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Coalition of Immokalee Workers > Amsterdam

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

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[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

Royal Ahold executives sidestep the call for Fair Food — again!

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="Ahold sidesteps the call to join the #FairFoodProgram" url="https://ciw-online.org/"] At annual shareholder meeting in Amsterdam, Ahold executives insist CIW representative "speak English" when asking question on behalf of farmworkers, continue to reject "the best workplace monitoring Program in the U.S..." Farmworkers from Immokalee have been knocking on the door of Amsterdam-based Royal Ahold -- the international supermarket corporation that owns >> Read More
Modern-Day Slavery Museum Northeast Tour Day Eleven, Aug. 6, 2010 Quincy, MA & Amsterdam

Modern-Day Slavery Museum Northeast Tour Day Eleven, Aug. 6, 2010 Quincy, MA & Amsterdam

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Day Eleven of the Northeast Tour was a clear departure from previous days, distinguished by two inspiring actions that ratcheted up pressure on supermarket giant Ahold on both sides of the Atlantic. In the U.S., the tour crew (pictured above) delivered nearly 1,000 postcards -- each signed by consumers during the first half of the three-week tour -- to Ahold >> Read More