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Community/Farmworker Alliance Protest at Trader Joe’s

Community/Farmworker Alliance Protest at Trader Joe's
Saturday, October 16 · 12:00pm – 1:30pm Trader Joe’s Brooklyn 130 Court Street. Brooklyn, NY 11201 Join the CFA give a penny to Trader Joe’s cashiers and demand that they pay an extra penny per pound to their farmworkers!! We will be wearing hawaiin shirts and outreaching to customers/community folks. We will also be supplying pennies for everyone to participate! SLAVERY IS NOT SUSTAINABLE!!... 

Trader Joe’s Protest Produces Distracted Shopping

by Billy Wharton  For one evening, at least, the supermarket chain Trader Joe’s was unable to enforce its pledge to provide “distraction free shopping.” While a sign advertising this pledge encourages consumers to “feel free to ignore anyone with a clipboard or cheap folding table without feeling any guilt at all,” the crowd outside the door could not be ignored. Having a marching band... 

Support the Farmworkers – Protest Trader Joe’s

Support the Farmworkers - Protest Trader Joe's
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) is demanding that Trader Joe’s join its competitor Whole Foods and many other major food retail corporations — such as McDonalds and Burger King – and agree to work with the CIW to improve wages and working conditions for the farmworkers who pick the tomatoes sold in Trader Joe’s stores. Come Join Us and Support Farmworkers’ Human Rights! PROTEST! Thursday... 

Organizing Meeting- Trader Joes- July 13

Organizing Meeting- Trader Joes- July 13
Organizing Meeting- Trader Joes- July 13 The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) is demanding that Trader Joe’s join its competitor Whole Foods and many other major food retail corporations — such as McDonalds and Burger King – and agree to work with the CIW to improve wages and working conditions for the farmworkers who pick the tomatoes sold in Trader Joe’s stores. Come Join Us and Support...