CIW in NYC!

Dec 9, 2008 by Allen Strouse | Filed in: Farm Workers | Comments (0)

Come hear the Coalition of Immokalee Workers

MIAMI - NOVEMBER 30: People walk past a Burge...Image by Getty Images via DaylifeCome hear Florida Tomato Pickers Speak Out!

UFCW Local 1500 & The Building Blocks Project proudly welcomes the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to New York City, where they will speak out about working conditions and their campaigns to get fast food chains to pay a fair price for the tomatoes they pick.

Join us on Wednesday, December 10 at 7.30 pm at the Church of the Holy Trinity 316 E. 88th between 1st & 2nd Avenues.

Download the Flyer here.

For more information head here.

 

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THE COALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS will speak about working conditions in the fields and their campaigns to get fast food chains to agree to pay them just one cent more per pound (nearly doubling their wages). The tomato pickers currently receive from growers who supply Subway about 40 cents for a 32-lb. bucket, a mere 1.3 cents per pound. They must pick 120 buckets, or nearly 2 tons of tomatoes per day, to earn $50 in a 10-hour day.

At the reception, you can talk to the Immokalee workers & the event's co-sponsoring food justice groups.

 

C.I.W. is welcomed to New York City by

Congregation B'nai Jeshurun

Faith Leaders for Food Justice

Hazon

The New York City Coalition Against Hunger

New York Faith and Justice

The Peace and Restorative Justice Community of the Church of the Holy Trinity

Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York (ROC-NY)

Rural & Migrant Ministry on behalf of the Justice for Farmworkers Campaign

United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1500

World Hunger Year (WHY)

 

To learn more about the Coalition of Immokalee Workers campaign for economic justice,

visit their website: http://www.ciw-online.org

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