Protecting Farm Workers from Harmful Pesticides
A message from the Pesticide Action Network of North America: “Scientists tell us that pesticides can harm our health, even at the very low levels ... Read More »
Category: News & Archives
Action at WaWa in support of FLOC
On Saturday, November 9th, around 20 YAYA’s met at the WAWA store located at 2239 North Semoran Blvd. for a rally in support of the Farm Labor Organ... Read More »
Tags: Farm Labor Organizing Committee, FLOC, Reynolds Tobacco, Tobacco, WaWa
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Actions at Publix and Wendy's
On Saturday, November 9th, thirty people joined the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) for an action that began at the opening of a new Publix store... Read More »
Tags: CIW, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Farm Workers, Publix Supermarkets, Wendy's
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Orlando YAYA's Membership Meeting!
On November 7th, 2013, Orlando YAYA held a member... Read More »
Tags: Farm Workers, Florida
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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 »
Tags: Farm Workers, Vegans, Vegetarians
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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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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 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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