This op-ed recently appeared in the Vancouver, B.C. Tyee. CAGJ has joined the struggle against the TPP on behalf of farmers and eaters everywhere through our Food Justice Project Solidarity Campaigns. Get involved today and help stop this dangerous new trade deal! By Kristen Beifus, Raul Burbano, and Manuel Pérez-Rocha March 6, 2012 A 16th […]
Category Archives: Food Justice Blog Posts
3/28 Join CAGJ for March Community Meeting & Food Sovereignty Workshop!
Thursday, March 28th, 6:30 – 8:30pm Location: CAGJ’s Office, 606 Maynard Ave S. Rm 102 Seattle WA 98104, in the International District New to CAGJ and curious about CAGJ’s projects, and how to get involved? Already active and want to learn more about CAGJ’s current organizing? Come to our next Community Meeting and learn more […]
Power Of The People: How A Labor Dispute Galvanized Local Unity And Won Rights For Workers
By Nell Abercrombie, Central Co-op Cooperative Advancement, reprinted with permission Just in time for Valentine’s Day, local food system workers get their bread and roses back: the Teamsters 117 strike, ongoing since last December, is over. United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI), Local 117’s employer, returned to the bargaining table and on Thursday, February 7, offered […]
Join CAGJ’s Steering Committee as Treasurer
CAGJ is seeking to fill a vital role on our Steering Committee – our lead body of organizers. Time commitment varies from a minimum of 5 hours/month to more when taxes are due. If interested, please send inquiries to CAGJ’s volunteer coordinators – Thank you! volunteer@cagj.org Community Alliance for Global Justice Treasurer Job Announcement (Volunteer […]
Breaking the Corporate Trance
Analysis written by Reid Mukai, CAGJ Co-Chair According to a report released on January 21 from World Development Movement, a grassroots group addressing poverty and economic inequality, Goldman Sachs made approximately $400 million in 2012 from speculating on staple foods including corn, wheat and soy. This is great for Goldman Sachs but disastrous for nearly […]
Food Chain Workers Fighting for Fairness
The Community Alliance for Global Justice endorsed two recent campaigns after hearing from the community, supporting organizing for fair wage and compensation for food industry workers. Two local campaigns and one national campaign are all gaining steam. One has to wonder if the OUR Walmart and Making Change at Wal-Mart campaigns, which CAGJ’s Food Justice […]
Statement of Support for a Full and Fair Farm Bill
The Community Alliance for Global Justice signed on to this letter through our membership in the National Family Farm Coalition, and joined 138 allied organizations to call for a fairer food & farm bill with the following statement. It’s also a great breakdown of what happened as the 2008 Farm Bill expired at the end […]
Special Report: Labor, the Food System, and Your Co-op
By nell abercrombie, cooperative advancement team, Central Co-op, printed in Central Register, used with permission. In mid-December, an ongoing labor dispute between Teamsters Local 117 and United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) resulted in a strike at the Auburn, WA UNFI distribution center. The largest distributor in the natural foods industry, UNFI delivers about 80% of […]
10 Reasons Why Eaters & Food Justice Activists Should Care about the TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership)
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, is a secretive regional free trade/investor rights initiative led by the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam, with an open-docking clause allowing for additional countries to join. In theory, the TPP seeks to increase trade in the region by opening […]
CAGJ Update: Long-Overdue Wal-Mart Uprisings Begin!
By Reid Mukai, CAGJ Co-Chair Wal-Mart’s unfair labor policies have been a concern of worker’s rights activists for decades but they managed to avoid a retail strike until fairly recently. On October 4th, 60 Wal-Mart employees struck in Los Angeles followed by strikes at 28 stores in 12 states five days later. Shortly after on […]