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Coalition of Immokalee Workers

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    Farmworkers To Picket Publix On International Human Rights Day

    Farm workers will protest Publix on International Human Rights Day​The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) are planning to picket the newly opened Publix on KIllian Parkway and SW 104th Street on December 11th, International Human Rights Day.The protesters, comprised of dozens of farm workers fro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    Burger King News: Tomato Pickers Sue for Back Pay

    ​Sixteen tomato pickers are suing Miami-based Burger King and Subway for back wages.Under a 2008 agreement with a group called the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, the tomato pickers were supposed to get a living wage for their work from the restaurant chains. They didn't.So they are claiming unspe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009

    Publix Headquarters in Lakeland Protested by 500 for Farm Workers' Rights

    Jacob KatelSunday, November 8, 2009, West Miami​This past Sunday, more than 500 voices rang out strong in Lakeland at Publix headquarters. Students, farm workers, religious leaders, and concerned citizens came together to protest the supermarket company. It has refused to align itself with the Coa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    Puck Fublix, Join The National Supermarket Week of Action

    Jacob KatelStand up for justice.​Hey America, this Thanksgiving let's buck tradition and not go out of our way to kill indians.So, maybe you don't know, but, most of America's tomatoes are grown in Immokalee, Florida, just up the street from Naples, and across the way from Miami, and most of the w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    Publix Responds To CIW Protest Actions

    Monday, we brought you protest images from a spot near a West Miami Publix, where the Coalition of Immokalee Workers staged a protest. The CIW is a farmworkers union seeking a contractual commitment from Publix to ensure fair wages and conditions for workers. So far Burger King, Taco Bell, McDonald' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    Does Publix Support Slavery? Farm Workers Protest for Human Rights

    Does your grocery store support modern slavery in the fields of Florida? A Florida farmworkers union says that Lakeland, Florida based grocery chain Publix continues to buy produce from growers recently convicted of actual human slavery.Heavy beatings, knife wounds, arms in chains, forced living i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Tell Sodexo and Aramark to "End The Harvest of Shame" and SLAP Corporate Greed

    via unionvoice.org​If you've never heard of Sodexo or Aramark they are both super-corp food service providers with major college and university cafeteria contracts. They are also big time purchasers of Florida tomatoes.They do not have an agreement with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to protec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2009

    Hate Slave Tomatoes? Call Chipotle and Demand They Stand Up For Florida Farmworkers Rights

    ciw-online.orgSlavery Sucks!​How's that Chipotle burrito taste? Is there enough possibility of slavery in it? Care for a side of exploitation? Need a little extra sub-poverty wages in that?Strange that Chipotle, a company whose corporate persona is built on their slogan of "food with integrity," r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2009

    Chipotle Refuses To Partner With Coalition Of Immokalee Workers. How Bout Them Slave Tomatoes?

    image via chipotle.comMmmmm....those tomatoes taste slavegrown​Back in April when we gave away free Chipotle burrito passes through Short Order we didn't know they supported slave tomatoes.Chipotle is that company whose whole PR gimmick is "Food With Integrity." However, they have thus far refused ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    Coalition Of Immokalee Workers Declare Tomato Pickers Victory in Florida

    image via ciw-online.org The Coalition Of Immokalee Workers, a Florida farmworkers union known for taking on the "big 4" fast food giants, winning, and garnering higher wages because of it, has just marked another milestone. Two Florida farms that specialize in growing and selling or ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2009

    Temple Beth Sholom Hosts Anti-Slavery Benefit on Cinco De Mayo

    image via www.ciw-online.org The Coalition of Immokalee Workers is an internationally recognized farmworker organization. Members fight the human rights violations commonplace in the fields where many of them work. They represent tomato pickers in the fields of Immokalee, where a vast amo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2009

    Yes, Those Are Slaves On The Steps of The Florida Capitol Today

    If you happen to wander by the Capitol on your daily stroll around Tallahassee today, yes, that is in fact a truck full of farm workers being beaten into unpaid slave labor right on the steps of the Florida Legislature.New Times photoHaitian farm workers in HomesteadA few months after the latest sla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2008

    Burger King Pitches Penny To Tomato Pickers

    If you happen to wander by the Capitol on your daily stroll around Tallahassee today, yes, that is in fact a truck full of farm workers being beaten into unpaid slave labor right on the steps of the Florida Legislature.New Times photoHaitian farm workers in HomesteadA few months after the latest sla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2008

    Farmworkers Knocking at BK's Door Today

    If you happen to wander by the Capitol on your daily stroll around Tallahassee today, yes, that is in fact a truck full of farm workers being beaten into unpaid slave labor right on the steps of the Florida Legislature.New Times photoHaitian farm workers in HomesteadA few months after the latest sla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2008

    Corporation Spying on Activists? Downright Creepy.

    If you happen to wander by the Capitol on your daily stroll around Tallahassee today, yes, that is in fact a truck full of farm workers being beaten into unpaid slave labor right on the steps of the Florida Legislature.New Times photoHaitian farm workers in HomesteadA few months after the latest sla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2007

    Burger King Protest

    If you happen to wander by the Capitol on your daily stroll around Tallahassee today, yes, that is in fact a truck full of farm workers being beaten into unpaid slave labor right on the steps of the Florida Legislature.New Times photoHaitian farm workers in HomesteadA few months after the latest sla ... More >>

  • News

    August 16, 2007

    Burger Sting

    "I think that employees at Burger King earn more than tomato pickers"

  • Calendar

    May 12, 2005

    Night&Day

    "I think that employees at Burger King earn more than tomato pickers"

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