Strikes and Protests Highlight Need for Change at Wal-Mart
Blog | Carly Finkle | Jul 10, 2013
Wal-Mart retail workers across the United States began prolonged strikes in late May, leading up to the corporate shareholder meeting…
Labor in the Food System
The movement for food justice cannot thrive in a system where food and farm workers are exploited, criminalized and hungry. For an introduction to this issue, download our Food First Issue Primer on Labor in the Food System
An Inside Look at Worker-Owned Arizmendi Bakery
Blog | Leah Scrivener | Jun 6, 2013
A worker-owner at the Arizmendi Bakery on Valencia Street in San Francisco, California, who also works for the Arizmendi Association…
Nyéléni Newsletter no. 12
Nyéléni Newsletter | | Dec 1, 2012
Migration and Agriculture Food is essential to life and it is also an expression of our cultures and our societies.…
Food Workers Food Justice: Linking Food, Labor and Immigrant Rights
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Annie Shattuck, Eric Holt-Giménez and Zoe Brent | Jul 1, 2010
A fair deal for food workers is an essential part of building an equitable food system.
Beyond the Fence: A Journey to the Roots of the Migration Crisis
Book | Dori Stone | Mar 31, 2009
Beyond the Fence explores aspects of migration largely unnoticed by the mainstream media: the root causes, stories and possibilities that get lost in a debate over fences.
Migrant Farmworkers: America’s New Plantation Workers
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Christine Ahn, Melissa Moore and Nick Parker | Apr 1, 2004
Thousands of migrants risk death and incarceration daily by crossing the U.S. Mexico border.
Banana War in the Philippines
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | David Bacon | Jul 1, 1998
This dispute, which could paralyze most of Dole's Philippine banana operations, highlights the possible consequences of economic liberalization in the wake of the economic meltdown in southeast Asia.
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