Tell Reynolds that farmworkers deserve basic rights!
A message from Oxfam America and the Farm Labor Organizing Committee: If you are a farmworker in America, chances are you won’t live to be 50. That... Read More »
Tags: Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Farm Workers, FLOC, North Carolina, Reynolds Tobacco
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Oxfam & FLOC Release New Report
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Tags: FLOC, North Carolina
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Take Action for Ruby Ridge Workers!
A message from United Farm Workers: Twenty two past and current Ruby Ridge Dairy workers are suing the dairy for a variety of reasons, including not ... Read More »
Tags: Darigold, Farm Workers, Oregon, Ruby Ridge Dairy, UFW, United Farm Workers, Washington State
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Fair Food Summit in Immokalee
On September 15, 2011, Orlando YAYA members Nicole Godreau, Leslie Cordero and I piled into a car with NFWM staff Bert Perry to make the 3.5 hour driv... Read More »
Tags: CIW, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Farm Workers, Florida
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Tampa Bay YAYA events
On September 17-18, members of Tampa Bay YAYA participated in a series of events that were put together to recruit new members and educate YAYAs about... Read More »
Tags: Florida
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OCIC’s 46th Annual NFWM Fundraiser Event September 18 2011
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Tags: California, Orange County Interfaith Committee to Aid Farm Workers
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A Happy Birthday to a Blessed Institution
by Olgha Sierra Sandman, CWU IL representative on the NFWM Board (The following article was published in the September 2011 issue of Church Women Uni... Read More »
Update on NFWM & CIW
by Bert Perry, NFWM Florida [caption id="attachment_1406" align="alignright" width="212" caption="Bert Perry as marshall at the UCC CIW march July 20... Read More »
Call Publix Supermarkets in support of the CIW
A message from Interfaith Action of SW Florida: After a long journey by bicycle from Immokalee to Lakeland, Publix's CEO Ed Crenshaw refused to even ... Read More »
Tags: CIW, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Farm Workers, Florida, Publix Supermarkets
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Bike Pilgrimage to Publix HQ with the CIW
On a rainy Tuesday morning, September 6, Orlando YAYA members Juan Barredo and Katie Gillett joined the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and allie... Read More »
Tags: CIW, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Farm Workers, Florida, Publix Supermarkets
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