With just days remaining before April 28, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers is gearing up to present Burger King with petition signatures from supporters all over the country standing against modern-day slavery and sweatshop conditions in Florida's fields. Every name counts, so please take a moment to join in and add your name to the online petition at www.fairfoodnation.org/petition. Thanks and please spread the word!

Background on Petition Drive

The CIW launched a national petition drive to demand that Burger King and other food industry leaders work with the CIW to improve the wages and working conditions of the workers who pick their tomatoes, and join with the CIW in an industry-wide effort to eliminate modern-day slavery and human rights abuses from Florida's fields. The petitions will serve as notice that those who sign are "prepared to stop patronizing Burger King now, and other food industry leaders in the future, should they fail to do so." The campaign comes on the 200th anniversary of the US ban against the importation of slaves, and echoes key strategies of the early abolitionist movement that helped hasten the end of slavery in the 19th century.

For more information, visit www.ciw-online.org.