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Got Milk with Dignity? Vermont’s Migrant Justice putting finishing touches on breakthrough dairy program…

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[caption id="attachment_24323" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Representatives of the CIW, the Fair Food Standards Council and Migrant Justice meet to discuss the soon-to-be-launched Milk with Dignity Program in the Vermont dairy industry.[/caption]From Florida tomatoes to Vermont dairy, Worker-driven Social Responsibility in the spotlight at food systems summit...Last week, members of the CIW, Migrant Justice, and the Fair Food Standards Council came together for >> Read More

A Battle for the Soul of Social Responsibility…

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Wendy's new code of conduct is a prime example of the discredited standards-without-enforcement model of corporate social responsibility; Workers' Voice Tour to contrast Wendy's code with the proven success of the Fair Food Program and the Worker-driven Social Responsibility model... What would you do if you could cheat on your taxes and know that you would get away with it? Not just >> 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

Question: What are the three most important elements of a successful social responsibility program?

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Answer:   1) Enforcement 2) Enforcement  3) Enforcement The litany of brutal human rights abuses in corporate supply chains around the globe just keeps getting longer by the day, and more horrifying with each new exposé. Longtime readers of this site are familiar with the extensive history of labor abuse in America's fields, including Florida's own "Harvest of Shame."  From federal prosecutors >> Read More

Labor Day Reflection: “Why Consumers Matter in Realizing Workers’ Rights…”

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[caption id="attachment_22621" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The young son of a Dhaka garment worker calls on Western brands and retailers to implement safety reforms in their Bangladesh factories. Consumers worldwide pushed to make it happen. Credit: Worker Rights Consortium[/caption] CIW, NESRI and WRC publish reflection in Huffington Post on consumers' power to demand workers' rights at home, abroad...Labor Day is a day we >> Read More

Ahold agreement sparks major buzz in mainstream media, Twitter!

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 Take Part: "Buying ethical tomatoes just got a whole lot easier"...Wednesday's big announcement of the CIW's newest Fair Food agreement caused quite a stir in the media, mainstream and otherwise, as Ahold became the first mainline grocer to join the award-winning Fair Food Program.  From the Washington Post to Eva Longoria, everyone had something to say about the breakthrough agreement. >> Read More

Fair Food Program front and center at international Women’s Forum in Milan!

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[hupso title=".@FairFoodProgram front and center at international Women's Forum in Milan!" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/07/womens-forum-milan/"]"Providing a model and inspiration to workers’ and human rights organizations around the world..."Last week, in Milan, Italy, human rights leaders, CEOs and cultural icons gathered for the annual Women's Forum for the Economy and Society, coinciding with the 2015 Expo Milano.  Some 500 participants from across the globe came together to discuss issues relating >> Read More
Kroger executives reject Fair Food Program (again), offer yet more empty answers at annual shareholder meeting…

Kroger executives reject Fair Food Program (again), offer yet more empty answers at annual shareholder meeting…

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[hupso title=".@Kroger executives reject @FairFoodProgram (again) at Annual Shareholder Meeting" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/06/kroger-shareholder/"]Kroger CEO: “We expect all our suppliers... to follow our strict code of conduct...”Farmworkers and their consumer allies have attended countless shareholder meetings over the years, from the very first shareholder actions back in the Taco Bell Boycott days, to the Wendy's annual meeting earlier this month in Dublin, Ohio.  But no >> Read More
NEW VIDEO: What is Worker-driven Social Responsibility?

NEW VIDEO: What is Worker-driven Social Responsibility?

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[hupso title="VIDEO: What is Worker-driven Social Responsibility? #WSR @BHRRC" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/06/bhrrc-video/"]Business and Human Rights Resource Center releases great new video;CIW's Reyes: Corporate social responsibility codes “sound very beautiful in writing, but in reality they lack enforcement"...Over the past several years, the concept of Worker-driven Social Responsibility (WSR) has caught the attention of those who work at the intersection of business and human >> Read More