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Coalition of Immokalee Workers > Cincinnati

TOUR REPORTS: Wendy’s Boycott on the rise across Southeast, Midwest…

Posted on by Coalition of Immokalee Workers
"Justice is not bought, justice is not simply given, justice is won and defended!"It's official: the first leg of the "Behind the Braids" Tours hit the ground running in Georgia, Tennessee and Ohio this week, and today we wanted to bring you first-hand reports from the first wave of actions, presentations, film screenings, and gatherings of what will be two months of >> Read More

“We aren’t asking you to create the solution.  The solution already exists…”

Posted on by Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Kroger executives, shareholders faced with massive labor violations in supply chain...As Kroger shareholders poured into their annual meeting in Cincinnati last Thursday, they were greeted by some rather disturbing news from the company's supply chain: A Kroger tomato supplier in Florida by the name of Tomato Thyme -- operating, in theory, under the ever-watchful eye of Kroger's internal supply chain monitoring process -- >> Read More
Kroger executives reject Fair Food Program (again), offer yet more empty answers at annual shareholder meeting…

Kroger executives reject Fair Food Program (again), offer yet more empty answers at annual shareholder meeting…

Posted on by CIW
[hupso title=".@Kroger executives reject @FairFoodProgram (again) at Annual Shareholder Meeting" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/06/kroger-shareholder/"]Kroger CEO: “We expect all our suppliers... to follow our strict code of conduct...”Farmworkers and their consumer allies have attended countless shareholder meetings over the years, from the very first shareholder actions back in the Taco Bell Boycott days, to the Wendy's annual meeting earlier this month in Dublin, Ohio.  But no >> Read More

Kroger slams door on human rights at shareholder meeting in Cincinnati!

Posted on by CIW
[hupso_hide][hupso title="FULL REPORT: @Kroger slams the door on #humanrights!" url="https://ciw-online.org/"] CIW delegation turned away despite holding legitimate proxies; 100 stage impromptu march on Kroger headquarters to protest workers' extraordinary exclusion from supermarket giant's annual shareholder meeting...   No one saw that coming. Since the days of the Taco Bell boycott in the early 2000's, members of the CIW and their allies have >> Read More