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Fair Food Summit unites allies from across US with workers from Immokalee in three-day planning conference…

Fair Food Summit unites allies from across US with workers from Immokalee in three-day planning conference…

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First order of business: Supermarket Week of Action with kick-off protest at Trader Joe's headquarters! The 2011 Fair Food Summit -- a gathering of Fair Food activists from across the country with workers in Immokalee for a jam-packed, three-day planning process aimed at intensifying, and winning, the Supermarket Campaign -- is a wrap. And as participants make their way home >> Read More

Rabbis for Human Rights-North America steps into the fray with Publix, Campaign for Fair Food!

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Pray-in at Naples Publix caps off day-long delegation to Immokalee, tomato fields... This past Tuesday, a delegation from Rabbis for Human Rights-North America traveled to Immokalee for a day-long immersion in the Campaign for Fair Food. They talked with farmworkers at the CIW community center in Immokalee, met with leaders of the CIW on the very latest developments in the Fair Food >> Read More

Publix takes a pass…

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="520"] A Publix spokesperson, above right, who met the delegation of CIW bikers outside of security at the entrance to Publix's long corporate driveway, asks the bikers to "wrap it up" after a brief back and forth at the culmination of the 200-mile Pilgrimage to Publix.[/caption] Publix CEO Crenshaw refuses to meet with bikers, rejects invitation to >> Read More
Labor Day Sunday…

Labor Day Sunday…

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... and the Pilgrimage crew visits with hundreds of Floridians in churches on the way to its Tuesday rendezvous with Publix CEO Ed Crenshaw! Click here to see the latest photo report now No rest for the weary this Labor Day weekend for our friends on the "Pilgrimage to Publix" bike tour! The intrepid crew continued its quest for a >> Read More
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MEDIA CONTACT Jordan Buckley, Interfaith Action Oscar Otzoy, Coalition of Immokalee Workers 239 503 0928 -- www.ciw-online.org Farmworkers to Arrive at Publix HQ Tomorrow after 200-mile Bike Ride, Will Invite CEO Ed Crenshaw to Immokalee to Learn the Truth About Fair Food Initiative Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) members believe Publix CEO personally unaware of farmworker poverty and abuse, misinformed >> Read More

Bike tour roars into Sarasota!

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Check out the photo report here, as bikers head into final leg of tour, arrival at Publix HQ day after Labor Day... The Pilgrimage to Publix continues its 200-mile trek from Immokalee to Publix corporate headquarters in Lakeland, Florida, this holiday weekend, including a heroes' welcome in Sarasota, where the peleton swelled to several dozen bikers and a spirited protest >> Read More

Open Letter from Rabbis for Human Rights – North America to Publix

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Dear manager, We, the undersigned rabbis, are writing to urge Publix to work with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Florida tomato industry to address the sub-poverty wages and human rights abuses faced by farmworkers who pick Publix’s tomatoes. There is a well-documented human rights crisis in Florida’s fields, and the conditions facing farmworkers who harvest your company's >> Read More

With a little help from their friends…

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... cyclists make their way north toward Publix HQ, stopping to refuel with food for body and soul at local churches from Punta Gorda to Venice! Check out the bike tour's second dispatch from the road, with photos and a first-hand report, by clicking here! The tour is catching the attention of Florida media, as papers across the state are >> Read More