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National Council of Churches, Robert F. Kennedy Center endorse Wendy’s Boycott!

Posted on September 1, 2016October 16, 2020 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

Human rights leaders continue to line up behind growing fast food boycott...Also: Great job, everyone... Signatures on change.org Wendy's Boycott petition almost double overnight, nearing 50,000!!Even as thousands of consumers continue to add their names daily to the fast-growing Wendy's Boycott petition, the movement to bring the fast-food giant into the Fair Food fold gained two more high profile institutional endorsements this past week -- the National >> Read More

Update on Florida Legal Services Lawsuit

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

UPDATE #2: October 16, 2011 Human rights, legal communities speak out on Florida Legal Services lawsuits Center for Constitutional Rights, RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights, National Economic and Social Rights Institute issue open letter; Oxfam America condemns suits... As more people learn of the Florida Legal Services (FLS) lawsuits against the fast-food companies participating in the CIW's Fair >> Read More

NESRI, CCR, & Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights write letter to Kent Spuhler

Posted on October 13, 2011October 16, 2020 by CIW

Kent Spuhler, Esq. October 13, 2011 Executive Director Florida Legal Services, Inc. 2425 Torreya Drive Tallahassee, FL 32303 (850) 385-7900 Dear Mr. Spuhler: The undersigned individuals and organizations committed to promoting the economic and social rights of workers write to express our deep concern regarding the lawsuits filed by Florida Legal Services against corporations participating in the Coalition of Immokalee >> Read More

What They’re Saying about the Whole Foods Agreement

Posted on September 14, 2008October 15, 2020 by CIW

Whole Foods, CIW agree to "work in partnership to help improve wages and working conditions for Florida tomato pickers"!... Update #1: What they are saying about the Whole Foods agreement: The CIW's latest agreement has provoked a good deal of commentary around the country, from Congress to the Presbyterian Church. Here's a sampling of the sentiment: Eric Schlosser, author Fast-Food >> Read More

Press Release: Members of Congress Join CIW in Campaign to End Modern-Day Slavery

Posted on March 11, 2008October 15, 2020 by CIW

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: March 11th, 2008 Contact: Jeffrey Buchanan 202-463-7575 ext 241 buchanan@rfkmemorial.org Members of Congress Join CIW in Campaign to End Modern Day Slavery and Sweatshops in America’s Fields Members of Congress -- including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) -- and AFL-CIO President John Sweeney to join in signing >> Read More

RFK Statement on McDonald’s Partnership with SAFE

Posted on June 15, 2006October 15, 2020 by CIW

For several years, the RFK Center for Human Rights has followed with dismay the appalling wage and work conditions in the US agricultural industry. Over the last 25 years, farmworker wages have been stagnant, as large-scale corporate purchasers hold down the price of produce. Sweatshops in the fields have become the norm, and slavery has reemerged. As a representative workers >> Read More

“RFK MEMORIAL POVERTY TOUR: A TOUR FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE” KICKS OFF IN IMMOKALEE!

Posted on April 28, 2006October 15, 2020 by CIW

AFL-CIO President John Sweeney joined long-time friend Mrs. Ethel Kennedy on the first stop of the "Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Poverty Tour: A Tour for Social and Economic Justice" this Sunday, April 23, in Immokalee. The tour marked the 40th anniversary of Robert Kennedy's now famous “poverty tour”, which included a stop in Delano, CA, with Cesar Chavez and >> Read More

STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT POURING IN FOR CIW McD’s INITIATIVE!!

Posted on November 28, 2005October 15, 2020 by CIW

Events are moving quickly as the CIW's call for fast-food giant McDonald's to address wages and working conditions in Florida's tomato fields enters its third day (see urgent Action Alert below). Already McDonald's has made the first move, attempting to side-step the CIW's call for substantive change and instead throwing its lot in with a hastily cobbled-together grower-controlled initiative (which >> Read More

CIW PRESS RELEASE FOR O.A.S HEARING

Posted on March 1, 2005October 15, 2020 by CIW

For Immediate Release: March 1, 2005 Contact: Lucas Benitez, Coalition of Immokalee Workers (both) 239-503-0133, Julia Perkins, CIW 239-986-0891, or Amanda Shanor, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights 202-463-7575; workers@ciw-online.org; www.ciw-online.org OUTRAGE AT HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN U.S. FIELDS GOES BEFORE INTERNATIONAL BODY CIW leader to testify at OAS hearing on human rights abuses in U.S. agricultural industry >> Read More

ETHEL KENNEDY VISITS IMMOKALEE, PLEDGES TO SUPPORT BOYCOTT!

Posted on February 16, 2005October 15, 2020 by CIW

On February 16, Ethel Kennedy -- champion for human rights, widow of Robert F. Kennedy, and founder of the RFK Memorial in her slain husband's name -- paid a visit to Immokalee to see firsthand the dire conditions faced by Florida's agricultural workers. Mrs. Kennedy's day-long fact-finding mission began at the CIW office with a briefing on the CIW's current >> Read More