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MEDIA ROUND-UP: From NYC to Palm Beach, Wendy’s Board Chair Nelson Peltz’s hometown papers lift up Fair Food…

Posted on December 6, 2017October 15, 2020 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

Following protests in New York City and West Palm Beach, national and local news shine spotlight on Wendy's refusal to join the Fair Food Program and do its part to support efforts to end sexual violence against women in the fields... Last Sunday afternoon, farmworker women and their families, alongside South Florida allies, kept a fall season of action rolling with a protest at >> Read More

NY Times editorial on ending sexual harassment: “14 businesses are part of the [Fair Food] Program; many more should join.”

Posted on October 31, 2017October 15, 2020 by CIW

New York Times editorial board asks, "Has America at last reached a turning point on sexual harassment?"; Editorial singles out CIW's Fair Food Program as national model for "how to change the culture" of sexual harassment in the workplace; Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg: “If you know something is happening and you fail to take action, whether you are a man >> Read More

CIW’s Greg Asbed named 2017 MacArthur Fellow!

Posted on October 19, 2017August 7, 2020 by CIW

Prestigious award calls Worker-driven Social Responsibility "visionary strategy... with potential to transform workplace environments across the global supply chain." The CIW's Fair Food Program, and the broader Worker-driven Social Responsibility paradigm of which the FFP was the pioneering model, received perhaps their most significant recognition to date when the MacArthur Foundation announced this year's list of recipients of the acclaimed MacArthur >> Read More

Ben & Jerry’s CEO: “It’s an agreement that puts the worker in charge of workers’ rights.”

Posted on October 5, 2017October 16, 2020 by CIW

Enrique Balcazar of Migrant Justice: "It is a great victory and an honor for us dairy workers to expand [the Worker-driven Social Responsibility] model to the dairy industry of Vermont." CEO Jostein Solheim: “We really believe this is going to travel. This is going to travel across the nation.” Yesterday's big announcement of the Milk with Dignity agreement between Migrant Justice >> Read More

New York Times Magazine, Civil Eats take on “Big Food” and the Food Movement…

Posted on October 12, 2016October 16, 2020 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

“Then we found the unlocked door in the castle wall... It was the corporate brand.”As the Wendy's Boycott picks up steam across the country, the CIW and the Campaign for Fair Food took center stage in two timely articles this past week -- one from Michael Pollan in the New York Times Magazine and another from Elizabeth Grossman in Civil Eats -- asking key >> Read More

New York Times talks sexual harassment in the fields, letter cites Fair Food Program’s unique success in preventing abuse!

Posted on February 1, 2016October 16, 2020 by CIW

Sanjay Rawal, director of "Food Chains," in letter to editor of NYT: "The problem is real. But so is the solution — and it deserves mention."Earlier this month, the New York Times published a hard-hitting op/ed by two longtime California-based farmworker rights activists, Jose Padilla of California Rural Legal Assistance and David Bacon, an independent author and photojournalist. The piece, >> Read More

New York Times hails efforts by Vermont dairy workers, CIW, Worker-driven Social Responsibility model!

Posted on July 6, 2015October 15, 2020 by CIW

"Success" of "innovative movements" by workers from Vermont to Florida earns spread in U.S.'s most-read newspaper... Just in time for the Fourth of July weekend, the movement for Worker-driven Social Responsibility (WSR) rocketed into the national spotlight thanks to a great new article on the front page of last Friday's New York Times business section! The feature-length piece from longtime labor columnist Steven Greenhouse, entitled "Farm Labor Groups Make Progress on Wages and Working >> Read More

The Californian: “Food Chains picks up where Harvest of Shame left off”…

Posted on November 25, 2014October 15, 2020 by CIW

[caption id="attachment_20631" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Moviegoers in Bonita Springs, Florida, hit the streets outside a local Publix store after a showing of "Food Chains" this past Sunday. The film has sparked protests at Wendy's restaurants and Publix stores in cities around the country.[/caption] Documentary snags a 100% positive audience score on leading film rating site Rotten Tomatoes! Even popular culture blog >> Read More

Lights, camera… Action! Protesters pour into the streets following “Food Chains” screenings in Miami, New York, Washington DC, and more cities…

Posted on November 23, 2014October 16, 2020 by CIW

[hupso title="Lights, Camera... ACTION! Protesters pour into streets following @FoodChainsFilm..." url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2014/11/food-chains-action/ "] [caption id="attachment_20603" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Over two hundred moviegoers hit the streets for a protest targeting Wendy's following a Saturday afternoon showing of the new documentary "Food Chains" in New York. Wendy's is the lone holdout among the fast-food giants to still refuse to join the CIW's Fair Food >> Read More

As its national release nears, “Food Chains” messaging comes into focus…

Posted on November 10, 2014October 16, 2020 by CIW

[hupso title="As Nov 21 release nears, @FoodChainsFilm messaging comes into focus... @FairFoodProgram" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2014/11/food-chains-ffp/"] In a scene that didn't make the final cut of the film, Walmart joins the Fair Food Program. Documentary a chance for broader audience to learn about the extraordinary success story taking shape in Florida's fields... "Food Chains" is a film about many things. Its lens takes >> Read More