Children's Sweatshop Protest!

Children’s Protest Against Trader Joe's

Sunday, December 11, 1:15 pm - 2pm

Trader Joe's, 748 Memorial Drive, Cambridge

1:15pm:  meet at the Morse School playground on the corner of Granite and Magazine Streets. 

Join the Workmen’s Circle’s fifth grade class in its annual labor action or "sweatshop protest".  This year, the students are marching on Trader Joe's for its refusal to work with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) in its efforts to improve the working conditions of Florida's farm workers who earn sub-poverty wages and no benefits whatsoever.  The CIW has been fighting hard for over 10 years to make things better, but some corporations, including Trader Joe's, are unwilling to join the “Campaign for Fair Food.”  Inspired by the history of their ancestors who toiled in textile sweatshops, the students are demanding that Trader Joe’s sit down with the farm workers to find a transparent and lasting way to ensure human rights and fair wages in their tomato supply chain.   Help put pressure on Trader Joe’s by marching with our Hey class on December 11!

Questions? Contact Leah at leah@circleboston.org or 617-566-6281.