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Coalition of Immokalee Workers

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Thu, 06/16/2011 - 7:41am — lambert

Hurrah! A victory for organizing!

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What a great article! And so..protest and direct action

By JuliaWilliams on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 8:34am

DO work!

Time for Real Change

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Great stuff, lambert

By danps on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 2:39pm

Thanks for highlighting it. I'll add something CIW related to my sidebar in the next day or two.

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Geat piece of propaganda. Notice the elephant missing?

By regulararmyfool on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 3:40pm

I guess that Wal-Mart tomatoes just magically appear.

I notice that the author slangs everyone but Wal-Mart. He lost total credibility with me by not being able to track down Wal-Mart's magically appearing tomatoes.

Yes, I support the farm workers. In the 1962 or 1963, I "followed the crops" for a summer.

The only thing worse that I have ever done for work was roofing houses in Phoenix, AZ, in the summer.

Self exile

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from the article: ... the CIW

By hipparchia on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 11:25pm

from the article:

... the CIW has targeted — largely for geographical reasons — Ahold (the parent company of Stop & Shop and Giant); Publix (the dominant chain in Florida); Kroger (next to Wal-Mart the biggest food retailer in the country); and Trader Joe’s ...

also, walmart appears to be trying to buy more local produce for their stores, so maybe they're not a significant customer of the growers in south florida.

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I've added it to my sidebar

By danps on Sat, 06/18/2011 - 10:11am

And linked back to here. Thanks for highlighting it, lambert. (PS check spelling!)

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