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“A mere penny a pound can ensure a fair wage”

Posted on August 30, 2011October 15, 2020 by CIW

By the Rev. Brant Copeland Tallahassee Democrat 8/30/11 I'm a big fan of my local Publix supermarkets. When our boys were little, they always managed to steer the shopping cart to the bakery section, where a free cookie awaited them. I've served on the boards of several nonprofit agencies through the years, and I've seen how generous Publix employees and >> Read More

Getting the show on the road!

Posted on August 28, 2011October 16, 2020 by CIW

Bike tour leaves Immokalee on way to Publix HQ... Click here for pictures and a report from Days 1 and 2 of the 200-mile trek! And check out some of the coverage here below: Ft. Myers News-Press, "Coalition of Immokalee Workers bicyclists stop on way to Lakeland for south Fort Myers rally," 8/27/11 (includes an extensive photo gallery). Here's an >> Read More

Cycling to Crenshaw…

Posted on August 25, 2011October 15, 2020 by CIW

Pilgrimage to Publix ready to roll! With the 200-mile trek from Immokalee to Publix corporate headquarters in Lakeland just around the corner, bike tour members practice earlier this week in Naples. (photo Naples Daily News) Plus... Check out the final photo report from the Trader Joe's Northeast Tour! A special team of bike messengers is ready to hit the >> Read More

4th of July Farmworker Freedom Fest!…

Posted on July 5, 2011October 15, 2020 by CIW

UCC leads more than 450 Fair Food activists in huge march on Tampa Publix Ten years ago at its General Synod, in 2001, the United Church of Christ approved a resolution to endorse the Taco Bell boycott, making the UCC one of the Campaign for Fair Food's earliest, and staunchest, allies in the faith community. Yesterday, ten years later, at >> Read More

Farmworker Freedom March Photo Report

Posted on July 5, 2011October 15, 2020 by CIW

If it's a UCC action with farmworkers, Olgha Sandman must be there! There is no one that embodies the leadership of the UCC on the issues of human rights and farm labor justice like Olgha, and she was there again yesterday, leading the way on the 450-person strong march. Olgha's indefatigable spirit was matched by the crew from Immokalee, which >> Read More

CIW response to Publix’s “Put it in the Price” defense

Posted on April 3, 2011October 15, 2020 by CIW

Point-by-point rebuttal leaves Publix nowhere to hide... Since the CIW first began to press Publix to support the Campaign for Fair Food, the supermarket giant's efforts at communicating its reasons for refusing to participate have been, to put it charitably, inartful. First there was the yes-we-do-but-we-pay-a-fair-market-price explanation for continuing to purchase tomatoes from fields tainted by the most recent slavery prosecution. Then >> Read More

The Tour may be over, but the action never stops!

Posted on March 10, 2011October 15, 2020 by CIW

Sojourners blog asks: Why not give up Publix for Lent this year? Quiznos on the hot seat as Denver Fair Food calls for "Spring Blitz" of protests in company's hometown... The Bible boasts many prophets, but none spoke louder on the matters of human dignity, freedom, and justice than the Prophet Isaiah. And so it is fitting that when the >> Read More

“Don’t let making a profit stand in the way of doing the right thing”

Posted on February 14, 2011October 15, 2020 by CIW

In an interview with the Tampa Business Journal from February of last year, Publix CEO Ed Crenshaw was asked, "Who are your heroes in the business world and why?" Here's what he said: “Obviously, my hero in the business world has been and will always be George Jenkins, 'Mr. George,' the founder of Publix and my grandfather... George Jenkins set >> Read More

Why We March: Do the Right Thing Tour

Posted on February 14, 2011October 15, 2020 by CIW

Fair Food activists picket a Washington, DC, area Giant supermarket during last November's Supermarket Week of Action. Giant is one of Ahold's two major US brands. Ahold also owns Stop & Shop. At a glance: Florida farmworkers have long faced brutal conditions in the fields, including sub-poverty wages, widespread labor rights violations, and even modern-day slavery. Today, however, there is >> Read More

Farmworkers to Bike from Immokalee, Carry Iconic Blood-Stained Shirt of Beaten Farmworker to Trader Joe’s

Posted on February 10, 2011August 27, 2020 by CIW

First Florida Opening in Naples Workers, Clergy to Call on Grocery Giant to Sign Fair Food Agreement Immokalee, FL -- A group of tomato pickers will pedal from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' Community Center in Immokalee to the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Trader Joe's Sunshine State debut on Friday, Feb. 10th at 8 AM. There, joined by local clergy, the >> Read More