coalition of immokalee workers
October 8, 2012 -
After a six-year campaign, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers has convinced Chipotle Mexican Grill to pay a penny more per pound of tomatoes in order to improve pay and conditions for Florida farmworkers.
May 18, 2012 -
May 20 marks the day that the Emancipation Proclamation was read in 1865 in Florida, marking the end of slavery. Today, a new movement to end slavery in the fields is gaining force among Florida farmworkers.
April 26, 2012 -
The Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance has stopped anti-immigrant legislation in one of the most conservative states by bringing together African Americans, immigrants and labor.
March 30, 2012 -
As Florida's tomato pickers turn their attention to grocery chains, they're training farmworkers to form committees and stand up for themselves on the job -- and reporting notable success.
November 2, 2011 -
Florida's tomato farmworkers and their allies brought a two-year fight to specialty grocer Trader Joe's California doorstep last week.
July 29, 2011 -
By Joe Atkins, Labor South
April 22, 2008 -
by Jeffrey Buchanan, Guest Contributor
