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“Farmworker Freedom March”

Posted on April 20, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

MEDIA CONTACT Gerardo Reyes (CIW), 239-503-0950 Lucas Benitez (CIW), 239-503-0133 Julia Perkins (CIW), 239-986-0891 Farmworkers, Consumers Come Together for "Farmworker Freedom March" from Tampa to Lakeland, Hometown of Publix Supermarkets Landmark three-day event calls for “Freedom from forced labor, poverty, abuse” Immokalee, FL (April 14, 2010) – A caravan of farmworkers from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) – an internationally-recognized >> Read More

Shining a rotten apple

Posted on May 18, 2009October 15, 2020 by CIW

Shining a rotten apple Two farms that used workers held against their will in the Navarrete slavery case were certified as “socially accountable” by the grower-controlled monitoring agency called "SAFE" (Socially Accountable Farm Employers) When news of Florida's latest slavery prosecution hit the headlines last December, one crucial bit of information went largely overlooked. The paragraph below, tucked into >> Read More

CIW THEATER, PRESS CONFERENCE — TALLAHASSEE, FL

Posted on March 9, 2009October 15, 2020 by CIW

"The play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King." Those were the words spoken by Hamlet as he prepared to stage a play before the king of Denmark. His plan was to re-enact the crime of his father's murder, touch the guilty party's conscience (in his case, the king himself), and bring him to justice. We >> Read More

Leading Food Advocates To Visit Farmworker Community Dubbed “Ground Zero for Modern Slavery”

Posted on February 26, 2009October 15, 2020 by CIW

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 26, 2009 Contact: Damara Luce, Director, Just Harvest USA damara@justharvestusa.org (510) 725-8752 Leading Food Advocates To Visit Farmworker Community Dubbed “Ground Zero for Modern Slavery” Delegation to shine light on urgent need for reform in Florida agriculture industry Immokalee, FL – On Wednesday, March 4th, a dozen prominent authors, sustainable food advocates, and small farmers will >> Read More

STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT MARY ROBINSON

Posted on February 14, 2009October 15, 2020 by CIW

[President Robinson was the first female President of Ireland, serving from 1990 to 1997, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, from 1997 to 2002.] "Every day, in countries across the world, men, women and children are forced to labor against their will in modern day slavery. The United States, as evidenced by the seven prosecutions for slavery >> Read More

STATEMENT BY LARRY COX Executive Director, Amnesty International USA

Posted on February 14, 2009October 15, 2020 by CIW

STATEMENT BY LARRY COX Executive Director, Amnesty International USA "There should be no mixed messages about slavery. When Florida Agriculture Department spokesman Terrance McElroy cites 'only' one slavery case a year to suggest that his state does not have a big problem on its hands, he undermines the point that any case of abuse is too much. This incident should >> Read More

President Obama comes to town; CIW gets question on slavery to the Commander-in-Chief!…

Posted on February 13, 2009October 15, 2020 by CIW

And now for something completely different... On Tuesday, President Obama came to Ft. Myers for a town hall meeting on the economic crisis (Ft. Myers and the Southwest Florida area generally are at or near the top in both foreclosures and unemployment rates nationally). The picture above is from the Ft. Myers meeting. The town hall was, of course, >> Read More

’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

Worker to Judge: “Bosses should not beat up the people who work with them”…

Posted on December 20, 2008October 15, 2020 by CIW

In the midst of a growing uproar over Tallahassee's controversial statements on slavery in Florida, Friday's sentencing in the Navarrete case (pictured here, from the left, are farm bosses Geovanni and Cesar Navarrete) provided a horrifying reminder of the raw brutality of forced labor and the enduring shame of an agricultural industry seemingly addicted to exploitation... Four Immokalee family members >> Read More