Tag: EEOC

EEOC singles out Fair Food Program as “radically different accountability mechanism” in landmark report on harassment in the workplace!

EEOC singles out Fair Food Program as “radically different accountability mechanism” in landmark report on harassment in the workplace!

[caption id="attachment_23058" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The CIW's Nely Rodriguez leads an anti-sexual violence training earlier this year at Pacific Tomato Growers, the first farm to join the Fair Food Program in 2010.[/caption] EEOC Select Task Force releases high-level report, recommendations draw heavily on example of enforcement-driven FFP model with focus on education, protected complaint system, and corrective action... Once again, a government >> Read More

EEOC Task Force holds up Fair Food Program at national hearing as practice “we’ve seen work” to prevent and eliminate sexual harassment…

EEOC highlights Fair Food Program's unique capacity to prevent sexual harassment at national gathering focused on "promoting the practices we've seen work..."This past Tuesday, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission gathered its Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace in Los Angeles to discuss some of the most country's most promising models for addressing -- and preventing -- harassment in >> Read More

Question: What are the three most important elements of a successful social responsibility program?

Answer:   1) Enforcement 2) Enforcement  3) Enforcement The litany of brutal human rights abuses in corporate supply chains around the globe just keeps getting longer by the day, and more horrifying with each new exposé. Longtime readers of this site are familiar with the extensive history of labor abuse in America's fields, including Florida's own "Harvest of Shame."  From federal prosecutors >> Read More

A cautionary tale: Farmworker women win massive judgment in sexual assault, retaliation case against Florida farm…

EEOC case a powerful reminder of: 1) The ongoing epidemic of sexual violence in Florida's fields outside the bounds of the Fair Food Program, and 2) The hypocrisy of retailers and the failure of the corporate social responsibility approach to stop the violence. Last Friday's announcement of a massive jury verdict in favor of five farmworker women who filed sexual >> Read More