Our Everyday Food Worker Heroes

Share a photo and brief description of your favorite everyday food worker hero - it can be your favorite local farmer, a server at your favorite restaurant, the cashier at your grocery store, a farmworker, food processing worker, or food distribution worker you know or read about!

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Know anyone at #Walmart? Fwd. them the app managers dont want them 2 have: #WorkIt, developed by #Walmartstrikers http://thndr.me/8VSsdB

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It’s National #StopTPP Call-in Day: Click here to call yr member of Congress & demand he/she commit to oppose #TPP! http://thndr.me/TQu3XV

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Our codirector Jose Oliva @realchinoliva in Cleveland with the #PlateOfTheUnion campaign! We want the next president to adopt our platform for a just, sustainable, and healthy national food policy! #RNC #foodjustice #HEALFoodAlliance @navinamoon

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We're at a rally with Cal Cartage warehouse workers, K&R truck drivers, and XPO drivers who are on strike at the Ports of LA and Long Beach! #strike #portstrike #endwagetheft @teamsters

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@olivegarden in LA refused to take our petition, but they & parent company Darden can't ignore the 130,000 Americana demanding #GoodFoodNow! We were joined by @roclosangeles @unitehere11 Warehouse Worker Resource Center!

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Our co-director Joann Lo just spoke at the @chipotlemexicangrill shareholder meeting to urge the company to take responsibility for the workers in its food supply chain, starting with Taylor Farms. More info on the Justice at Taylor Farms page on FB. #workersafety = #foodsafety

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"There's nothing easy about farm work." -Dolores, NY apple Farmworker. NY #Farmworkers Deserve #Equality! New op-ed by our co-director Joann Lo and Katia Chapman of @rmm_ny http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/new-york-farmworkers-dese_b_9871342.html

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We're at the #MayDay march in downtown LA! Happy International Workers Day! #WorkersRights #Solidarity

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Boycott @wendys! #FairFood Now! Sign the agreement with @immokalee.workers! @CIW

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Dear @pepsico: We stand for fair wages & paid labor. We stand in #SolidarityWithPalmOilWorkers! Laborrights.org/action-center/PepsiCo-stop-exploitation-palm-oil

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Our members are rocking our annual worker leaders retreat! #FoodWorkersUnite! @alliance4ff @immokalee.workers @brandworkers @workerscentercny @migrantjustice @pioneervalleyworkerscenter @streetvendorproject

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Movement Strategy Center leading our retreat in a discussion about transformative change and our interconnectedness. #transformation #FoodWorkersUnite

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Full house for our annual worker leaders retreat in LA! Thanks to @unitehere11 for hosting us today! #FoodWorkersUnite

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Our co-director Joann Lo spoke on the #FoodJustice panel at the True Cost of American Food conf with Saru Jayaraman of @rocunited and Oliver X Gottfried of @oxfamamerica. The wonderful Anna Lappe of @realfoodmedia moderated. #TCAF16

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Clare Fox, the awesome executive director of @lagoodfood, speaking in support of #LegalizeStreetVending in LA!

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Big crowd out at Echo Park to support the @la_svc! It's time to make street vending legal in LA! @lagoodfood @lurnetwork

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Christina Spach, our new national Good Food Purchasing campaign coordinator, spoke today at the Univ of South Carolina about the power of institutions to effect positive changes in the food system through their food purchases. She joined @realfoodnow and others!