CIW FEATURED IN 30-MINUTE DOCUMENTARY ON FREE SPEECH RADIO NEWS!

…PLUS, CHECK OUT THE NEW PHOTO ESSAY ON IMMOKALEE PUBLISHED BY BBC NEWS IN A SPECIAL REPORT ON GLOBAL SLAVERY!… In honor of Labor Day, Free Speech Radio News aired an excellent half-hour documentary about the CIW’s struggle for farmworker justice, the successful Taco Bell boycott, and the road ahead as farmworkers from Immokalee and their allies across the country take on the rest of the fast-food industry!

To listen to the full documentary, “Migrant Farm-Workers Score Victory Against Taco Bell,” click here!

And be sure to see the new photo essay on Immokalee courtesy of a BBC special report on slavery throughout the world today. In addition to some great pictures, the photo essay includes some very interesting facts about the agricultrual industry, focusing on the story of a worker who often makes only $3.50 an hour laboring for 12 hours or more everyday (only to pay exporbitant rent every month)! To view the photo essay and read more about the abysmal working and living conditions Immokalee farmworkers face, click here