Since 1993, Latino, Mayan Indian, and Haitian immigrant workers in the Immokalee region of Florida have been struggling for their rights through their grassroots organization, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW). Among the most exploited workers in the US, the Immokalee farmworkers labor in slave-labor conditions, and in 2008, two employers of Immokalee farmworkers were sentenced to federal prison for their role in enslavement of workers and human trafficking.  Immokalee farmworkers suffer dire poverty, many earning less than the mininum wage (which is in turn far below the "living wage" required for subsistence).

The CIW and its companion organization, the Student Farmworker Alliance, have launched successful nationwide campaigns against such fast food giants as Taco Bell, McDonald’s, Burger King, and Subway, succeeding in getting these chains to enter “Fair Food” agreements to improve the lives of Florida tomato pickers. But so far the Kroger grocery chain has not followed the lead of these other corporations; please join with us in asking Kroger to support fair food!

Don't live in or near Lexington?  You may still sign this petition to support the campaign.  A group of concerned college students and other community members will be hand-delivering this petition, along with over 100 hand-signed letters, to Lexington, Kentucky's Euclid Avenue Kroger grocery store, on Thursday, December 9, and possibly again at a later date.  One of the highest grossing Kroger stores, per square foot, in the nation, the Euclid Avenue Kroger is frequented by many students and other local residents.  We are asking the local management to pass on our concerns to the national office of Kroger.