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Are you ready? VT workers’ Milk with Dignity National Day of Action around the corner…

Posted on June 12, 2015October 16, 2020 by CIW

[hupso title="Are you ready? VT workers' #MilkWithDignity June 20th Day of Action around the corner..." url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/06/mwd-around-the-corner/"]Dairy workers, allies gearing up for June 20th Day of Action;Meanwhile, CIW and Worker-driven Social Responsibility take center stage at CGI America in Denver!Even as the season winds down in Immokalee, the ever-expanding Fair Food movement is gearing up for an action-filled summer! Last week, we shared an exciting report >> Read More

ACTION ALERT: “We need Milk with Dignity!”

Posted on May 22, 2015October 16, 2020 by CIW

[hupso title="ACTION ALERT: We need #MilkWithDignity! Support @MigrantJustice dairy workers today..." url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/05/milk-dignity-action/"] Vermont dairy workers declare June 20th as national Day of Action, launch petition in support of brand-new Milk with Dignity Campaign! Last week, we shared the exciting news -- via an excellent article in the national hub for food movement news, Civil Eats -- that Vermont dairy workers >> Read More

Leaving Publix: Growing wave of longtime Publix customers spurning Florida grocery giant to express outrage over company’s refusal to support Fair Food…

Posted on May 18, 2015October 16, 2020 by CIW

[hupso title="Leaving @Publix: Growing wave of longtime customers spurning Publix, outraged over company's refusal to support #FairFood" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/05/leaving-publix/"] Life-long customer to Publix: "You have a responsibility to share the loyalty, good fortune and prosperity we’ve given you with the rest of your community." An intriguing new trend is beginning to emerge among once-loyal customers of Publix, and Florida's hometown grocer would do well to take >> Read More

“Will Ben & Jerry’s Help Improve Conditions for Dairy Workers?”

Posted on May 15, 2015October 16, 2020 by CIW

[hupso title="Will @Benandjerrys help improve conditions for #VT dairy workers? @MigrantJustice" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/05/milk-with-dignity-launch/"] Great new article in Civil Eats asks: "A little Justice With Your Cherry Garcia?" Worker-driven Social Responsibility -- the market-based model for the enforceable protection of human rights in corporate supply chains at the heart of the CIW's Fair Food Program -- is a proven success. To quote an >> Read More

CIW prepares to cross the sea to press the case for Fair Food at Ahold’s annual shareholder meeting in Amsterdam!

Posted on April 7, 2015October 16, 2020 by CIW

[hupso title=".@CIW prepares to cross the sea to press case for #FairFood with @AholdNews!" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/04/ahold/"] Action, organized in conjunction with Dutch allies, will be fifth appearance by CIW at Ahold annual meeting; Past actions have had their controversial, educational moments... Whether it was the time the CIW's representative was cut off as he spoke about the Fair Food Program to company directors >> Read More

“They treated us like slaves”…

Posted on December 11, 2014October 15, 2020 by CIW

[hupso title="They treated us like slaves... 2nd installment of @latimes investigative report on devastating conditions in #Mexican tomato industry " url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2014/12/latimes-2/"] Devastating tale of criminal brutality and cruel indifference at one labor camp in Mexico's tomato industry is a case study in the abject failure of the traditional model of Corporate Social Responsibility First things first. If you haven't done so already, put aside >> Read More