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en españolFair Trade and Social Justice
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PARTICIPATE IN AN OCA FAIR TRADE CAMPAIGN:
Breaking the Chains
Protest Starbucks
Clothes for a Change
Land and Hunger: Making the Rights Connection
A series of articles adressing global land rights from Grassroots International:
Fair Trade Books
Join us in celebrating Fair Trade on May 10, 2008! Fair Trade means a fair price for farmers and artisans, a better future for our planet, and a tastier, higher quality product for you.
On Saturday, May 10, Organic Consumers Association will join with people from 70 countries worldwide to celebrate World Fair Trade Day and highlight the importance and benefits of Fair Trade.
Fair Trade enthusiasts worldwide will host Fair Trade food tastings, house parties, speakers, festivals, concerts, and fashion shows.
We’re trying to set the World Record for the World’s Largest Fair Trade Coffee Break: At 3pm Eastern/Noon Pacific, Fair Trade supporters around the world will take a break to enjoy a cup of Fair Trade coffee.
Many communities are celebrating World Fair Trade Day over a period of two weeks, from May 3- 18th, America’s First Fair Trade Fortnight.
Go to your Organic Consumers Association state events page to find Fair Trade events near you.
Add a Fair Trade event to your OCA state events page.
World Fair Trade Day Resources:
- World's Largest Fair Trade Coffee Break
- Host a Fair Trade House Party
- Movies About Fair Trade
- Promotions from World Fair Trade Day Sponsors
- Fair Trade Events Calendar
- Online Buying Guide
- Printable Buying Guide
- Breaking the Chains Leaflet
- Links
Tell Congress: Say 'No' to Colombia Trade Deal
Colombia's unionists operate in a climate of fear in their country. In 2007 alone, 39 Colombian trade unionists were murdered.
And the Colombian government continues to systematically undermine union members' rights--their freedom to form unions, bargain collectively, go on strike and criticize the government.
Tell your representative to oppose a trade deal with Colombia until their government makes real progress in protecting the lives and rights of union members.
Recent Fair Trade Headlines
- 05/08/08 - Controversy Growing Over Supermarkets Importing Organic Food from China
- 05/08/08 - Burger King Caught Spying on Student Farmworker Activists in Florida
- 05/08/08 - Wyndham Hotels to Serve Organic and Fair-Trade Certified Starbucks Coffee
- 05/05/08 - The Lost Supermarket
- 05/05/08 - Chickens Adopting Urban Lifestyle
- 05/01/08 - Can We Hold the Wal-Mart's of the World Accountable?
- 05/01/08 - US Sacrificing Workers' Rights for Colombia FTA
- 05/01/08 - Vermont Becomes 7th State to go "Sweat Free"
- 04/30/08 - Bridgewater Cafe Sticks to Fair Trade Ethic
- 04/29/08 - Evicted South LA Farmers Dig In
- 04/29/08 - Burger King Exec Uses Daughter's Online ID To Chide Immokalee Coalition
- 04/29/08 - Wal-Mart Costs Society More
- 04/28/08 - Mend Holes in World Safety Net
- 04/28/08 - Making a Killing from the Food Crisis
- 04/25/08 - UNC Chapel Hill Students Tackle Sweatshops
- 04/25/08 - Wal-Mart's Supply Chain Oversight Questioned Over Shrimp Farm Labor Abuses
- 04/24/08 - Big Box Campaigners Update (April 23, 2008)
- 04/23/08 - Northampton Seeks Public Support of 'Fair Trade' Initiative
- 04/22/08 - University of Maryland Baltimore County Students Pushing "Sweatfree"
- 04/21/08 - 100 Mile Style
- 04/21/08 - To Make Local Food More Accessible, Time to Revive Mid-Sized Farms
- 04/21/08 - Caught Red-Handed!
- 04/21/08 - Students Call for Fair Trade Coffee on Campus
- 04/20/08 - Do Food Miles Matter? Reducing Meat & Dairy Consumption May Be Even More Important
- 04/18/08 - Fair Trade: Fair Trade Is Not Easy
- 04/17/08 - The Whole Story About Whole Foods Market
- 04/17/08 - Tough Wage Enforcement Law Approved by States; Anti-Immigrant Measures Rejected
- 04/17/08 - Not the Same Old Drive-Thru
- 04/17/08 - Florida Farmworkers: Ending Slavery for Pennies
- 04/17/08 - ILRF Reponds to Cargill
- 04/16/08 - New Canadian Film: "Wal-Mart World's Most Hated Company."
- 04/15/08 - A Bad Week for Corporate Spies
- 04/15/08 - Did Burger King Target and Spy on Tomato Pickers Rights Groups?
- 04/09/08 - Cargill, ADM Lobbying to Protect Their Forced Labor , Farm Sweatshop Practices
- 04/08/08 - Despite Environmental Initiatives, Wal-Mart's Fuel Usage Still High
- 04/08/08 - Wal-Mart Looking to Buy More Organic Cotton
- 04/03/08 - Wal-Mart's Rollout of Fair Trade Coffee Raising Larger Issues of Worker Treatment
- 04/01/08 - Day of Celebration Honors Cesar Chavez
- 04/01/08 - Wal-Mart Rolls Out Line of Private Label Coffee
- 03/28/08 - Top Ten Barriers to Organic and Local Food Access for Low-Income Individuals
- 03/28/08 - Wal-Mart: The Root of All Evil?
- 03/28/08 - We Laughed, We Cried, We Shopped Locally
- 03/26/08 - Corporate Agribusiness Giant Smithfield Moves to Make Union Organizing & Worker Advocacy Illegal
- 03/25/08 - Cities Across the U.S Take Action on Human Rights
- 03/25/08 - From the Archives: Abuses Against Workers Still Tainting U.S. Meat and Poultry
- 03/21/08 - Wal-Mart Begins Sales of Hormone-Free Milk
- 03/20/08 - Boston Area Local Business Booklet Helps Shopkeepers Tell Their Stories, and Helps Shoppers Buy Local
- 03/20/08 - Could Wal-Mart (And its Bad Labor Practices) Revive the Labor Movement?
- 03/20/08 - Union Negotiations with Major Grocers Giant and Safeway Take Time
- 03/11/08 - Jim Hightower: How to Swim Against the Current
- 03/10/08 - Pushing for 'Fair Food' on Campus in the Land of Hog Factories
- 03/10/08 - Grist Magazine on Joining a CSA
- 03/06/08 - Preserving a Forest and a Philosophy
- 03/06/08 - Wal-Mart Fills Prescription for Chambers Memo: Health Care on the Cheap
- 03/05/08 - Florida Farm Workers Raise the Stakes in Pressure Campaign to Stop Burger King's Exploitation of Tomato Pickers
- 1/17 - OCA Press Release: America's Gifts for Valentine's Day Commonly Include Toxic Pesticides and Child Slavery
- 1/2 - Local Coffeehouses Fight the Starbucks/Wal-Martization of the Economy