Coalition of Immokalee Workers

From Florida to New Jersey, workers and doctors are worried about more outbreaks during the summer harvest.
The fast food chain maintains that its own "rigorous" internal auditing system protects workers from abuse.
Thousands of farm laborers work under slavery-like conditions today in the U.S. and Mexico to grow tomatoes and other produce. This January, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) was presented with the 2014 Presidential Medal for Extraordinary Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking.