March forward with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers!

Our allies at the Coalition for Immokalee Workers (CIW) are marching across Florida for farmworker freedom April 16-18, 2010. The march starts in Tampa and continues to the Lakeland, Fla. headquarters of the grocery chain Publix Super Markets, Inc.

The CIW will bring along the Florida Modern Day Slavery Museum, a brand-new traveling exhibit housed in a replica of the 24-foot cargo truck where workers were kept in captivity for years. The CIW has successfully attacked slavery and unjust working conditions by targeting the restaurants and grocery stores that buy the tomatoes picked by workers in slavery or otherwise exploitative conditions. After a landmark victory against Taco Bell, they won workers' rights agreements with McDonald’s, Whole Foods, Burger King and Subway.

Prometheus was proud to help launch the CIW's low power Radio Conciencia, which broadcasts to farmworkers in Creole, Spanish, and Mayan languages. Support the CIW by joining the march or spreading the news!