Defend The Florida Farmworkers

Are you ready? VT workers’ Milk with Dignity National Day of Action around the corner… Dairy workers, allies gearing up for June 20th Day of Action; Meanwhile, CIW and Worker-driven Social Responsibility take center stage at CGI America in Denver! Even as the season winds down in Immokalee, the ever-expanding Fair Food movement is gearing up for an action-filled summer!  Last week, we shared an exciting report from the Fair Food Program education team as CIW members headed north for the Program’s first-ever “Know Your Rights” trainings on tomato farms outside of Florida.  This week we have more news from the Fair Food front, as the model at the heart of the FFP, Worker-driven Social Responsibility, makes its own waves across the country. First up:  Make sure to circle next Saturday, June 20th, on your calendar!  Migrant Justice members are calling on Ben & Jerry’s to make a real, enforceable commitment to much-needed human rights standards — standards which would be authored and monitored by workers themselves — in the Vermont dairy industry, and they’ve released yet another great new campaign video to state their case [...] [...]  Meanwhile, the WSR model that unites the Fair Food Program and the nascent Milk with Dignity initiative was front and center earlier this week at CGI America, the Clinton Global Initiative’s annual “working meeting that promotes collaboration and actionable ideas.”  The CIW’s Lucas Benitez shared the stage with Chelsea Clinton, the Secretary of  Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro, and other leaders from the worlds of business, government and social change for the opening plenary panel of the gathering in Denver... Don't miss the new Milk with Dignity campaign video as well as a report from CGI America over at the CIW website!

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