Subway signs on; Northeast tour continues!

Focus shifting to supermarket and foodservice industries as Subway joins other fast-food leaders in working with the CIW

• CIW/Subway joint press release
• Listing of public events on the Northeast Tour
• "Subway to pay more for tomatoes" (Ft. Myers News-Press, 12/2)
• "Victory to the farmworkers: CIW announces Subway has signed on..." (Rad Geek, 12/2)

December 2, 2008 - Subway, the third largest fast-food chain in the world and the biggest fast-food buyer of Florida tomatoes, reached an agreement this morning with the CIW to help improve wages and working conditions for the workers who pick their tomatoes!

Meanwhile, the Northeast Fair Food Tour continues. In cities from Washington to Boston to New York, the Tour delegation will be meeting with local student and community groups for celebration and education as well as organizing delegations to local supermarkets and foodservice providers' offices. Stay tuned for reports from the tour as well as more on the next steps in the Campaign for Fair Food!...

Recap of recent campaign activity:

• Photos from high school MEChA students protesting Subway in Lawndale, CA
• Subway/Chipotle Days of Action photos
• Full report & video from the 2008 Chipocricy Tour
• New organizing resources & SFA tshirts
• 2008 SFA Encuentro photo report & notes