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Calling all members of the Fair Food Nation!
Farmworkers and allies will be gathering to celebrate the wellness of farmworker families on the weekend of September 27-28, right outside the headquarters of Kroger in Cincinnati, Ohio!
Where: Kroger Headquarters, 1014 Vine St, Cincinnato, Ohio
When: 10 AM – 5PM, Sept 27 – 28, 2024
CIW’s renowned puppet Esperanza is heading to Cincinnati – and she needs you to amplify farmworkers’ call for justice, both in Ohio and beyond.
CIW’s demonstration in Cincinnati will coincide with Kroger’s annual Wellness Festival, which will be underway just a few blocks away. According [[link removed]] to Kroger, the Festival “celebrates physical, mental and emotional health for the whole family.”
And yet, even as Kroger touts its commitment to the health of your family, the grocery giant has been publicly linked [[link removed]] to Operation “Blooming Onion” – one of the most horrifying, wide-reaching cases of forced labor in recent history: countless farmworkers held against their will, many subjected to terrible violence and brutal exploitation, two workers worked to death in the heat while another was held in sex slavery.
Sadly, this is not new for the grocery giant: The produce on Kroger’s shelves has been traced to not one, but to three separate forced labor rings [[link removed]] in the last four years. It appears that when championing wellness for “the whole family,” Kroger does not yet include the men and women who harvest the fruits and vegetables it sells to you and your family.
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Kroger’s resounding silence in the face of this human rights crisis in its supply chain is made all the more outrageous considering that it refuses to join the Fair Food Program a Presidential Medal-winning, worker-led human rights program with a proven track record in eradicating forced labor by empowering workers to be the frontline monitors of their own rights.
Today, we are calling on you to join Esperanza, farmworker leaders, and other conscious consumers for a real celebration at this year’s Wellness Festival by calling on Kroger to finally join the Fair Food Program, and do its part to usher in a new day of human rights for farmworkers everywhere!
Can’t make it out to our celebration? No problem! Find out about 5 other ways you can contribute to farmworkers’ call for Kroger to join the Fair Food Program, by clicking "Read More" below!
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United States
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