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Fair Food Nation brings summer heat to Wendy’s!

Posted on August 9, 2013October 16, 2020 by CIW

Carmen Esquivel, CIW: "For us, one cent more is another spoonful of food in the pot to be able to feed our families." Fox 4 TV Wendy's Week of Action takes off with high energy actions across the country!... Consumers and farmworkers across the country officially launched the Wendy's Week of Action with three phenomenal protests on Saturday, August 3rd, with >> Read More

CIW, allies announce Fast for Fair Food, Publix headquarters, March 5-10, 2012

Posted on February 6, 2012October 16, 2020 by CIW

Isaiah 58:6, "Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice…" Throughout history, the act of fasting has been a show of faith, a form of political protest, a weapon of the powerless. Virtually all the major faiths include long-held traditions of fasting as a spiritual discipline, a way to seek the holy amidst the >> Read More

Tour wraps up with powerful Bay Area finale! Days Six and Seven of the Trader Joe’s CA Truth Tour July 16-17, 2011

Posted on July 18, 2011October 15, 2020 by CIW

The Trader Joe's CA Truth Tour ended with a bang this weekend with powerful protests in two of the Bay Area's most storied communities! On Saturday, the CIW tour crew and farmworker allies old and new made their presence felt in the heart of Berkeley, while on Sunday, a finale march, pictured above, made its way (quite literally!) through the >> Read More

Santa Cruz, San Jose lead the way to the Bay! Days Four and Five of the Trader Joe’s CA Truth Tour July 14-15, 2011

Posted on July 16, 2011October 15, 2020 by CIW

After a very successful stay in Southern California, the Tour crew headed north, stopping on the way for an afternoon at the University of California Santa Cruz campus and its famous Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS), home to one of the largest campus-based farms in the country. CASFS is a research, education, and public service program at >> Read More

Harvesting Hope/Pennies For Publix Photo report November 15, 2010

Posted on November 18, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

The first-ever "Harvesting Hope interfaith community event" hit Naples this past weekend with a whirlwind of activities spread over three days, including a radio panel on farm labor issues broadcast on the local NPR affiliate, a visit by the CIW's Modern-Day Slavery Museum, several opportunities for worship at the Vanderbilt Presbyterian Church, children's activities, a Publix protest, a great benefit >> Read More

Historic Breakthrough in Florida’s Tomato Fields

Posted on November 16, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

CONTACT: Florida Tomato Growers Exchange (FTGE) Reggie Brown, 407-660-1949, reggie@floridatomatoes.org Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) Lucas Benitez, 239-657-8311, lucas@ciw-online.org Greg Asbed, 239-986-2364, greg@ciw-online.org HISTORIC BREAKTHROUGH IN FLORIDA'S TOMATO FIELDS Coalition of Immokalee Workers and Florida Tomato Growers Exchange announce landmark agreement to extend Fair Food principles to over 90% of Florida tomato industry Immokalee, FL – The Coalition of Immokalee >> Read More

Lucas Benitez, CIW, Remarks at Joint CIW/FTGE Press Conference Immokalee, Florida 11/16/10

Posted on November 15, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

"Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us on this momentous day for our community and for the Florida tomato industry. We are here to announce a landmark agreement between our organization, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, and the Florida Tomato Growers Exchange. The timing of today's announcement couldn't be more appropriate. Not only is Thanksgiving, our annual celebration >> Read More

Sodexo and Coalition of Immokalee Workers Sign Fair Food Agreement

Posted on August 24, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

CONTACT: Sodexo: Jaya K. Bohlmann 301 987 4415 jaya.bohlmann@sodexo.com CIW: Lucas Benitez, Julia Perkins 239-657-8311 239-986-0891 lucas@ciw-online.org julia@ciw-online.org Foodservice leader, farm worker organization form strategic partnership to improve wages, working conditions in Florida tomato fields GAITHERSBURG, MD, August 24, 2010 – With consumer demand for sustainable food growing by the day, Sodexo, North America’s leading provider of Quality of Daily Life Solutions >> Read More

U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis: Visit to CIW Immokalee, FL 5/17/10

Posted on May 17, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis came to Immokalee today, sent by President Obama to look first-hand into the human rights crisis in Florida's fields. No trip to Immokalee would be complete without a visit to the CIW community center, of course, and Sec. Solis' visit was no exception. The Secretary's visit with the CIW lasted for an hour and >> Read More

“Farmworker Freedom March”

Posted on April 20, 2010October 15, 2020 by CIW

MEDIA CONTACT Gerardo Reyes (CIW), 239-503-0950 Lucas Benitez (CIW), 239-503-0133 Julia Perkins (CIW), 239-986-0891 Farmworkers, Consumers Come Together for "Farmworker Freedom March" from Tampa to Lakeland, Hometown of Publix Supermarkets Landmark three-day event calls for “Freedom from forced labor, poverty, abuse” Immokalee, FL (April 14, 2010) – A caravan of farmworkers from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) – an internationally-recognized >> Read More