Reynolds Tobacco’s 2009 Annual Shareholders Meeting – NOT Business as Ususal!
On May 6th, NFWM, FLOC, farm workers and other allies gathered in Winston Salem, NC for a day of actions during the annual shareholders meeting of Re... Read More »
Category: News & Archives
Senator Diane Feinstein Reintroduces AgJOBs
Most of the workers who hand harvest the crops in our multi-billion dollar agricultural industry are immigrants and the majority lack legal documentat... Read More »
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NFWM and UFW Honor 15 fallen Farm Workers with Prayer Vigils
NFWM’s Christy Lafferty & Lucy Boutte join Maria's uncle, Doroteo Jimenez (center) and others in the vigil on May 14, 2009 to honor Maria Isabe... Read More »
Tags: California, North Carolina, Prayers, United Farm Workers
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Southern Poverty Law Center Report Finds Low-Income Latinos in South Targeted for Abuse, Discrimination
Low-income Latino immigrants in the South are routinely the targets of wage theft, racial profiling and other abuses driven by an anti-immigrant clima... Read More »
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2009 FLOC Action at Reynolds Shareholders Meeting
On May 5, 2009, I headed to the RJ Reynolds Shareholders Meeting in North Carolina in support of tobacco workers with nine other young people from NFW... Read More »
Tags: Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Farm Workers, FLOC, Florida, North Carolina, Reynolds Tobacco
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NFWM and the UFW honors the lives of 15 farm workers
This summer the National Farm Worker Ministry in California and the United Farm Workers will be holding prayer vigils to remember and honor the lives ... Read More »
Tags: California, Heat, Prayers, United Farm Workers
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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 h... Read More »
Plan a Farm Worker Celebration
NFWM encourages supporters to participate in a tradition of the farm worker movement. We are offering all the materials you'll need to host a sacrific... Read More »
Tags: Worship Service
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Organize Locally
Educate Within Your Communities: Educate members of your congregation or community organization and seek the endorsement of current farm worker boycot... Read More »
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Join Us at Reynolds Tobacco Shareholder Meeting – May 6th
The Annual Shareholders Meeting of Reynolds Tobacco (RAI) will be held on Wednesday, May 6 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. As these decision-makers ... Read More »
Tags: Event Announcements, FLOC, North Carolina, Reynolds
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