Reflections On The Fair Food Agreement Between The Coalition Of Immokalee Workers And Retail Multinational Ahold
Astrid Siegmann Karin, 2015
Name of publisher/editor
Corporate Strategy and Industrial Development (CSID)
Geographic area
Global
Summary & key words
On the 29th of July 2015, the Dutch retailer Ahold announced a historic agreement with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), a migrant farmworkers’ organisation in Florida’s tomato fields. Being signatory of the CIW’s Fair Food Program (FFP) implies the following: Ahold-USA commits to a wage premium in its supply chain in the form of a ‘penny per pound’ of harvested tomatoes, compliance with the Fair Food Code of Conduct, the provision of worker-to-worker education sessions, a worker-triggered complaint resolution mechanism, as well as the establishment of health and safety committees on every participating farm.