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farmworkers
Farmworker groups march to pressure Wendy’s on Fair Food Program
Florida migrant farmworkers and their allies will march from New York to Florida next month to call attention to working conditions in the fields; the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and the Alliance for Fair Food...
Fair Food advocates oppose Publix at USF Tampa
This Friday the University of South Florida Board of Trustees will take a vote on leasing land to Publix for a supermarket on the Tampa campus. But activists for the fair treatment of farmworkers are...
EPA considering pesticide protections for farmworkers
A 23-year-old law, the Agriculture Worker Protection Standard (WPS), is being updated to enhance protections for people exposed to toxic agricultural pesticides; the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is also proposing a ban on the neurotoxic pesticide chlorpyrifos for use...
In Florida harvest most farmworkers will be migrants
In Florida, peak harvest season for many of the state’s most important fruits and vegetables is approaching — during the fall, winter and spring; that means a spike in demand for seasonal farmworkers. Many of...
Fair Food Program expanding outside Florida
Florida tomato harvesters are celebrating that a labor agreement they hashed out with growers is spreading to other states; the Fair Food Program began as a deal between the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and tomato...
In St. Pete Student Farmworker Alliance announces boycott of Wendy’s
In St. Pete Student Farmworker Alliance announces boycott of Wendy's
Fresh Market grocery chain joins CIW’s Fair Food Program
Fresh Market grocery chain joins CIW's Fair Food Program
Coalition of Immokalee Workers unveils Fair Food Label
Coalition of Immokalee Workers unveil Fair Food Label
