Alianza Agricola
The Alianza Agrícola is a group led by and comprised of immigrant farmworkers in Western and Central New York. The group came together to create a better future here in New York for immigrant farmworker families and communities. Through participation in the group, Alianza members are empowered to advocate on their own behalf and gain valuable leadership skills and access to opportunities.
Brandworkers International
Brandworkers is a non-profit organization in New York City powered by a global network of committed individuals, advocates, lawyers, and organizers who believe in holding corporations accountable to workers and communities. Brandworkers connects, trains, and mobilizes retail and food employees to assert their rights and to make their voices heard in the public arena.
Burgerville Workers Union
The idea for the country's first legally recognized fast food union came out of organizing efforts of Portland, Oregon's local chapter of the International Workers of the World. The union has since conducted several workplace actions, including a three-day strike of over 40 workers across four stores in Oregon, and is currently in negotiations for their second contract.
Cincinnati Interfaith Workers Center
Formed in 2005, the Cincinnati Interfaith Workers Center is membership-based organization made up of a diverse group of low wage and immigrant workers from various industries that educates and mobilizes workers to achieve positive systemic change. The CIWC fights wage theft, provides rights-based trainings, and organizes workers, community members, and people of faith to engage in workplace justice and solidarity campaigns.
Comité de Apoyo a los Trabajadores Agrícolas
The Farmworker Support Committee's mission is to empower and educate farmworkers through leadership development so that they are equipped with the skills needed to effectively challenge the structures that oppress them. For the past 26 years, CATA has been based upon the belief that only through organizing and collective action will farmworkers be able to achieve social, economic and environmental justice. CATA organizes farmworkers and their families in the mid-Atlantic states.
Community to Community Development
Community to Community's mission and work is influenced by the community organizing model of Cesar Chavez and the Farm Worker's movement in California and Washington State and the values and principles of the World Social Forum process developed in Porto Alegre Brazil.
Familias Unidas por la Justicia
Familias Unidas por La Justicia (FUJ) is an independent farmworker union of indigenous families located in Burlington, WA representing over 500 Triqui, Mixteco, and Spanish speaking workers at Sakuma Bros. Berry Farm. FUJ is the third independent farmworker union formed in WA in 30 years and the first union led by indigenous workers.
Farmworker Association of Florida
A 41-year old, statewide, grassroots, community-based, farmworker membership organization with over 20,000 Haitian, Hispanic and African-American members who work in the fruit, vegetable, fern, tropical fruit, ornamental plant, sod, and citrus industries. The organization’s mission is to build power among farmworker and rural low-income communities, to respond to and gain control over the social, political, economic, workplace, health, climate and environmental justice issues that impact their lives.
Fédération du Commerce
The Federation du Commerce brings together women and men throughout Quebec, in the wholesale and retail trade, the agrifood, finance and tourism sectors. At the time of its creation, the federation had less than 1,500 members and 10 unions. Today, the federation has nearly 30,000 members, grouped into 330 unions.
Global Labor Justice
ILRF is an advocacy organization dedicated to achieving just and humane treatment for workers worldwide. ILRF promotes enforcement of labor rights internationally through public education and mobilization, research, litigation, legislation, and collaboration with labor, government and business groups. ILRF is based in Washington, D.C.