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The National Farm Worker Ministry 2008 Featured Awardee |
The National Farm Worker Ministry 2008 Featured Awardee at the World Hunger Year (WHY) Chapin Awards dinner on June 9, 2008 in New York City
Other 2008 honorees were Elvis Costello, Senator John Edwards and WCBS News radio. |
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CIW Wins Agreement with Burger King! |
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 On May 23, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and Burger King signed an agreement to work together to improve farmworker wages and working conditions in Burger King's tomato supply chain. Lucas Benitez, co-founder of CIW said, "Today we are one step closer to building a world where we, as farmworkers, can enjoy a fair wage and humane working conditions in exchange for the hard and essential work we do everyday. We are not there yet, but we are getting there"
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