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100+ Floridians take to the streets to keep the heat on Publix…

Posted on November 2, 2015October 16, 2020 by CIW

Farmworker families, allies launch series of fall Publix actions with massive protest at Sarasota's Bay St. Publix, calling on Florida's grocer to join the Fair Food Program!Last weekend, even as Publix executives up north began to prepare for the upcoming North Carolina Publix Truth Tour, the Southeastern grocer got an earful from its own hometown residents down in Florida! Last Sunday, over 100 allies >> Read More

Lost in the flood: Two great stories on the FFP get left behind in deluge of big news…

Posted on September 19, 2014October 16, 2020 by CIW

[hupso title="MUST READ: Two great stories on #FairFoodProgram from @SarasotaMagazin & @FoodChainsFilm" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2014/09/lost-in-flood"] With all the recent news surrounding the Clinton Global Citizen Award and the fast-approaching release of "Food Chains," some stories just get lost in the flood. However, two such stories from recent days were too good leave behind forever, so we thought we'd take advantage of this brief break >> Read More

More photos from the front! Bonus pics from an exciting Wendy’s Founder’s Week of Action…

Posted on November 23, 2013October 16, 2020 by CIW

[hupso_hide][hupso title="BONUS! Even more photos from #FairFoodNation's @Wendys #FoundersWeekofAction!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17276"] The Wendy's Founder's Week of Action was so successful (be sure to check out the full report here if you haven't seen it yet), so colorful, and so exciting that it just wouldn't be fair to keep all the great photos sent in to Immokalee from events around the country to >> Read More

On the wrong side of history…

Posted on September 11, 2013October 16, 2020 by CIW

[hupso_hide][hupso title="When history passes by..." url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=16177"] Publix stuck in 2009 as historic changes sweep through the Florida agricultural industry Labor Day Weekend of Action video, messages from CIW members capture spirit of change lost on Florida's grocery giant Four years ago -- after several years of private letters requesting a dialogue with Publix leaders on the Campaign for Fair Food >> Read More

Photo Report: CIW families, consumers teach Publix the true meaning of Labor Day!

Posted on September 3, 2013October 16, 2020 by CIW

[hupso_hide][hupso title="Labor Day Weekend of Action in FL: CIW's Women's Group leads the way" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=16081"] CIW's Women's Group leads the way in big Labor Day Weekend of Action across Florida... Four years ago, CIW members took their call for Publix to sign a Fair Food agreement to the streets for the very first time. This past weekend, CIW members once again loaded >> Read More

Labor Day 2009 – Labor Day 2013: Four years of unprecedented progress in Florida’s fields, four years of unconscionable resistance from Florida’s “hometown grocer” Publix…

Posted on August 23, 2013October 16, 2020 by CIW

[hupso_hide][hupso title="#LaborDay '09 - Labor Day '13" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=15970"] Farmworkers, consumers ready for protests across the state of Florida this Labor Day weekend calling on Publix to end the excuses and join the Fair Food Program! Last Labor Day, Holly Burkhalter of the International Justice Mission concluded her Washington Post op/ed on the CIW's Fair Food Program with the following paragraph: >> Read More

March for Rights, Respect & Fair Food

Posted on March 18, 2013October 16, 2020 by CIW

From March 3 - 17, 2013, the CIW and allies marched 200 miles from Ft. Myers to Lakeland, calling on Publix to join the New Day and sign a Fair Food Agreement! Check out some of the quick links below, or visit the full march site at https://www.ciw-online.org/march. Photo Reports Videos Updates for each day of the March MARCH 3 >> Read More

New article profiles Fair Food Standards Council, Sarasota-based watchdog organization tasked with monitoring compliance with Fair Food Code of Conduct…

Posted on April 24, 2012October 16, 2020 by CIW

Former New York State Supreme Court Judge Laura Safer Espinoza (above), Executive Director of the new third-party monitor, tells Sarasota Herald Tribune, "it's an honor and a privilege to be part of a moment in history when buyers and growers and workers come together to rectify an historic injustice." The CIW's Fair Food Program (FFP) -- a unique collaboration among >> Read More

March on Publix Sarasota, Florida April 21, 2012

Posted on April 22, 2012October 16, 2020 by CIW

Following the suggestion of Rev. Paul Binder, a longstanding United Church of Christ ally, a protest march was organized that wound from one Sarasota Publix store to another, passing, not coincidentally, by the site of Florida's newest Trader Joe's along the way. The crowd was unexpectedly large, with more than a few people joining the protest that had read the >> Read More