On International Workers’ Day, we’re excited to announce the launch of our Food Workers Organizing Institute! español abajo Since our founding in 2009, the Food Chain Workers Alliance has been committed to building organized worker density in the food chain with strategies led by members. To achieve that vision, we support 33 member groups —…
español abajo In 2021, FCWA launched our new Member Organizer Fellowship Program to support a cohort of organizers and senior worker leaders anchored in our member groups. Fellows are funded to spend one day per week on organizing projects important to their sector or organization. They convene monthly for peer-to-peer learning and to get support…
“Current labor laws protect companies more than workers. Many times, we are being forced to work under unsafe and unhealthy working conditions without the protection of the law. They have been calling us essential workers but we are still being treated as disposable. It’s time to pass laws that truly protect workers.” – Meat processing…
(Español abajo)This year, for the third time, Food Chain Workers Alliance members mobilized to block the Farm Workforce Modernization Act or FWMA. Our campaign has been led by a grassroots farmworker movement, by worker leaders, organizers, and allies who knew from the very beginning that farmworkers deserve better than what the FWMA was offering. Any…
Thank you for being part of the FCWA network in 2022. When you stand with low wage workers organizing, you are standing up for a revolutionized economy—one where workers have a say in their workplace, a say in their communities, and a fair share of the wealth they create. We are proud to share this…
Our annual week of action is BACK! Since 2012, the Food Chain Workers Alliance has recognized the week of Thanksgiving in the U.S. as International Food Workers’ Week. This is a special time to document problems in the food system, how food workers are organizing, and what the public can do to support them. There…
Last week, we welcomed representatives from 20 FCWA member groups at our biggest Food Worker Summit yet! 68 organizers and worker leaders traveled to Los Angeles from across the U.S. and Ontario, Canada for three days of programming and critical relationship building. The summit is a rare occasion for members to be together in-person, learning…
We can’t depend on our corporate power structures to protect our rights, we must continue to organize to build our power! We are outraged by the U.S. Supreme Court’s brazen agenda to disempower our communities while expanding the reach of corporations and the carceral state. SCOTUS rulings of the past year have protected the interests…
FCWA’s Member Organizer Program supports a cohort of organizers and senior worker leaders anchored in our member organizations. Fellows receive funding to spend one day per week working on organizing projects important to their organization or sector. Over a period of 8 months, they convene monthly for peer learning, and receive support from FCWA to…
Hoy la Alianza de Trabajadores de la Cadena Alimenticia está lanzando la versión en español de su reporte: “NO SOMOS DESECHABLES: Trabajadores de alimentos organizándose frente de COVID.” Lanzado originalmente en febrero del 2021, el reporte documenta los devastadores y desproporcionados impactos de COVID-19 en los trabajadores en la cadena alimenticia, especialmente para los trabajadores…
Around the globe, hundreds of millions of food workers make it possible for the world to eat. Almost all the food we eat passes through the hands of workers who plant, harvest, process, transport, prepare, sell, and serve it. Labor is essential to our food system. Yet workers throughout the food system are treated as…
This week, the U.S. Senate parliamentarian ruled against the inclusion of initial immigration reform measures in the federal budget reconciliation package. As legislators consider additional avenues for advancing immigration reform, the Food Chain Workers Alliance, farmworker members, and over 50 labor, food and other organizations released a letter urging President Biden, Secretary of Agriculture Tom…
