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 workers, reporting on conditions they face working in dairies in Vermont and New York; in greenhouses in Ontario, Canada; and on farms in Massachusetts, Florida,…
Our third Member Organizer Fellowship Program has launched, and this year we’ve expanded it from four to five members to meet growing demand! Representing the meat processing, food manufacturing, and agricultural sectors, each worker leader in this cohort will develop an organizing project over the course of the six-month program, and get together monthly for…
Mass Labor Action to Stand With Gaza Starting October 7, 2024 he Food Chain Workers Alliance is proud to endorse the mass labor action to Stand With Gaza called by Labor for Palestine National Network and UAW Labor for Palestine. This action is called to begin today, October 7, 2024, which marks one year since…
The 2024 Food Worker Summit is a wrap! From August 3-6, 52 workers and organizers from 21 FCWA member organizations traveled to Skagit County, WA from 11 U.S. states and Ontario, Canada. More local workers and organizers from co-host organizations Community to Community Development and Familias Unidas por la Justicia joined as well, providing insight…
After three years of building a coalition to make public food dollars align with community values, the Good Food New York Bill passed in the state legislature on June 6, 2024! What does this mean for New York? Public institutions across the state (like schools, hospitals, and prisons) will no longer be restricted by “lowest…
Last month, the Food Chain Workers Alliance Farmworker Committee convened in New York City to host a Bi-National People’s Tribunal on the Struggles of Farmworkers in North America. Over two days at The People’s Forum, dozens of farmworkers in the U.S. and Canada gave video and in-person testimony, with probing commentary and questions from jurors Max…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan 24, 2024 Grassroots farmworker organizations from the United States and Canada will convene a People’s Tribunal on the Struggles of Farmworkers in North America from March 29-31, 2024. The Tribunal is being hosted by the Food Chain Workers Alliance at The People’s Forum in New York City. In this participatory process,…
We recently shared our 2023 Impact Report of highlights from the past year, like launching our Food Workers Organizing Institute, hosting our member summit in Arkansas, and publishing a report on a decade of work on values-based purchasing. Now we want to share what we’re anticipating for the year ahead: FARMWORKER TRIBUNAL FCWA members from…
We are pleased to share our 2023 impact report and thank everyone who makes this work possible, especially our incredible members. From our Food Workers Organizing Institute to our report on a decade of work on values-based procurement, FCWA continued moving the needle for food workers this year. We’re proud to share this work with…
Before we fight on for worker power in the new year, let’s look back and celebrate all we’ve accomplished. Our can’t-miss articles from 2023 feature FCWA members’ work and issues we’re focused on collectively: freedom of movement, grassroots worker-led organizing, solidarity economies, human rights, heat stress & more: Congress Killed a Bill to Give Farmworkers…
We started IFWW in 2012 to uplift workers in the food system and call for the public to support worker organizing. The week of U.S. Thanksgiving is an opportune time to reflect on the food chain: 22 million people work in our food system, and our economy and daily sustenance depends on these essential workers.…
We are reinvigorated for the year to come after wrapping up our 12th annual Food Worker Summit last month! 65 workers and organizers from 19 groups gathered in Springdale, Arkansas for this annual convening of FCWA members, welcomed by fellow member and our local host: Venceremos. Here’s a quick recap of four days in Arkansas…
