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Trader Joe's and CIW Sign Fair Food Agreement
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), one of ATEST's 12 member organizations, has persuaded Trader Joe's supermarket chain to join its Fair Food Program. Trader Joe's will join nine other large food retailers in paying growers a small price premium for the tomatoes purchased from Florida. The premium is then passed on as a monetary bonus to the workers who pick those tomatoes. In addition, Trader Joe's has agreed to buy only from growers who comply with the CIW's Fair Food Code of Conduct.
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ATEST Appeals Congress to Sideline Politicking and Pass the TVPRA
In observance of National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) appealed to Congressional leadership on January 11th to put partisan politics aside and reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), which expired on September 30, 2011.
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ATEST Seeks Guidance on Continued Presence
On August 30, 2010, the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) first corresponded with Secretary Janet Napolitano of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regarding the Department's failure to issue regulations on the expansion of authority to permit Continued Presence in the U.S. as is required by the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) of 2008.
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- HHS Responds to ATEST: Legal Assistance Will be an Allowable Expense for Trafficking Victims
- ATEST Teams up with SRIs in Support of Federal Business Transparency Legislation
- ATEST Senior Policy Advisor Speaks to Importance of Reauthorizing Federal Anti-Trafficking Legislation
- Trader Joe's and CIW Sign Fair Food Agreement
- ATEST Seeks Guidance on Continued Presence
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