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One month away! Are you coming?

Posted on February 4, 2013October 16, 2020 by CIW

The March for Rights, Respect and Fair Food inches ever closer... In Immokalee, February is greeted not as the month of Valentine's Day or the easing of the winter, but rather as the final stretch before launching the big spring action. And, indeed, a month from today, we will be setting out from Fort Myers on our way to Publix >> Read More

CIW, allies announce Fast for Fair Food!

Posted on February 6, 2012October 16, 2020 by CIW

Publix headquarters, March 5-10, 2012 Isaiah 58:6, "Is not this the fast that I have chosen? To loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free..." Throughout history, the act of fasting has been a show of faith, a form of political protest, a weapon of the powerless. Virtually all the major >> Read More

CIW LAUNCHES MAJOR NEW ACTION!

Posted on February 28, 2008October 15, 2020 by CIW

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="260"] The background of the above image is a detail from an 18th-century petition signed by the people of Manchester, England, calling for the abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, from the archives of the British Parliament. Petition campaigns and consumer actions by British citizens helped hasten the abolition of the British slave trade in 1807. The >> Read More

Jobs with Justice of East Tennesse Letter to Burger King Manager

Posted on May 14, 2007October 15, 2020 by CIW

JOBS WITH JUSTICE OF EAST TENNESSEE 1124 North Broadway Knoxville, Tennessee 37917 Manager Burger King 2806 North Broadway Knoxville, TN 37917 Dear Sir: Jobs With Justice of East Tennessee is a coalition of grassroots communiity groups, students, churches, and labor unions that advocates for worker rights and economic justice. We are demonstrating at your place of business in support of >> Read More