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This page will host our upcoming online event, a collaboration between the Fair Food Program and our impact campaign inspired by the documentary film THE PICKERS.
What can Europe learn about Worker-driven Social Responsibility?
The documentary THE PICKERS lets us experience the precarious living and working conditions of migrant workers in European agriculture. During our impact campaign inspired by the film, we’ve learned that the people who pick our daily fruit and veg still lack a voice on so many levels.
The causes are complicated and systemic, and approaches to solve these issues typically take a top-down approach, relying either on political will to legislate and implement, or on corporate social responsibility trickling down the supply chains.
During our research, we got inspired by the achievements of the Fair Food Program in the United States. They’ve been bringing together workers, farmers and buyers to enable fair treatment, fair pay, and a solid process for complaints.
The underlying principle is Worker-driven Social Responsibility (WSR) – the idea that workers, not corporations, must be the driving force in creating the right conditions, enforcing them, and educating each other about them.
Worker empowerment may remind us in Europe of our good old trade unions – but they seem to be struggling to engage with migrant workers on a significant scale. A fresh approach to worker self-organisation may well be needed.
In this online event inspired by THE PICKERS, we’ll ask what Europe can learn from the Fair Food Program and the principle of Worker-driven Social Responsibility.
Hosted by Silvia Lazzaris (Co-author of Feeding Europe, Failing Workers), we’ll hear from
- Greg Asbed (Coalition of Immokalee Workers)
- Gerardo Reyes (Coalition of Immokalee Workers)
- Judge Laura Safer Espinoza (Fair Food Standards Council)
- Ariadna Rico (Fair Food Standards Council)
- Ganga Sekar (Indian Sugar Industry Workers Association)
and we’ll welcome your comments and questions, with confirmed contributors including
- Cristina Guarda (Member of the European Parliament)
- Kristian Möller (Appellando)
- Marie-Aline Cornu (Fugea / European Coordination Via Campesina)
- Giuseppe Pugliese (SOS Rosarno)
- Jonas Seufert (Journalist and researcher on THE PICKERS)
This page will host our upcoming online event, a collaboration between the Fair Food Program and our impact campaign inspired by the documentary film THE PICKERS.
What can Europe learn about Worker-driven Social Responsibility?
The documentary THE PICKERS lets us experience the precarious living and working conditions of migrant workers in European agriculture. During our impact campaign inspired by the film, we’ve learned that the people who pick our daily fruit and veg still lack a voice on so many levels.
The causes are complicated and systemic, and approaches to solve these issues typically take a top-down approach, relying either on political will to legislate and implement, or on corporate social responsibility trickling down the supply chains.
During our research, we got inspired by the achievements of the Fair Food Program in the United States. They’ve been bringing together workers, farmers and buyers to enable fair treatment, fair pay, and a solid process for complaints.
The underlying principle is Worker-driven Social Responsibility (WSR) – the idea that workers, not corporations, must be the driving force in creating the right conditions, enforcing them, and educating each other about them.
Worker empowerment may remind us in Europe of our good old trade unions – but they seem to be struggling to engage with migrant workers on a significant scale. A fresh approach to worker self-organisation may well be needed.
In this online event inspired by THE PICKERS, we’ll ask what Europe can learn from the Fair Food Program and the principle of Worker-driven Social Responsibility.
Hosted by Silvia Lazzaris (Co-author of Feeding Europe, Failing Workers), we’ll hear from
- Greg Asbed (Coalition of Immokalee Workers)
- Gerardo Reyes (Coalition of Immokalee Workers)
- Judge Laura Safer Espinoza (Fair Food Standards Council)
- Ariadna Rico (Fair Food Standards Council)
- Ganga Sekar (Indian Sugar Industry Workers Association)
and we’ll welcome your comments and questions, with confirmed contributors including
- Cristina Guarda (Member of the European Parliament)
- Kristian Möller (Appellando)
- Marie-Aline Cornu (Fugea / European Coordination Via Campesina)
- Giuseppe Pugliese (SOS Rosarno)
- Jonas Seufert (Journalist and researcher on THE PICKERS)