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Special Comment on the Florida Legal Services Lawsuit

Posted on September 30, 2011October 16, 2020 by CIW

Many of you may have already read coverage of a lawsuit filed this week in Miami against Burger King involving questions around the payment of penny-per-pound funds to farmworkers. If not, here is an example of the coverage. It's hard to figure out where Florida Legal Services could possibly be coming from with this lawsuit. But we do know this, >> Read More

Fair Pay Program Honorable

Posted on September 30, 2011October 16, 2020 by CIW

news-press.com In our Sept. 23 editorial "Workers deserve back pay," we expressed alarm at a lawsuit filed, claiming that certain farmworkers hadn't been paid per the extra "penny-a-pound" pact negotiated by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers with tomato buyers. The allegations were shocking - and while the coalition was not named as a defendant - buyers such as Burger King, >> Read More

’08: Top Five Stories | CIW

Posted on January 6, 2009October 15, 2020 by CIW

January 6, 2009 2008: Five stories that defined a momentous year in the Campaign for Fair Food... Whether it was the year in national news -- from the election of the country's first African American president to the worst economic crash since the Great Depression -- or just the year in Fair Food -- from three stunning new victories in >> Read More

BURGER KING CORP. AND COALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS TO WORK TOGETHER

Posted on May 23, 2008October 15, 2020 by CIW

WASHINGTON – May 23, 2008 - The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and Burger King Corp. (NYSE:BKC) today announced plans to work together to improve wages and working conditions for the farmworkers who harvest tomatoes for the BURGER KING® system in Florida. BKC has agreed to pay an additional net penny per pound for Florida tomatoes to increase wages for >> Read More

In Support of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ Burger King Campaign

Posted on May 14, 2008October 15, 2020 by CIW

In Support of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ Burger King Campaign Listen! The wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. – James 5:4 You shall not withhold the wages of the poor and needy laborers, whether >> Read More

CIW, ALLIES DELIVER 85,000 SIGNATURES TO BK HEADQUARTERS IN PETITION TO END SLAVERY AND SWEATSHOPS IN THE FIELDS

Posted on April 28, 2008October 15, 2020 by CIW

After weeks of gathering petition signatures in communities across the country, CIW members and allies prepared to deliver their urgent message of reform to Burger King headquarters in Miami. But first, the day broke with shocking news as residents of Ft. Myers -- the Gulf Coast city across the Everglades from Miami -- awoke to a front page story >> Read More

Media Advisory: FARMWORKERS, CONCERNED CONSUMERS TO DELIVER PETITIONS MONDAY AT BURGER KING HEADQUARTERS

Posted on April 24, 2008October 15, 2020 by CIW

CONTACT: Lucas Benitez, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, 239-503-0133 Julia Perkins, CIW, 239-986-0891 Marc Rodrigues, Student Farmworker Alliance, 239-292-3431 Petition delivery comes in wake of Senate hearing into labor abuse and modern-day slavery in Florida tomato fields, revelations of “dirty tricks” campaign tied to Burger King MIAMI, FL – Saying they are “prepared to stop patronizing Burger King,” tens of >> Read More

Press Release: Members of Congress Join CIW in Campaign to End Modern-Day Slavery

Posted on March 11, 2008October 15, 2020 by CIW

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: March 11th, 2008 Contact: Jeffrey Buchanan 202-463-7575 ext 241 buchanan@rfkmemorial.org Members of Congress Join CIW in Campaign to End Modern Day Slavery and Sweatshops in America’s Fields Members of Congress -- including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) -- and AFL-CIO President John Sweeney to join in signing >> Read More

“Immokalee workers raise stakes; May boycott fast-food chain in try to raise tomato prices”

Posted on March 5, 2008October 15, 2020 by CIW

Ft. Myers News-Press 3/5/08 By AMY BENNETT WILLIAMS Erica Klopf, 21, left, of the FGCU Environmental Association and Angela Cisneros, 24, of the FGCU Progressive Alliance work on a banner supporting the Coalition of Immokalee Workers on Saturday, March 1, 2008 outside the Florida Gulf Coast University student union. The banner denounces the decision by fast food giant Burger King >> Read More

CIW LAUNCHES MAJOR NEW ACTION!

Posted on February 28, 2008October 15, 2020 by CIW

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="260"] The background of the above image is a detail from an 18th-century petition signed by the people of Manchester, England, calling for the abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, from the archives of the British Parliament. Petition campaigns and consumer actions by British citizens helped hasten the abolition of the British slave trade in 1807. The >> Read More