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Farmworkers
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The Farmworkers Association

National Farm Worker Ministry
SFIWJ Board Member Rev. Lucy
Hitchcock-Seck at a Publix Protest in
Miami on November 8th, 2009
December 8, 2009- Fort Myers News-Press
"Coalition of Immokalee Workers pay Publix a Visit"
"The peaceful demonstration drew workers and supporters
from around the state as well as clergy of many faiths.
One of those was retired United Church of Christ minister
Jim Boler of Fort Myers. 'I was especially moved by what
the high school students from Immokalee had to say,"
Boler said. "One girl talked about what it's like to live in a
farmworker family, seeing Publix ads celebrating
Thanksgiving but knowing that for her family, if there's
not work that week, they can't afford food.'"

December 7, 2009 - Palm Beach Post
Opinion "Publix in the wrong aisle"
"When you think of Publix, you think of Florida's grocery
store. There are more than 700 of them around the state.
The company has a glowing reputation within the
industry...

"All this makes it hard to understand why the company is
opposing an effort to treat Florida farmworkers fairly.
Publix has taken a hard line against the Coalition of
Immokalee Workers, a farmworker group that wants to
improve conditions in the fields and increase tomato
pickers' pay with a penny-a-pound pass-through plan. The
idea is for the state's largest tomato buyers to pay an extra
penny per pound, with the extra money going to raise
pickers' wages above the poverty level." Read the full
article.
Photo used with permission of CIW
Dear God, we give thanks for the
with the farmworkers to improve
wages and conditions in the fields.
working farmworkers to establish
practices that ensure dignity for
those who harvest our crops. We ask
you Dear God, we give thanks for
the to bless those who toil in the
fields companies that made
agreements and all those who work
to put food on our tables. Guide us
in partnering with farmworkers to
bring about a food system that
respects the dignity of all your
children. Amen.

Farmworker Freedom March, 2010
UFW President appeared on "The Colbert Report" to
promote the "Take Our Jobs" campaign.