Work with Dignity

Coalition of Immokalee Workers' Video Wins Testify Project National Video Contest
September 8, 2010
Yesterday the Testify Project announced that a NESRI produced video interview of Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) member Romeo Ramirez won the first round of their nationwide human rights video contest. According to the award announcement “In the two-minute video, Romeo describes how... Keep Reading »
Trader Joe's Protest on NY1
August 21, 2010
Protesters gathered in front of the new Trader Joe's in Chelsea on Thursday to call attention to the plight of farm workers. They said shoppers should know about the ongoing human rights abuses against farm workers, who they say pick tomatoes sold at the company's stores. The group claims... Keep Reading »
Trader Joe's Protest Produces Distracted Shopping
August 20, 2010
The Community Farmworker Alliance NYC, allies of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), held a protest in front of Trader Joe’s on Thursday August 19th. They were joined by various labor, religious and community groups in front on the newly-opened grocery store in Chelsea. The... Keep Reading »
NESRI's Kate Caldwell on GRITtv's "Bringing Food Justice to Trader Joe's"
August 14, 2010
Kate Caldwell, the director of the Human Right to Work with Dignity Program at NESRI, appeared on GRITtv with Laura Flanders, in a segment called Bringing Food Justice to Trader Joe’s. She commented on the work of the CIW in advocating for the eradication of modern slavery in the fields, the... Keep Reading »
Modern-Day Slavery Museum Coming to New York
July 28, 2010
The Florida Modern-Day Slavery Museum continues its 2010 Northeast tour, and will be in New York from August 2nd to August 4th. The museum, conceived of by NESRI's partner the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, consists of a produce truck that is a replica of the one inside of which farmworkers were... Keep Reading »
United Workers Call on ESPN Zone to Meet Face to Face with Workers
July 5, 2010
On July 1, in front of Baltimore’s shuttered ESPN Zone, former ESPN Zone workers, harbor workers, and allies, many of them members of NESRI partner the United Workers, gathered to call on ESPN Zone to resolve human rights abuses arising from the chain restaurant's closure.  By failing to... Keep Reading »
Recently Let Go ESPN Zone Workers are Protesting the Decision to Close the Inner Harbor Restaurant
June 30, 2010
People who recently lost their jobs at the ESPN Zone say they are owed money. The restaurant chain shuts its doors earlier this month. The workers gathered outside the Inner Harbor restaurant on Wednesday. They say the company owes them 8 and half weeks worth of pay. The workers point to "... Keep Reading »
Former ESPN Zone Workers Protest Sudden Layoffs
June 30, 2010
A group of workers laid off from the ESPN Zone say the company violated federal workplace protection laws when it suddenly closed the Inner Harbor restaurant in Baltimore two weeks ago — an allegation the company denies. Read the full post. Keep Reading »
Supreme Court Rejects Healthy San Francisco Challenge
June 28, 2010
"The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to consider a challenge to the Healthy San Francisco program that provides low-cost health coverage to city residents, partially funded by employers who refuse to provide health insurance for their employees, a mandate that prompted a lawsuit... Keep Reading »
Quiznos Seeks Fair Wage for Tomato Pickers Amid Protest
May 27, 2010
An activist group scheduled a protest Tuesday at Quiznos headquarters in Denver to urge the chain to come to an agreement with the Florida-based Coalition of Immokalee Workers to ensure better working conditions and better pay for tomato pickers.  Keep Reading »