By April 24: Sign CIW's National Petition to End Slavery & Sweatshops in the Fields - Sign the petition online
Download the petition and background information to gather signatures from others.

Join workers at Beef Northwest in calling for Whole Foods to take action on their behalf. -- April, 2008
Demand a public accounting of what steps they have taken to ensure that the Country Natural Beef sold in their stores does not contain unsafe levels of different drugs.
Demand that they stand by workers to ensure they have a union to represent them.
More information and take action

By April 14, 2008: Call on the Department of Labor to withdraw changes in the H2A guestworker program
this week calling on them to withdraw proposed changes to the H-2A temporary foreign agricultural worker program that are harmful to farm workers.
For now, the Department should spend its resources on effectively enforcing labor law to end the rampant abuses against U.S. and foreign workers under the H-2A program and in agriculture generally.
Learn more & send amessage to the Labor Department

Tell your Senators: Pass AgJOBS & the DREAM Act this fall
Comprehensive immigration reform is not longer before Congress, but these two bills could make a big difference in the lives of farm workers and students
More information on AgJobs
Summary of DREAM Act

Oregon Activists:
Saturday, October 20: Urgent Action at Burgerville restaurants. More information

North Carolina Activists:
Sunday, October 28: Join NFWM & FLOC for a rally & call to action. Details

North Carolina Activists: NFWM & FLOC invite you to participate in PROJECT SOLIDARITY 2007
Volunteer to drive workers to important worker meetings from their isolated work sites. Learn more - Volunteer

Send Burger King an email to tell them to work with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers.
Sojourners is providing a new opportunity to tell Burger King just how you feel about their refusal to work with the CIW.

Portland, OR, rally in support of immigrants' rights
Sunday June 24, 2007, 2 pm at the ICE BUILDING, 511 NW Broadway
In the wake of last week’s raid resulting in over 200 immigrant workers being detained and processed for deportations we have to say YA BASTA!

NFWM invites its Youth & Young Adult Network to Student-Farmworker Encuentro
Student Farmworker Alliance has announced its third-annual Encuentro to take place in Immokalee, FL Labor Day weekend 2007 (August 30 - September 3)
NFWM's YAYA Network is organizing a delegation to attend. Contact Erin.


Farmworker, dies of heat exposure in California
Despite the implementation of permanent heat regulations last year, Eladio Hernandez died due to heat related illness.
Eladio got sick at around 1 pm and the company waited for almost 3 hours before calling for medical assistance.
The UFW is asking that you send a message to Cal OSHA immediately and tell them to conduct a full criminal investigation of this death and prosecute to the full extent of the law.


CIW invites people across the country to deliver letters to Burger King managers
Take a letter to the manager of your local Burger King informing them about farmworker conditions and BK's opportunity to work with the CIW to make a difference.
Ask the manager to pass the letter(s) on to corporate headquarters.
Learn more about Burger King's role in the tomato industry and their response to CIW's Fair Food Campaign.


Oregon City public vigil Sunday, June 3
The vigil on 6 pm at Carniegie Center Park is in response to a brutal attack on Latino men in Mulino, OR that is being seen as a hate crime
Oregon Farm Worker Ministry joins other immigrant and community organizations in call for protection and vigilance
Press release and statement (English & Spanish)


Help FLOC seek a full investigation of the murder of staff member in Monterrey, Mexico
FLOC is requesting letters to the Governor of Nuevo Leon and the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico.
Addresses and details of request


TELL KRUG-MONDAVI YOU ARE BOYCOTTING THEIR WINES UNTIL THEY RENEGOTIATE A CONTRACT WITH THEIR VINEYARD WORKERS - ongoing
Take the Krug-Mondavi boycott flyer to wherever your family shops for wine and tell the store manager about your support for the Krug-Mondavi boycott.