Santiago explains the hierarchy affecting farmworkers in Florida.
This past Friday, MLOV welcomed Santiago from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and Joe, a member of the Student/Farmworker Alliance for a bilingual community presentation about the connection between farmworkers, consumers and allies.
For decades, Florida's farmworkers faced poverty wages and daily violations of their basic rights — including physical abuse, sexual harassment, and in the most extreme cases, modern-day slavery — in order to harvest the food on our plates. However, due to the successful organizing of Santiago and hundreds of other farmworkers, students, consumers and allies, the CIW is changing conditions in the fields by fighting for fair wages, affordable housing, the right to organize, an end to involuntary servitude and stronger laws and enforcement mechanisms.
For decades, Florida's farmworkers faced poverty wages and daily violations of their basic rights — including physical abuse, sexual harassment, and in the most extreme cases, modern-day slavery — in order to harvest the food on our plates. However, due to the successful organizing of Santiago and hundreds of other farmworkers, students, consumers and allies, the CIW is changing conditions in the fields by fighting for fair wages, affordable housing, the right to organize, an end to involuntary servitude and stronger laws and enforcement mechanisms.
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