[Mitai-announce] Reminder: Farmworker Poverty, the Campaign for Fair Food... and YOU, Today 6pm

[Anahita Maghami]

MIT Amnesty International Presents...

What: Farmworker Poverty, the Campaign for Fair Food... and YOU
Speaker: Meghan Cohorst
When: Today, 6-7:30pm
Where: Bldg 1, Room 150 (1-150)

Florida tomato pickers are among the country's most exploited workers. They earn
sub-poverty wages, are denied basic labor rights like overtime pay and sick
days, and have no right to organize in order to change these conditions. In the
most extreme conditions, workers are held in situations of modern-day slavery.

For over a decade, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers have been organizing to
improve wages and working conditions for Florida tomato pickers. Through their
Campaign for Fair Food, they have reached agreements with nine food industry
leaders who have committed to working together with workers to improve
farmworkers' lives. Today, the CIW and its allies are calling on supermarket
giants like Stop & Shop to take similar responsibility. Join us to learn more
about farmworkers, their campaign, and how you can get involved!

**Dinner provided.