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.

NEWS FROM THE FRONT LINES

Organizing Institute: Fall 2025 Cohort has Launched!

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In 2021 we launched a new virtual leadership development training to replace our in-person model put on hold by the pandemic. It quickly became a core model, attracting more participants…

We’re Hiring: FCWA Staff Organizer

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español abajo The Food Chain Workers Alliance (FCWA) is a bi-national coalition of 36 worker-based organizations whose members plant, harvest, process, pack, transport, prepare, serve, and sell food, organizing to…

Calor extremo: los trabajadoros necesitan agua, descansos, ventilación

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Los trabajadores de la industria alimentaria tienen calor, y la situación empeora cada vez más. ¿Sabías que en EE. UU. y Canadá no existen leyes federales que protejan a los…

Extreme Heat: Workers Need Water, Breaks, Ventilation

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Food Workers are HOT and it's only getting HOTTER. But in the U.S. and Canada, there are no federal laws to protect workers from the injuries and illnesses caused by…

U.S. Government Will Not Stop Genocide

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August 5, 2025 We can all see that Palestinians are starving. We can all see that Israel's intention is to kill, displace, or detain every Palestinian and annex their remaining…

Deportation Crisis: Updates from FCWA Members

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JULY 30, 2025: It's not an exaggeration — every day there's a new ICE raid, a new unlawful detainment, new details about overcrowded and torturous detention facilities, or a new…

Meet Our Members

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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For all the latest news, actions, groundbreaking reports and timely opportunities to speak up for food workers, join our listerv. Be part of the movement and take action to ensure a fair, healthy, local, sustainable, humane food system.

Our Programs

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.

Donate

We’re a small and mighty team. Your dollars go far in an organization as lean and effective as we are. Make a tax-deductible donation today and support the work of the Food Chain Workers Alliance.