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Boot the Braids campaigns surge in Columbus, Tampa Bay!

[caption id="attachment_25909" align="alignright" width="315"] A student at University of Tampa pledges to join the Wendy's boycott after talking with fasting students staffing an information table and spreading word of Wendy's refusal to join the Presidential-medal winning Fair Food Program.[/caption]Number of fasting students doubles overnight in Tampa, as news of Wendy's unconscionable failure to respect Florida farmworkers' human rights spreads across campuses!...Plus, >> Read More

PHOTO REPORT: Nationwide student fast keeps rolling!

New College, Valencia College students break five-day fast, vow to continue the Campaign:  "This University will continue to fight for the rights of farmworkers, and for all human rights"...Students at Vanderbilt, University of Tampa, Eckerd College and University of South Florida take up the torch as national rolling student fast for farmworker justice continues!After five long days of fasting -- an act >> Read More

Media round-up! From Columbus to Tampa, talk of Wendy’s Boycott spreading like wildfire…

[caption id="attachment_25614" align="alignright" width="358"] A sign outside of the encampment of 19 student fasters at The Ohio State University[/caption]... But before we get to the links, first we need your help with a snap action to support OSU student fasters:  Sign and share Student/Farmwoker Alliance's petition for OSU President Drake this morning!Between the Return to Human Rights Tour's fast-paced progress through the >> Read More

Who doesn’t love a parade?… Immokalee workers launch call for artwork ahead of Parade for Human Rights!

We are only one month out from the culmination of the Return to Human Rights Tour in Columbus, OH, and the big Parade for Human Rights is coming up fast... So what are you waiting for?  Join the Art Team today!Just two years ago, the CIW and thousands of allies flooded the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida, for a massive and >> Read More

Huffington Post: “Farm Workers Are Taking On Poor Pay And Conditions — And Winning”

[caption id="attachment_21987" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Dairy workers in Vermont in 2015 at the launch of the Fair Food Program-inspired Milk with Dignity Campaign.[/caption] In-depth article lifts up unprecedented success of Fair Food Program, Worker-driven Social Responsibility as the "model that's going forward..." Last week, amidst all the April buzz around the Wendy's boycott, the Fair Food Program and the Worker-driven Social >> Read More

Final media round-up from Workers’ Voice Tour! News of Wendy’s boycott spreads far and wide…

[caption id="attachment_23746" align="aligncenter" width="600"] 500+ marchers wind through Palm Beach's exclusive Worth Avenue shopping district on Saturday the 12th of March.[/caption]From New York to Florida, media coverage of Workers' Voice Tour builds pressure on Wendy's, billionaire chairman Nelson Peltz, to join Fair Food Program...Even as the chants for farmworker justice echoed off the bougainvillea-covered walls of Worth Ave in Palm Beach a few short >> Read More

Coming soon to Nashville air waves: Radio Dignidad 104.1 FM!

[caption id="attachment_22821" align="alignright" width="302"] Dignidad Obrera at the 2013 March for Rights, Respect and Fair Food. In the months ahead, the Nashville worker center will be launching their own worker-led radio station.[/caption]The spirit of the CIW's Radio Conciencia spreads across the South, as workers launch Workers' Dignity Radio in Nashville...And you can help!For five years now, one of the CIW's strongest >> Read More

BREAKING: Ben & Jerry’s commits to work with Vermont dairy workers toward agreement to adopt Milk with Dignity Program in company’s Northeast dairy supply chain!

[hupso title=".@BenAndJerrys commits to work with #VT dairy workers towards #MilkWithDignity Agreement!" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/06/ben-jerrys-commits/"][caption id="attachment_22168" align="aligncenter" width="600"] 150+ march in the streets of Burlington in support of the Milk with Dignity Campaign on Saturday, June 20th[/caption]Ben & Jerry's commits to serious talks with Migrant Justice, key elements of Milk with Dignity Program...Chances look good that, soon, you will be able to enjoy Ben & Jerry's >> Read More
Peeps protesting Publix…

Peeps protesting Publix…

... and a march media round-up! And now, in the immortal words of Monty Python, for something completely different... Last week we brought you news of a Fair Food twist on the traditional Seder plate, a way to inject the modern-day story of farm labor liberation through the Fair Food Program into the age-old Exodus story celebrated every year at >> Read More