- To combat modern day slavery
- To stand for fair labor conditions in Florida's tomato and agricultural fields
- To join a movement towards more conscious food consumption
- To tell Publix that they need to step up and join the fight for fair food
- To join in solidarity with Farm Workers and to let supermarkets know that we want fair food in our grocery stores.
- BECAUSE FAIR TRADE IS ONLY FAIR, RIGHT?!?!
(http://www.sfalliance.org/
WHY WE PROTEST:
"At a glance: Florida farmworkers have long faced brutal conditions in the fields, including sub-poverty wages, widespread labor rights violations, and even modern-day slavery. Today, however, there is hope on the horizon, thanks to the efforts of farmworkers, Fair Food activists, Florida tomato growers, and nine food industry leaders who have joined in support of the CIW's Fair Food principles, including a strict code of conduct, a cooperative complaint resolution system, a participatory health and safety program, and a worker-to-worker education process. But Publix and Ahold are refusing to do their part, and if they have their way, the unprecedented farm labor transformation promised by the CIW's landmark agreement with the Florida Tomato Growers Exchange would be significantly diminished. Farmworkers' hopes for an end to the decades-long "Harvest of Shame" would be dashed.
Publix founder George Jenkins used to say, "Don't let making a profit stand in the way of doing the right thing." The people who are running Publix today have taken Mr. Jenkins' wise counsel and stood it squarely on its head." (From ciw-online.org)
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