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New UN High Commissioner on Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, briefed on Fair Food Program in Geneva!

New UN High Commissioner on Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, briefed on Fair Food Program in Geneva!

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[caption id="attachment_29145" align="aligncenter" width="800"] United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet (left), meets with Fair Food Standards Council's Judge Laura Safer Espinoza on the Fair Food Program in Geneva, Switzerland, last week.[/caption] PLUS:  United Nations Business Group on Human Rights highlights Fair Food Program as "best practice" globally in fight to end human rights abuse worldwide... In 1993, >> Read More

UN expert: FFP “must be considered an international benchmark” in fight against modern-day slavery!

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United Nations Human Trafficking expert lifts up CIW's Fair Food Program following fact-finding tour of US anti-slavery efforts... Nothing like starting off the new year on a positive note! In her official End of Visit Statement issued late last month, the United Nations' Special Rapporteur in Trafficking in Persons, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, made special mention of the CIW's Fair Food Program for its >> Read More

Part Two: What is a corporation to do if it is looking to partner with a real social responsibility program?

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[caption id="attachment_24416" align="aligncenter" width="600"] A sign inside Wendy's corporate headquarters in Columbus, Ohio.  While Wendy's continues to cling to catchy slogans and a hollow code of conduct, an ever growing number of its customers are demanding that those words be made a reality in its tomato supply chain.[/caption]We concluded the first installment of this two-part series, entitled "The Enforcement Imperative at the Heart >> Read More

The enforcement imperative at the heart of Worker-driven Social Responsibility…

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[caption id="attachment_23953" align="aligncenter" width="600"] A Fair Food Standards Council auditor interviews a worker at Participating Grower's farm earlier this year.[/caption] Worker-driven Social Responsibility (WSR) -- the emerging paradigm for the protection of fundamental human rights in corporate supply chains born of the uniquely successful experience of the Fair Food Program -- is founded on two distinct and equally important philosophical pillars: worker >> Read More

Fair Food Program takes United Nations Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva by storm…

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[caption id="attachment_22982" align="aligncenter" width="597"] From left to right, Cheryl Queen (Vice President for Communications of Compass Group), Greg Asbed (CIW), and Miguel Rios (Agricultural Enforcement Coordinator, Southeast Region, US Department of Labor) address the United Nations Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva on the structure and function of the CIW's Fair Food Program and the collaboration among workers, >> Read More

American history happens in a watermelon shed…

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="World responds to @Walmart joining #FairFoodProgram! Press, statements, social media..." url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17932"] The world responds to news of the Walmart agreement! [caption id="attachment_17944" align="aligncenter" width="530"] A member of the Walmart delegation holds the Fair Food Program rights booklet during a meeting among CIW members, Florida tomato growers, Walmart representatives, and the Chairperson of the UN's Working Group on Business and >> Read More

PRESS RELEASE: Coalition of Immokalee Workers Announces Walmart to Join Groundbreaking Fair Food Program

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NEWS RELEASE: January 16, 2014   MEDIA CONTACT: Coalition of Immokalee Workers Greg Asbed, 239-986-2364, greg@ciw-online.org Julia Perkins, 239-986-0891, Julia@ciw-online.org Walmart Walmart Media Relations 1-800-331-0085   Coalition of Immokalee Workers Announces Walmart to Join Groundbreaking Fair Food Program  [Statement by the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights on today’s announcement follows at the end of this release] [caption >> Read More

BREAKING NEWS: Walmart joins CIW’s Fair Food Program!

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[hupso title="History in the making: @Walmart joins @CIW's #FairFoodProgram, strengthens groundbreaking #humanrights model" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17859"] World's largest retailer to put unprecedented market power behind groundbreaking Fair Food Program; Will work with CIW "to strengthen and expand" the FFP beyond Florida and into new crops! [video mp4="https://ciw-online.org/wp-content/uploads/Walmart-Signing_vid.mp4.mp4" webm="https://ciw-online.org/wp-content/uploads/Walmart-Signing_vid.webmhd.webm" ogg="https://ciw-online.org/wp-content/uploads/Walmart-Signing_vid.webmhd.webm" poster="https://ciw-online.org/wp-content/uploads/walmart-signing-screen-shot.png" width="523" height="294" loop="true" controls="false" preload="true" skin="native" align="center"] Walmart representatives John Amaya (left), >> Read More

Out with the old…

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="#HappyNewYear! Take a look back at #FairFoodNation during busy & wildly successful #2013 " url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17719"] Not so fast!  We take a look back at 2013 -- the year the Fair Food Program proved its mettle and won acclaim from the White House to the United Nations -- before heading into what is sure to be a huge 2014... The >> Read More

CIW at UN: “What if workers themselves designed their own social responsibility program?”…

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="CIW at @UN: What if workers designed their own #CSR program? Breaking report from UN, @TrustWomenConf!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17489"] CIW, FFSC presentations bring real world solutions to debate on human rights abuses at UN Business and Human Rights Forum in Geneva, “Trust Women” Conference in London! The Fair Food Program’s European sojourn is a wrap, and the groundbreaking social responsibility program is making >> Read More