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PRESS ARCHIVESA Selection of Taco Bell Boycott Press
PRESS ARCHIVES A Selection of Taco Bell Boycott Press Editorial cartoon from the St. Petersburg Times, from Sept. 26, 2001, drawing the link between the Taco Bell boycott and sweatshop campaigns like...
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA FLORIDA LEGAL SERVICES, INC, a Florida Corporation, and AROLDO LOPEZ, Plantiffs, vs. FARMOP, INC., a Florida...
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Florida Modern-Day Slavery Museum on National Mall, Washington, D.C.
June 15-16, 2010 photos by Fritz Myer Atop the U.S. Capitol building stands a statue (the dark figure at the top of this picture) with an interesting history. The statue is named “Freedom.”Its original...
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Recipe for Slavery: Take US farm labor relations, add “guestworker” visas,...
Federal prosecutors in Honolulu unseal indictment charging forced labor ring active in 13 states including — yet again — Florida Multi-state operation involves guestworker recruiting giant Global...
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Ask not for whom the bell tolls, Wendy’s…
… it tolls for you, now, and just in time for the annual shareholder meeting! In Haitian Creole, there is a proverb for those who bury they heads in the sand when danger is near: Le bab kamarad ou...
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White House recognizes CIW’s Fair Food Program!
CIW’s early anti-slavery efforts called “spark that ignited a movement” at White House ceremony… At the first-ever White House Forum to Combat Human Trafficking last week — an event that involved...
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Fair Food movement gains key new ally in campaign to demand respect for human...
International anti-slavery champion Walk Free to mobilize network of 2 million activists, call on Publix to “join the Fair Food Program and ensure our tomatoes meet the highest human rights standards...
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U.S. State Department 2015 Anti-Slavery Heroes visit Immokalee!
A 25-year-old Yazidi woman shows a “Certificate of Emancipation” given to her by a Libyan who had enslaved her (the photo is from the August 13, 2015 article in the New York Times entitled “ISIL...
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What a year it was! 2015 Fair Food Year in Review…
Secretary of State John Kerry announces the presentation of the 2014 Presidential Medal for Extraordinary Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking in Persons to the CIW during January’s White House Forum on...
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“Human Trafficking: 6 Solutions that Are Working”…
Following a 14-part global series on labor trafficking, Christian Science Monitor picks six “solutions that are working,” and the Fair Food Program tops the list!Last Thanksgiving week, Christian...
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Buyer beware… or not…
A case of slavery, a buyer’s silence, and the Fair Food Program… In our last post, we shared the news of last week’s $3.5 million judgment against Reyes Tapia-Ortiz, a crewleader who was sued for,...
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