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North Carolina: “We will keep fighting until Publix comes on board!”

Posted on by Coalition of Immokalee Workers
[caption id="attachment_24395" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Students and community members join the CIW in the Triangle Area of North Carolina to protest Publix[/caption]Scores of North Carolinians join CIW in tour of protests, delegations, to Publix across the Tarheel State... Hot on the heels of the recent Fair Food Program worker-to-worker education tour of the state, a group of CIW members and staff from the Alliance for Fair >> Read More

“Why I won’t be shopping at Asheville’s new Publix … yet”

Posted on by CIW
[hupso title="#AVL Author @DavidLaMotte: Why I won’t be shopping at Asheville’s new @Publix ... yet" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/05/asheville-oped/"] [caption id="attachment_21840" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Asheville residents protesting with CIW at the early-morning Publix opening in their town last week[/caption] In local op/ed, Asheville author calls out Publix for "standing in the way of fairness"...  Publix's grand opening in Asheville, North Carolina, earlier this month was not >> Read More

Citizens of Asheville to Publix: Expand your commitment to human rights if you want to expand into our state!

Posted on by CIW
[hupso title="Citizens of #AVL to @Publix: Expand your commitment to #humanrights!" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/05/citizens-of-asheville/"] Publix opening met with scores of protesters in North Carolinian mountain city...  As anyone across the Southeast knows, Publix Supermarkets has turned its energy in recent years to extending its network of 1,000+ stores beyond the borders of its native Florida.  While new supermarkets are popping up in states all across the South >> Read More

Let the sun shine! The Fair Food spirit brings the sun out with joyful action in Asheville, NC…

Posted on by CIW
[hupso_hide][hupso title="#Asheville lights up w #FairFood spirit during #NowIsTheTime Tour! Look out, @Publix..." url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=18476"] Now is the Time Tour met with warm welcome in Western North Carolina! After a heartwarming (if bitterly cold) stay in North Carolina's Triangle Area, the CIW headed west yesterday to gather for a protest at the site of a future Publix in Asheville, North Carolina >> Read More