 NEW ARTICLE DETAILS STRUGGLE AT THREEMILE CANYON DAIRY - December 9, 2004
 Dairy Workers Continue Union Struggle, UFW Fights from Sidelines, The NewStandard
NEW YORK FARMWORKER SLAVERY TRAIL ENDS AS FARM LABOR CONTRACTORS PLEAD GUILTY - December 3, 2004
Class action lawsuit will proceed.
Farmworker Legal Services Press Release - December 3, 2004
The Buffalo News - 12/3/04
FLOC President Baldemar Velasquez and Mt. Olive CEO William Bryan Receive National Council of Churches Award. - November 10, 2004
The peace and justice award recognized the recent historic labor agreement ending FLOC's 5-year boycott of Mt. Olive Picke Co.
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Sarasota-Manatee Support Group of NFWM annual dinner makes the news. - Sarasota Herald-Tribune, November 9, 2004
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Harvest of Justice Table Prayers, 2004:The Immigrant's Journey an interfaith prayer pamphlet designed for use during the harvest season. Available in English or Spanish
A new book, The Devil's Highway, by Luis Alberto Urrea, tells the story of the border crossing into the U.S. by 26 Mexicans in May, 2001. Fourteen of the men died. - June, 2004
NFWM Board member, James Burton, offers a review.
United Methodist Church endorses FLOC BOYCOTT OF MT. OLIVE PICKLES and CIW BOYCOTT OF TACO BELL. First UMC denominational boycotts since 1988. - May, 2004
NFWM CALLS ON SUPPORTERS TO CONTINUE SUPPORT OF TACO BELL BOYCOTT - May, 2004
The National Farm Worker Ministry (NFWM) has witnessed firsthand the abuses experienced by farm workers in Florida and nationwide for many years. Farm workers endure poverty-level wages and inhumane conditions to put the food on our tables. All of us who benefit from their labor - individual consumers, retailers, restaurants, and corporations - have a responsibility to help end that suffering.
YUM Brands, a major player in the fast-food industry, has tried to disavow its responsibility for too long. It took a three-year boycott of YUM subsidiary Taco Bell, shareholder actions, public demonstrations, student hunger strikes, and media attention to bring YUM management to acknowledge that this is an issue that concerns their business.
YUM has now expressed a willingness to work toward solutions on the condition that the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) calls off its boycott. But a "willingness to work toward solutions" is not the solution farm workers need. Given the great public pressure required to bring YUM even this far, CIW understandably has no confidence that YUM would actually implement any substantial changes in the absence of that pressure.
It would be premature for CIW to call off the boycott until they have a legally enforceable commitment from YUM that ensures lasting improvements in the lives of the workers. NFWM applauds CIW for its determination to bring justice to Florida's tomato fields. We thank our member organizations and their millions of constituents nationwide for their support of CIW's campaign. And we urge them to continue their support of the Taco Bell boycott until notified by CIW that tangible results of genuine value to Florida farm workers have been achieved and the boycott is no longer needed.
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Let the Eagles Fly: The Story of Cesar Chavez & The Farm Workers, a musical drama by John Reeger and Julie Shannon at Chicago's Goodman Theatre on Sunday July 18 at 5:00pm tickets may be purchased at (312) 443-3800 - July, 2004.
63 Senators now cosponsors of AgJOBS bill! - May 4, 2004
FLORIDA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY DINING SERVICES DROP MT. OLIVE PICKLES, responding to actions of Students United for Peace and Justice - April 2004
OXFAM RELEASES REPORT: Like Machines In The Fields: Workers Without Rights in American Agriculture - March 15, 2004
FLORIDA RESPONDS TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING. Fall 2003 report from Florida State University, available online - March, 2004 Chapter 7 focuses on farm labor trafficking.
FARM WORKERS AT PICTSWEET MUSHROOM FARM IN CA. WIN 17-YEAR BATTLE FOR UFW UNION CONTRACT! - February, 2004
BUSH IMMIGRATION PROPOSAL INADEQUATE
GENERAL BOARD OF CHURCH & SOCIETY-METHODIST CHURCH JOINS MT. OLIVE BOYCOTT!
OREGON LABOR COMMISSIONER GIVES FARM WORKERS LEGAL RIGHT TO PAID BREAKS & UNPAID LUNCH PERIODS - February, 2004
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