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Effects of fast, cold front, set in on Day 2 of the Freedom Fast…

Posted on March 13, 2018October 15, 2020 by CIW

[caption id="attachment_27997" align="aligncenter" width="797"] The growing crew of fasters — now well over 80 at the fast site itself, not to mention those joining in support for the full five days remotely — settled in on Day 2 as the physical effects of the fast, and the increasing cold ahead of still tougher weather tomorrow, made themselves felt.[/caption] ... But >> Read More

It’s on! Freedom Fast kicks off in NYC…

Posted on March 12, 2018October 15, 2020 by CIW

[caption id="attachment_27966" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Lupe Gonzalo of the CIW exits the stage at Sunday's opening rally after receiving a yellow armband signifying that she is one of the more than 70 farmworkers and allies taking part in the five-day Freedom Fast.[/caption] Five-day fast to fight sexual violence against women farmworkers launches outside Manhattan office of Wendy's Board Chairman Nelson Peltz >> Read More

ACTION ALERT: This International Women’s Day, 5 ways to support next week’s Freedom Fast…

Posted on March 8, 2018October 15, 2020 by CIW

Today, celebrate International Women’s Day by taking action alongside migrant farmworker women to demand freedom from sexual violence in Wendy’s supply chain! The countdown has begun. In just three days, nearly 100 farmworkers and allies will set up camp outside the hedge fund offices of Wendy’s Board Chair Nelson Peltz on Park Avenue in the heart of Manhattan. They will >> Read More

Inequality.org: “Power is at the crux of the Fair Food Program”…

Posted on March 7, 2018October 15, 2020 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

CIW's Gerardo Reyes: “Nelson Peltz is a key player within the structure of Wendy’s. He’s the president of a hedge fund called Trian Partners... They invest a lot of money, profit a lot, and have a lot of power. But they refuse to use it. So we are going to their headquarters to ask them to exercise their power in >> Read More

ORGANIZING REPORT: New York City gets fired up for the Freedom Fast!

Posted on March 5, 2018October 15, 2020 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

Actress Erika Alexander sends a message to Wendy's: Join the Fair Food Program! Award-winning playwright Eve Ensler to farmworkers preparing to fast: "Keep going, brave, beautiful women. I am with you, and all of us at V-Day and One Billion Rising - countless activists around the world - stand with you today, rising in the name of justice for all >> Read More

BREAKING: Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach to march alongside CIW at Time’s Up Wendy’s March!

Posted on February 13, 2018October 15, 2020 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

Farmworkers, their families, and thousands of consumer allies will be joined on March 15th by New York Times bestselling author and U.S. Women's Soccer legend! Sometimes two things come together for the first time and the fit is just right, like it had always been meant to be. That's what happened in Immokalee last summer when longtime leaders of the >> Read More

REGISTER NOW: The Freedom Fast and Time’s Up Wendy’s March are coming!

Posted on January 30, 2018October 15, 2020 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

A beautiful flyer, a brand-new website with all the details, and a list of caravans from around the country... we've got what you need to join the CIW's major spring action in New York City, March 11-15! It is that time of year: An advance organizing crew from Immokalee has settled into the Big Apple, the site of this year's >> Read More

NPR’s 1A brings news of new book on CIW, story of Fair Food movement, to millions of listeners!

Posted on January 26, 2018October 15, 2020 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

Dean of Pardee RAND Graduate School Susan Marquis's book, "I am not a tractor!", attracts national attention to remarkable story — and promising future — of Fair Food movement... Over the past month, word has spread about an extraordinary new book from the Dean of the Pardee RAND Graduate School in California, Susan Marquis. Marquis's volume, titled "I Am Not >> Read More

Drumbeat grows louder for FFP as proven solution for Time’s Up movement!

Posted on January 24, 2018October 15, 2020 by CIW

The Nation: "When it comes to creating a workplace where women are empowered to report sexual harassment—and receive justice rather than retaliation when they do so—the farmworkers of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) offer a proven model..." The list of publications connecting the dots between the Time's Up movement and the CIW's Fair Food Program -- the former >> Read More

ANNOUNCED: Farmworkers to hold 5-Day “Freedom Fast,” March 11-15, outside the hedge fund offices of Wendy’s Board Chair Nelson Peltz!

Posted on December 20, 2017October 15, 2020 by CIW

[caption id="attachment_27079" align="aligncenter" width="500"] CIW members and allies gather at the ceremony breaking their weeklong fast outside Publix headquarters in 2012. The fast was featured in the James Beard Award-winning film "Food Chains".[/caption] Demanding freedom from sexual violence and slavery in the fields where Wendy's buys its tomatoes, farmworkers from Immokalee and their allies will hold "Freedom Fast"! Fast will take >> Read More