Tag: North Carolina

North Carolina: “We will keep fighting until Publix comes on board!”

[caption id="attachment_24395" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Students and community members join the CIW in the Triangle Area of North Carolina to protest Publix[/caption]Scores of North Carolinians join CIW in tour of protests, delegations, to Publix across the Tarheel State... Hot on the heels of the recent Fair Food Program worker-to-worker education tour of the state, a group of CIW members and staff from the Alliance for Fair >> Read More

“This Program should be everywhere…”

CIW Worker-to-Worker Education Team takes human rights on the road...One week ago, as workers plucked the last buckets of tomatoes from vines here in Florida and the sun set on the state's 2015-2016 season, CIW education team members packed a van with their bags, boxes of education booklets and provisions for a week on the road, and headed north to Georgia and South and North Carolina.  The summer >> Read More

North Carolina Publix Truth Tour kicks off in Asheville!

Western North Carolina community to Florida-based Publix:  If you want to expand into our community, you must expand your commitment to human rights!Word has come down off the mountain, and the first week of the North Carolina Publix Truth Tour -- spent among the turning leaves and brisk fall breezes of the indescribably beautiful mountain community of Asheville (while today the heat index >> Read More

Extra! Extra! Farmworkers, Tarheel State residents announce North Carolina Publix Truth Tour…

October 29th - November 8th:  Fair Food Nation gears up for five-city tour across Publix's new territory...In just a few short weeks, farmworkers in Immokalee will pack their belongings into a caravan and head up to North Carolina for the season's fall Truth Tour!  Armed with artwork, a burst of energy from the buzz of a new tomato season in Florida, and the support of hundreds >> Read More

“Why I won’t be shopping at Asheville’s new Publix … yet”

[hupso title="#AVL Author @DavidLaMotte: Why I won’t be shopping at Asheville’s new @Publix ... yet" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/05/asheville-oped/"] [caption id="attachment_21840" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Asheville residents protesting with CIW at the early-morning Publix opening in their town last week[/caption] In local op/ed, Asheville author calls out Publix for "standing in the way of fairness"...  Publix's grand opening in Asheville, North Carolina, earlier this month was not >> Read More

Get on the bus!

[hupso_hide][hupso title="#NowIsTheTime to get on the bus! Join the @CIW for actions at @Wendys, @Publix" url="https://ciw-online.org/?post=18327"] [caption id="attachment_18329" align="aligncenter" width="540"] Flyer put together by Fair Food allies in the Homestead/Miami area mobilizing for the big Publix action in Lakeland March 14-15.[/caption] From Nashville to New England, allies mobilizing buses, vans to actions in Columbus, Lakeland... With the Now Is the >> Read More
Food movement voices weigh in on Fair Food on eve of harvest holiday…

Food movement voices weigh in on Fair Food on eve of harvest holiday…

[hupso_hide][hupso title="#FoodMovement voices from #FairFoodNation weigh in on #Thanksgiving! @BamCo @CivilEats" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17380"] (The CIW's "Tale of Two Thanksgivings" is quickly becoming a holiday classic in its own right) With Thanksgiving now just two days out, our minds begin the inevitable turn away from the workday life and toward the 4 F's of our great American harvest celebration -- family, friends, >> Read More
Publix Truth Tour crew brings Fair Food gospel to Publix’s newest market, North Carolina!

Publix Truth Tour crew brings Fair Food gospel to Publix’s newest market, North Carolina!

[hupso_hide][hupso title="#PublixTruthTour brings #FairFoodNation to @Publix's newest market, NC!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=16538"] Educational swing through the Tar Heel state gets warm reception from student, faith, community and corporate allies... Over the course of four days in North Carolina -- days that took them on a whirlwind tour through Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, and Asheville -- the Publix Truth Tour crew met >> Read More
BREAKING NEWS! Sept. 21 – Oct 5: Southeast Publix Truth Tour!

BREAKING NEWS! Sept. 21 – Oct 5: Southeast Publix Truth Tour!

[hupso_hide][hupso title=".@ciw, #FairFoodNation gearing up for Southeast #PublixTruthTour, Sept 21 - Oct 5! Watch out, @Publix… " url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=16157"] NOTE: Don't miss the full schedule at the Publix Truth Tour mainpage! Rolling out from Immokalee on September 21st,  the CIW will be launching a marathon tour of the southern branch of the Fair Food Nation to spread the truth about Publix and >> Read More