FOOD CHAIN WORKERS ALLIANCE

We are workers in the food system, employed on farms, in factories, warehouses, trucks, supermarkets, restaurants, cafeterias, selling food on the streets and much more. We are organizing locally and globally to improve our working conditions and have a say in our workplaces and in our communities.

 
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Food Workers for Climate Justice

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APRIL 22, 2025 Over the past two years, FCWA hosted a series of dialogues, focus groups, and hearings for workers across the food chain to discuss how they're experiencing the…

We Demand the Release of Farmworker Leader Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez from ICE Detention

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On Tuesday, March 25,  Alfredo "Lelo" Juarez was violently detained by ICE while driving his partner to her workplace. ICE agents broke his car window when Lelo tried to exercise…

New Report: Food Chain Workers in 2025

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FEBRUARY 12, 2025 Today, Food Chain Workers Alliance published a new and critical resource on the state of work in our food system. Food ​Chain Worker​s ​i​n 202​5: Labor and…

Leadership Update & Preparing for 2025

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Dear Friends, Five years ago, we were excited to step up as Co-Directors of the Food Chain Workers Alliance, taking the reins from longtime leaders Joann Lo and Jose Oliva.…

International Food Workers Week 2024

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In 2012, FCWA launched International Food Workers Week (IFWW) to honor workers across the food chain and solicit public support for workers' campaigns for better wages, working conditions, and protections.…

Read the Report: Bi-National People’s Tribunal on the Struggles of Farmworkers

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On March 30, 2024, a historic tribunal took place at The People's Forum in midtown Manhattan. Fourteen current and former farmworkers presented testimony on behalf of themselves and their fellow…

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We represent over 375,000 farmworkers, warehouse, meatpacking and distribution workers, restaurant industry and workers all along the food chain and all across the country.

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The Food Chain Workers Alliance focuses on four areas of work in order to improve the lives and communities of food system workers and their families. Each member organization participates in at least one of the four program committees.

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