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
The Food Chain Workers Alliance (FCWA), the Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York (ROC-NY) and the Restaurant Opportunities Center of…
A couple of months ago I was invited to give a keynote address at the University of Vermont’s Food Systems…
Nearly a year has passed since farmworkers at Sakuma Brothers Farm in Washington State initiated the first of several walkouts…
Taylor Lee can tell you the real impact of minimum wages for tipped workers. Taylor is a 23-year-old restaurant server…
March 31 is Cesar Chavez Day. As you probably know, Cesar Chavez was a co-founder and leader of the United…
According to a 2007 California Institute for Rural Studies (CIRS) study of farmworker food security in Fresno County, 45 percent…
While public conversations on immigration reform appear increasingly polemical and even reactionary, David Bacon’s new book The Right to Stay Home:…
How many times have we heard it? “Organic food is great for those who can afford it, but not an option…
Today Familias Unidas por la Justicia and individual plaintiff Felimon Pineda won a significant court victory when Skagit County Superior…
Low wages and poor working conditions at the Sakuma Brothers Farm in Washington State prompted over 200 seasonal farmworkers to…
Since their first walkout on July 10th, berry pickers on Sakuma Brothers Farms in Burlington, Washington have struck several times…
After a disappointing decision in late June that flew in the face of immigrant rights, the Senate successfully passed their…
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