$15/Hour Minimum Wage: Disaster or Opportunity for Family-scale Farms?
Blog | Ana Galvis | Oct 29, 2015
By Elizabeth Henderson The growing momentum of the campaign to raise the minimum wage presents those of us who are…
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
Domestic Workers: The Other Invisible Food Worker
Blog | Tiffani K. Patton | Jul 13, 2015
According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), there are an estimated 21 million people worldwide who are forced into labor…
Between City and Country: Domestic workers building food sovereignty in Bolivia
Blog | Karen Pomier and Tanya M. Kerssen | Jun 10, 2015
In Latin America and the Caribbean, domestic workers make up 18% of the female labour force. Migrating from rural areas…
Oakland’s Fight for 15 Protest: Urban farmers in solidarity with fast food workers
Blog | Laetitia Benador | Apr 22, 2015
At 8am on April 15, 2015, urban farmers, activists, and fast food workers joined forces in Oakland against the fast…
Migrant Farmworkers: America’s New Plantation Workers?
Blog | Christine Ahn, Melissa Moore and Nick Parker | Mar 31, 2015
In celebration of our 40th anniversary year, Food First is revisiting past publications from our rich archive of analyses on…
International Food Workers’ Week: Support Our Everyday Food Heroes
Blog | Tiffani K. Patton | Nov 12, 2014
The week of Nov. 23 – 29 will mark the Third Annual International Food Workers Week (IFFW) organized by the…
Food Day 2014: Food Justice = Worker Justice!
Blog | Joann Lo | Oct 23, 2014
Cross-posted from Huffington Post Five years ago, the Food Chain Workers Alliance was founded as a national coalition of unions,…
Farmworkers at Forefront of the Struggle for Food Sovereignty
Blog | Teresa K. Miller and Tiffani K. Patton | Oct 15, 2014
Farmworker resistance and organizing is increasing. In September of 2014, the Florida-based Coalition of Immokalee Workers was awarded the Global…
The Food Retail Boom: Growing Industry, Declining Wages
Blog | Tiffani K. Patton | Oct 6, 2014
In California, the food retail industry is growing faster than the general economy. Despite this growth, food retail workers’ wages…
From Strike to Movement: The Fight for a $15 Minimum Wage
Blog | Tiffani K. Patton | Sep 10, 2014
On Thursday, September 4th, thousands of people from across the nation participated in the largest walkout of fast food workers…
Labor Repression 1950s Style
Blog | Devon Peña | Aug 16, 2014
From “simple” to “bureaucratic” control? The struggle for workers’ rights and autonomy continues unabated in the State of Washington. Readers…
Sakuma Brothers Update: Onerous piece-rates and unfair disciplinary scheme
Blog | Rosalinda Guillén | Aug 13, 2014
On Monday August 11th over 150 Sakuma Bros Farms blueberry pickers, members of Familias Unidas por la Justicia, protested and assembled a…
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