Coalition of Immokalee Workers

Read the latest about how the @fairfoodprogram.org is protecting tens of thousands of farmworkers across the US right now with the industry's leading heat stress protocols: www.naplesnews.com/story/opinio...

3/ Standing with workers and demanding justice has been at the heart of Kerry’s work for decades. As we enter Kerry’s final months as our President, we’ll be looking back at the people and places that have shaped her extraordinary legacy. 🔗 Join us on the walk down memory lane: rekhrc.org/4j7pNp2

2/ This was one of many times Kerry has stood alongside farmworkers. She has marched with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers in Florida, rallied for farmworkers’ rights in New York, and helped build support for the New York Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act, which became law in 2019.

1/ In 2013, our President @kerrykennedy.bsky.social joined @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social and other human rights leaders outside Wendy’s shareholder meeting in Manhattan to demand it joins the Fair Food Program, an initiative working to ensure humane working conditions and fair pay for farmworkers.

Reporter @maxblau.bsky.social spent a year reporting on abuses of farmworkers. It left him wondering: Is there any way to find out whether the produce he buys at the grocery store comes from farms with a record of mistreating workers?

The Fair Food Program’s unparalleled heat protections keep making waves across the nation! Read more here: ciw-online.org/2026/08/fair...

Workers everywhere deserve dignity on the job A new report from @business-humanrights.org shows the failure of major companies to provide remedy to migrant workers who reported severe abuses on Saudi Arabia’s renewable energy projects Read more here: www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/b...

The Fair Food Program’s new electrolyte rule is making national headlines and the @fastcompany.com says the program is a “Win-Win-Win for Farmworkers, Growers, Buyers"! ciw-online.org/2026/08/fair...

Weakened federal heat protection rules leave Florida workers sweating Florida is the national epicenter for workplace heat injuries — and workers organizing to convince their employers to… https://floridatrib.org/2026/08/13/weakened-federal-heat-protection-rules-leave-florida-workers-sweating/

From “Ground Zero for Modern-day Slavery” to a world without victims: Help us scale the Fair Food Program! fairfoodprogram.org/donate/

Farmworkers are 35 times as likely to die from heat-related stress as workers in any other industry. As extreme heat worsens, providing electrolytes is a crucial step to keeping workers healthy. @ktoussaint.bsky.social has the full story ⬇️

Farmworkers have more than 35x the risk of heat-related death than workers in any other industry, but there are no federal heat protection standards. The @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social has its own—& just added a rule requiring access to electrolytes for farmworkers www.fastcompany.com/91584914/far...

On certain farms across 22 states, workers will now have mandatory access to electrolytes, which can help them stay safe in dangerous extreme heat. It’s the latest rule from @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social, a partnership between growers, farmworkers, and food retailers to improve working conditions.

ciw-online.org/blog/2026/06... All too many retail food brands — among them many well-known companies like Publix, Kroger, and Wendy’s — still refuse to join the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social

How many more farmworkers in their supply chains must endure extreme exploitation before Kroger and Publix join the only human rights program with a proven record of preventing these abuses? Stay tuned to take action with us and demand farmworker freedom! ciw-online.org/blog/2026/05...

The landmark health study linking the Fair Food Program to healthier farmworker mothers and children continues to make waves across the nation! Check out two new articles that place the study within the broader story of the program and its remarkable evolution: ciw-online.org/blog/2026/05...

Read more about this participating grower in the Fair Food Program: “The consumer needs to get it in a timely manner,” he said. “It needs to be just dynamite. It needs not be mediocre, it needs to be downright good and delicious. That’s what I’m shooting for.” www.thefencepost.com/news/tuxedo-...

pcusa.org/news-storyte... - A new article by the Presbyterian News Service / @pcusa.bsky.social takes a deep-dive into the Fair Food Program, and how its protections are helping keep farmworker mothers and infants healthy

A peer-reviewed study finds that infants born to farmworkers on Fair Food Program farms are 10% less likely to be born at a low birth weight. Read more: ciw-online.org/blog/2026/04...

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our screening and discussion of "Without Shade, Without Rest" earlier this week! Read The Brown Daily Herald's coverage ⤵️ @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social @climatesollab.bsky.social @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social @working-films.bsky.social

ciw-online.org/blog/2026/04... “Despite Sen. Booker’s letter... an official resolution from the Yale College Council, a petition signed by hundreds of students, and no clear reason for not joining the program, Yale Hospitality has refused to take any good-faith steps toward joining the FFP"

ciw-online.org/blog/2026/04... Read about how the CIW's internal, democratic structure has helped it to remain resilient throughout the years, and how farmworkers managed to forge the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social to safeguard their rights based on their own experiences in the fields.

In a letter to Yale, @booker.senate.gov urging the school to join the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social , the Senator writes: “...I write to urge Yale Hospitality to join the FFP... Yale has long been a leader in both scholarship and social responsibility.” Read more: yaledailynews.com/articles/in-...

Students at Yale University are turning up the heat on their administration to ensure that the food served at their historic university meets the highest human rights standards in the agricultural industry by joining the Fair Food Program! Read More: ciw-online.org/blog/2026/04...

"A peer-reviewed study finds that infants born to farmworkers on Fair Food Program farms are 10% less likely to be born at a low birth weight." Read more about the myriad benefits the Fair Food Program is bringing to thousands of farmworker families in The Packer: www.thepacker.com/news/new-res...

"Nely Rodríguez knows the costs of silence – and of having to endure the privileges often taken by men with power." Read about how farmworkers forged the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social in @csmonitor.bsky.social www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/...

Have you ever dreamed of working on the cutting edge of human rights? The exponential expansion of the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social is creating new job openings! We're currently hiring for a Worker Education Coordinator. Click here to learn more: ciw-online.org/careers/

The @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social is one the country’s “most robust… and protective programs” in the US, and a ‘game changer” for women farmworkers, according to the Associated Press: ciw-online.org/blog/2026/03...

Have you ever dreamed of working on the cutting edge of human rights? The exponential expansion of the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social is creating new job openings! We're currently hiring for a Worker Education Coordinator. Click here to learn more: ciw-online.org/careers/

@immokaleeworkers.bsky.social is a worker-based human rights organization founded by farmworkers to eliminate wage theft, forced labor and other abuses.

Have you ever dreamed of working on the cutting edge of human rights? The exponential expansion of the Fair Food Program is creating new job openings! APPLY HERE: www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit...

One student urged the University to sign onto the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social, which enforces workplace protections. 80% of female farmworkers have experienced sexual harassment, and implementing the program at Michigan would help mitigate the issue. www.michigandaily.com/news/campus-...

ciw-online.org/blog/2026/03... @business-humanrights.org highlighting the solution: “Walmart is a member of the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social , a programme which covers farmworkers in the USA who are paid a premium to ensure a living wage.”

ciw-online.org/blog/2026/03... The study’s bottom line is simple: better pay, safer working conditions, and reduced stress during pregnancy translate directly into healthier mothers and healthier children. @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social

Calling all university students, faculty, and staff across the US! Do you want to stand with farmworkers in their fight for justice in the food industry? Reach out to join the call for your school to be part of the solution! ciw-online.org/blog/2026/02...

The workers that grow your house plants power a booming industry—yet many face exploitation. Change begins with The Planting Justice Campaign. Learn how your consumer power can help workers win fair pay, safe working conditions, and dignity on the job: demos.nyc/4ttVVGt

ciw-online.org/blog/2026/02... Nola De Graaf, a current student at the University of Michigan: “The best part of this program is that it is an organization that amplifies the voices of workers, not attempting to speak over them but rather making them the forefront of the organization..."

This stunning news comes as students with Yale’s Student/Farmworker Alliance chapter have repeatedly called on the university to join the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social READ MORE: ciw-online.org/blog/2026/01...