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... 

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...