokalee Workers Co-Director Lucas Benitez at Press Conference, Announcing Settlement of the CIW’s Taco Bell Boycott

Posted on March 8, 2005October 15, 2020 by CIW

Thank you, Jonathan. My name is Lucas Benitez, and I am a Co-Director of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. I’d like to begin by thanking everyone for coming, and to thank Jonathan Blum and everyone else here at Yum and Taco Bell whose hard work has helped make today possible. Today, we have some good news to share: Today, Taco >> Read More