Coalition of Immokolee Workers

The last night of discussions on poverty in America—”The Fight of the Poor”—directs attention to groups and communities organizing a movement to end poverty across the country. The segment includes interviews and discussion of the United Workers in Baltimore, The Coalition of Immokalee Workers in Florida, Domestic Workers United in New York, Direct Action Welfare Group in West Virginia and Iraq Veterans Against the War, The Vermont Workers Center, Michigan Welfare Rights Organization and the Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign.

On this month's show:
    •    Denver youth win new school discipline policies
    •    Students organize against the school to prison pipeline
    •    Farmworkers expose modern day slavery conditions
    •    On the street interviews about public education in Philly
    •    Plus lots of good music!

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers' Modern Day Slavery Museum came to Philadelphia earlier this month, as part of a nationwide tour to raise awareness about the recent cases of farmworker slavery that have surfaced in Florida and elsewhere. Shakoya Patterson, a member of Philadelphia Student Union, visited the museum and interviewed Oscar and Romeo, who are both farmworkers and members of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW).

On this show:

+Interviews with leaders of the Save the Libraries Coalition  

+A cab driver speaks about how the Philadelphia Parking Authority is mismanaging the taxi industry

+The Coalition of Immokolee Workers comes to Philadelphia to take on Aramark

+Immigrant worker's face the loss of driver licenses

+Music and other news