Central Florida Veg Fest 2013
The Central Florida Veg Fest, which took place on October 26th, is a Vegetarians of Central Florida festival that promotes vegetarian and vegan cuisin... Read More »
Monthly Archives: October 2013
Harvesting Justice with NFWM
“The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.” – Cesar Chavez [caption id="attachment_3497" align="alignleft" width="... Read More »
Tags: FLOC, Immigrant Rights, immigration reform
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Rally in Support of the CIW
Join Orlando YAYA, in support of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), for a rally on both, Publix and Wendy's, to demand that they sign on to the... Read More »
Tags: CIW, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Publix Supermarkets
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YAYA Membership Meeting
What: YAYA membership meeting When: Thursday, November 7th from 6:30pm to 8:30pm Where: University of Central Florida, Business Administration Build... Read More »
Tags: Florida
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Take action in support of FLOC!
What: Wawa Rally When: Saturday, November 9 from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm Where: Wawa Store #5111, 2239 North Semoran Blvd., Orlando, FL 32807 Why: Time ... Read More »
Tags: Farm Labor Organizing Committee, FLOC, Reynolds Tobacco, WaWa
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Take action in support of dairy workers!
Please take action and e-mail Darigold CEO, Jim Wegner today. You may remember the horrific tales of worker abuse at Washington's DeRuyter Brothers d... Read More »
Tags: UFW, United Farm Workers
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Sign the Letter to Oppose the Harmful Guest Worker Legislation HR 1773
Thank you to NFWM’s 14 member organizations who signed Farmworker Justice’s letter opposing Chairman Goodlatte's bill, HR 1773, a drastic guest wo... Read More »
Tags: Immigrant Rights, immigration reform
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NFWM congratulates the Coalition of Immokalee Workers for receiving the Freedom from Want medal
NFWM congratulates the Coalition of Immokalee Worker (CIW) for receiving the Freedom from Want Medal at the Roosevelt Institute's 2013 Four Freedoms A... Read More »
Tags: CIW
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FWAF's Community Garden in Fellsmere
The Fellsmere community garden is a community-oriented project launched by the Farm Worker’s Association of Florida (FWAF). Through collaborative in... Read More »
Tags: Community Garden, Farm Workers, Florida
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The Darigold saga of abuses continues at a new location
A Message from the United Farm Workers: "Last month we told you about dairy workers from DeRuyter Brothers of Sunnyside, WA which supplies milk to th... Read More »
Tags: Darigold, UFW, United Farm Workers, Washington State
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