Food Chain Workers Alliance

Food Chain Workers Alliance
Founded 2009
Type Worker center
Focus Workers rights
Method Education, advocacy, organizing, policy
Members
 17 member organizations , with 170,000 workers
Key people
 Joann Lo, Executive Director
Website http://www.foodchainworkers.org/

The Food Chain Workers Alliance (FCWA) is a national coalition of 17 worker-based organizations of workers in many sectors of the food chain, including agriculture, processing, selling, and serving. Its program areas include strategic campaigns , leadership development, policy and standards, and education and communications. FCWA members represent over 170,000 workers. The Alliance is based in Los Angeles, California, and was founded in 2009.

Program areas

In June 2012, the FCWA released a comprehensive report on workers in the food system.[1] This report is called "The Hands That Feed Us: Challenges and Opportunities for Workers Along the Food Chain."

The Alliance supports members’ organizing campaigns, explores potential coordinated campaigns between various members of the Alliance, and acts in solidarity with other workers’ organizations.

Member Organizations

  1. Brandworkers International
  2. Center for New Community (CNC)
  3. Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW)
  4. Comité de Apoyo a los Trabajadores Agrícolas (CATA)
  5. Farmworker Association of Florida (FWAF)
  6. International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF)
  7. Just Harvest USA
  8. Mississippi Workers’ Center for Human Rights
  9. Northwest Arkansas Workers’ Justice Center (NWAWJC)
  10. Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York (ROC-NY)
  11. Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC-United)
  12. Rural and Migrant Ministry
  13. UNITE HERE Food Service Division
  14. UE Research and Education Fund (UEREF)
  15. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 770 (UFCW Local 770)
  16. Vermont Fair Food Campaign
  17. Warehouse Workers for Justice
  18. Warehouse Workers United

References

  1. ↑ "Most Food System Workers Have Low Wages, Few Benefits, Report Says" (PDF). The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. A-13 109 (418–2693). 6 June 2012.

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