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(Español) Trabajadores de Immokalee en Park Ave por salarios y comida justa

(Español) “Pero no importa las veces que tengamos que regresar y tocar a sus puertas en busca de dialogo. Para nosotros, su rechazo nos da fuerza para aumentar el volumen de la campaña y le da a sus propios consumidores poderosas razones para unirse a nuestra lucha y ver la verdadera cara de Wendy’s y Peltz.”: Nely Rodríguez.

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(Español) Trabajadores de Immokalee invitan a Wendy’s en NY a unirse a programa de justicia laboral

(Español) Al fin de la marcha, que comenzó en el restaurante de Wendy’s en la calle 45 y la 3er Ave, donde se hallan las oficinas del presidente de la mesa directiva de Wendy’s, Nelson Peltz, los manifestantes pidieron a la corporación que se una al exitoso Programa por Comida Justa de la Coalición de Trabajadores de Immokalee.

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(Español) Gigante abarrotera acepta comprar sólo a agricultores que traten bien a trabajadores.

(Español) Ahold USA es hoy la primera compañía grande de supermercados del país en unirse a la iniciativa Comida Justa, impulsada por la Coalición de Trabajadores de Immokalee, que obliga a los agricultores que los abastecen de tomate, a darles trato y pago dignos.

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Ahold USA to Buy Fair-Food Tomatoes. Conflict in Blueberry Fields.

THURSDAY, JULY 30. PROGRAM # 7576 12:00 PM PT Ahold USA to Buy Fair-Food Tomatoes. In a landmark victory for Florida’s organized farmworkers, Ahold USA, the parent company to Stop and Shop and other supermarket chains, has signed on to the Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ Fair Food program. This is the first major U.S. grocer […]

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Posted in Economy, Immigration, Línea Abierta |

The Pope’s Call on Climate. Ahold USA Signs on to Fair Food Program.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 29. PROGRAM # 7575 12:00 PM PT The Pope’s Call on Climate. Faith leaders from California’s San Joaquin Valley who attended the World Meeting of Popular Movements in Bolivia met in Fresno to discuss Pope Francis’ call to action on climate change. This agricultural valley has the state’s worst air pollution and asthma […]

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Posted in Línea Abierta, Environment |

Fair Food Concert.

MONDAY, MARCH 23. PROGRAM # 7480 12:00 PM PT Fair Food Concert. The Coalition of Immokalee Workers is celebrating their Fair Food movement with a grand parade and concert in St. Petersburg in Florida. Headlined by the award-winning LA-based bands La Santa Cecilia and Ozomatli, the concert celebrates the signing of a historic agreement with […]

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Posted in Economy, Youth, Línea Abierta |

Human Trafficking Fighters. Also, Immigration Edition.

The White House gave the Coalition of Immokalee Workers a presidential recognition for “extraordinary efforts” to combat human trafficking. Among those efforts by the CIW, Secretary John Kerry highlighted the pioneering fair food program and the investigations that uncovered farm slavery operations across the southeast. In this program, the honoree discusses the state of modern-day […]

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Posted in Immigration, Línea Abierta |

Immigration Edition.

In what advocates call a Holiday gift to Dreamers, the US Supreme Court released a ruling that will allow DACA recipients in Arizona to drive. This program also explores the first reports in Colorado of notario fraud related to the executive action. Guests: Carmen Stevens, San Luis Valley Immigrant Resource Center, Alamosa, CO, www.slvirc.org; Erika […]

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Posted in Línea Abierta |

Food Chains.

A documentary about a group of tomato pickers in Southern Florida who battle the powerful supermarket industry is being released in theaters around the nation this week. The film, whose leading team includes actress Eva Longoria, exposes the human cost of our food supply and the complicity of global fast food and supermarket chains in […]

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Posted in Arts & Culture, Economy, Línea Abierta |

Tomato Workers’ Struggle Hits the Silver Screen

The film is also a call to action, to improve working and living conditions for the immigrant workers around the country who harvest the food at our tables. Our correspondent, Rubén Tapia, was at the premier of Food Chains in Los Angeles and has this story.

Posted in Arts & Culture, Homepage Feature, Immigration |

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