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Today is the last day of our 10-day anniversary celebration, marking a decade since the birth of the Fair Food Program, the pioneering inspiration for the Worker-driven Social Responsibility (WSR) model.

From the very beginning, we knew that if farmworkers here in the deep South could harness the purchasing power of the multibillion dollar brands that buy the produce they harvest to end generations of brutal abuse — including forced labor, sexual assault, discrimination, and systemic wage theft — workers virtually anywhere could use the model to dismantle long-entrenched systems of exploitation.

Over the course of the past decade, we’ve proven that WSR can be adapted to fit almost any industry, anywhere around the globe. From apparel sweatshops in Bangladesh and Lesotho to dairy farms in Vermont, WSR has proven its unmatched ability to unravel traditional power imbalances that have made workplaces more dangerous, exploitative, and isolating. And as we write today, new WSR initiatives are on the runway ready to take off in still more industries, including construction sites in Minneapolis and film sets in Hollywood.

It's the last day of our 10-day campaign to welcome new monthly Sustainers. For the next 24 hours, your $10 per month gift becomes $20 thanks to a generous matching donor. Will you sign up to help us expand this powerful model gives workers the power they need to uncover abuses and root out bad actors in the workplace?

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The essential and interconnected principles of the model include worker-drafted codes of conduct, worker-to-worker education, a 24/7 complaint investigation and resolution mechanism, dedicated monitoring, and real market consequences for violations.

In Bangladesh, the Accord on Fire and Building Safety has become a critical tool to protect workers in that country’s garment sector. Across continents, women workers in the garment industry of Lesotho traveled to Immokalee to learn first-hand from the strategies and victories of farmworkers in order to launch their own WSR agreement and dismantle gender-based violence in their factories.

Milk with Dignity, led by dairy workers in Vermont, is one of the most notable implementations of the WSR model that has transformed conditions in the dairy industry and secured human rights for hundreds of dairy workers.

The list goes on: In the Twin Cities, we're supporting construction workers to eradicate wage theft and other abuses through WSR. In Arkansas, we've shared our experience and insight with poultry workers in processing plants. And right now, the Fair Food Program team has deployed (virtually) to Hollywood, where we’ve partnered with the Hollywood Commission, an initiative chaired by Anita Hill that is aiming to eliminate harassment, bullying, and discrimination in the entertainment industry.

A better world is possible. Let's keep building it together. Sign up as a monthly donor in these final 24 hours, and help us ensure that when workers call us for advice about bringing the WSR model to their own workplaces, we can answer.