Pressuring Publix.

• Position: On the Line - Farmworkers and fair food activists protest to pressure Publix Super Markets - Brief article

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More than 1,000 farmworkers and fair food activists rallied in Lakeland, Florida, on April 18, wrapping up a three-day march designed to put pressure on Publix Super Markets. The Coalition of Immokalee Workers is asking Publix to pay tomato pickers one penny more for every pound of tomatoes they pick and to sign on to a code of conduct that would prevent the supermarket chain from buying tomatoes from...