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Coalition of Immokalee Workers > LA Times

“I work because… we need money to eat things”…

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[hupso title="I work because we need money to eat things... Part 3 of @LATimes' breaking investigative report of #Mexican tomato industry" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2014/12/la-times-3/"]   LA Times series continues with a focus on child labor, company stores in Mexican produce industry... The portrait of an industry out of control continued to be filled out this past weekend with the final two installments >> Read More

“They treated us like slaves”…

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[hupso title="They treated us like slaves... 2nd installment of @latimes investigative report on devastating conditions in #Mexican tomato industry " url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2014/12/latimes-2/"] Devastating tale of criminal brutality and cruel indifference at one labor camp in Mexico's tomato industry is a case study in the abject failure of the traditional model of Corporate Social Responsibility First things first.  If you haven't done so already, put aside >> Read More