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The Grand Finale! Wendy’s protests from Miami to Chicago highlight final Behind the Braids tour, Weekend of Action…

Posted on by Coalition of Immokalee Workers
[caption id="attachment_24990" align="aligncenter" width="600"] 150+ march for final Behind the Braids Weekend of Action in Miami, Florida, last Sunday[/caption]Hundreds of farmworkers and Fair Food allies, new and old, let Wendy's know nothing will deter the Fair Food Nation as the Wendy's Boycott heads into the new season in high gear!Even as the country continues to adjust to the new political >> Read More

On the wrong side of history…

Posted on by CIW
[hupso_hide][hupso title="When history passes by..." url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=16177"] Publix stuck in 2009 as historic changes sweep through the Florida agricultural industry Labor Day Weekend of Action video, messages from CIW members capture spirit of change lost on Florida's grocery giant Four years ago -- after several years of private letters requesting a dialogue with Publix leaders on the Campaign for Fair Food >> Read More
Photo Report: CIW families, consumers teach Publix the true meaning of Labor Day!

Photo Report: CIW families, consumers teach Publix the true meaning of Labor Day!

Posted on by CIW
[hupso_hide][hupso title="Labor Day Weekend of Action in FL: CIW's Women's Group leads the way" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=16081"] CIW's Women's Group leads the way in big Labor Day Weekend of Action across Florida... Four years ago, CIW members took their call for Publix to sign a Fair Food agreement to the streets for the very first time.  This past weekend, CIW members once again loaded >> Read More
Labor Day 2009 – Labor Day 2013: Four years of unprecedented progress in Florida’s fields, four years of unconscionable resistance from Florida’s “hometown grocer” Publix…

Labor Day 2009 – Labor Day 2013: Four years of unprecedented progress in Florida’s fields, four years of unconscionable resistance from Florida’s “hometown grocer” Publix…

Posted on by CIW
[hupso_hide][hupso title="#LaborDay '09 - Labor Day '13" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=15970"] Farmworkers, consumers ready for protests across the state of Florida this Labor Day weekend calling on Publix to end the excuses and join the Fair Food Program! Last Labor Day, Holly Burkhalter of the International Justice Mission concluded her Washington Post op/ed on the CIW's Fair Food Program with the following paragraph: >> Read More