Interfaith Action of Southwest Florida

Join the National Petition Campaign to End Sweatshops and Slavery in the Florida Fields!

Click here to learn more about the petition campaign and start collecting signatures in your community today! You can also sign the petition online!

CIW wins 2008 Catholic Campaign for Human Development Sister Margaret Cafferty Award

Photo gallery from the Immokalee tomato fields: Click here to see new photos that portray life for Florida tomato pickers.

Latest News: Interfaith Prayer Vigil and Bitter Herbs at Burger King Headquarters.

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National and Florida Religious Leaders call on Burger King to "do the right thing!" Over one-hundred national and Florida religious leaders have sent an open letter to Burger King, including Rev. Michael Livingston, President of the National Council of Churches; Rev. Dr. Clifton Kirkpatrick, Stated Clerk of General Assembly, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.); Rev. John H. Thomas, General Minister and President, United Church of Christ; Jim Winkler, General Secretary, United Methodist Church - General Board of Church and Society; Rev. William G. Sinkford, President, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, and many more. Click here to read the letter.

The letter was delivered to Burger King by religious leaders on Friday, November 30th, when over 1,500 people from across Florida and the country joined the farmworkers of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) in a spirited march and rally to Burger King Headquarters. Click here for photos from the colorful 9-mile march to Burger King Headquarters, the delivery of the letter to Burger King, and the closing candlelight vigil.
Bishop Estevez of the Archdiocese of Miami and Rev. Kent Siladi of the Florida Conference of the United Church of Christ were among those who joined the CIW on November 30th to call on Burger King to join McDonald's and Yum Brands in paying one more penny per pound to directly improve tomato pickers' wages and work with the CIW to develop and implement a code of conduct against human rights abuses in the fields.