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Sample Letter to Publix
Dear Mr. Crenshaw:
I am writing to ask Publix Super Markets to work with the Coalition
of Immokalee Workers (CIW) to ensure fair wages and conditions
for the farmworkers who pick your tomatoes.
Florida tomato pickers are among this country's most exploited
workers: they earn sub-poverty wages, lack most standard rights
and benefits and have not received a significant raise in 30 years.
At the current rate, one must harvest over 2.5 TONS of tomatoes
to earn minimum wage for a 10-hour workday. In extreme cases,
workers are held in modern-day slavery rings. In December 2008,
four people were sentenced in federal court in a case that involved
beating, chaining, and enslaving tomato pickers who worked on
some of Florida's major tomato farms.
Yum Brands, McDonald's, Burger King, Whole Foods and Subway
have all reached precedent-setting agreements with the CIW to
improve wages and enforce a code of conduct for fair conditions in
their tomato supply chains, including zero tolerance for modern-day
slavery.
As a conscientious consumer and supporter of the CIW's Campaign
for Fair Food, I urge Publix to work together with the CIW to ensure
human rights and fair wages for those who harvest the tomatoes
sold in your stores.
Sincerely,
(Feel free to add information about your personal connection to
Publix and why it is particularly important for you as a consumer
that Publix do this.)
Send your letter to:
Mr. Ed Crenshaw, CEO
Publix Super Markets Corporate Office
PO Box 407
Lakeland, FL 33802-0407
Dear Mr. Crenshaw:
I am writing to ask Publix Super Markets to work with the Coalition
of Immokalee Workers (CIW) to ensure fair wages and conditions
for the farmworkers who pick your tomatoes.
Florida tomato pickers are among this country's most exploited
workers: they earn sub-poverty wages, lack most standard rights
and benefits and have not received a significant raise in 30 years.
At the current rate, one must harvest over 2.5 TONS of tomatoes
to earn minimum wage for a 10-hour workday. In extreme cases,
workers are held in modern-day slavery rings. In December 2008,
four people were sentenced in federal court in a case that involved
beating, chaining, and enslaving tomato pickers who worked on
some of Florida's major tomato farms.
Yum Brands, McDonald's, Burger King, Whole Foods and Subway
have all reached precedent-setting agreements with the CIW to
improve wages and enforce a code of conduct for fair conditions in
their tomato supply chains, including zero tolerance for modern-day
slavery.
As a conscientious consumer and supporter of the CIW's Campaign
for Fair Food, I urge Publix to work together with the CIW to ensure
human rights and fair wages for those who harvest the tomatoes
sold in your stores.
Sincerely,
(Feel free to add information about your personal connection to
Publix and why it is particularly important for you as a consumer
that Publix do this.)
Send your letter to:
Mr. Ed Crenshaw, CEO
Publix Super Markets Corporate Office
PO Box 407
Lakeland, FL 33802-0407
150 SW 13th Avenue, Miami, FL 33135
Phone (786) 264-1708; Fax (786) 264-1859
interfaith@sfiwj.org; www.sfiwj.org
Phone (786) 264-1708; Fax (786) 264-1859
interfaith@sfiwj.org; www.sfiwj.org
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