US Senate holds hearing into slavery and sweatshop conditions in Florida’s fields; Senators tell Florida tomato growers: "We are going to stay on this issue"!…
Click here for a full report and exclusive photos from the historic Senate hearing!
- See a great report and analysis of yesterday’s hearing from The Nation by clicking here.
- See all the press reports from the day’s events here.
- See a video from the hearing and testimony from all the witnesses here.
The hearing came as the national Petition Campaign to End Slavery and Sweatshops in the Fields enters its final stretch before the April 28th action at Burger King headquarters in Miami, where signatures from across the country will be delivered as part of a creative mass procession. Increasing scrutiny of farm labor conditions in Florida — and revelations of corporate espionage and underhanded internet attacks on the CIW tied to fast-food giant Burger King (see the Campaign Update from 4/14 below for details) — have lent a new urgency to the Campaign for Fair Food and the national petition drive. Click here to sign the petition now, then join us this April 28th in Miami!