Campaigns

AgJOBS
AgJOBS is the most important piece of legislation affecting farmworkers in decades. While it has been introduced for several years and passed in the Senate, it has been stopped through a filibuster, or by inaction in the House of Representatives. Find out more.

CIW Campaign for Fair Food
The National Farm Worker Ministry began working with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers in response to a request for support during their month-long hunger strike in 1998. Since that time, NFWM has been active in CIW’s campaigns to bring giant fast food corporations, supermarkets and the tomato industry to act as responsible corporations throughout their supply chains. Find out more.

FLOC Reynolds Tobacco Campaign
Reynolds American Tobacco (RAI) is the third largest tobacco manufacturer in the United States. Headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, RAI’s enjoys global reach within the tobacco industry. FLOC has called on Reynolds American to meet with the farmworkers their company relies on for its raw product and put an end to exploitation in NC tobacco fields. Find out more.

Giumarra Campaign
Giumarra Vineyards is one of the largest table grape growers in the US. Employing nearly 3,000 farm workers in California, it markets its grapes and numerous other fruits and vegetables from around the world under the name Nature’s Partner. Farmworkers in Giumarra’s fields have died from heat stroke and a recent lawsuit against Giumarra filed by the federal Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) alleges that the company permitted a 17-year-old girl to be sexually harassed and then fired her and 3 other workers for coming to her defense. Workers are organizing for justice in their work place at Giumarra Vineyards. Find out more.