ICE agents chase farm workers in Ventura County, California. Photo: ABC7
The Coalition of Agricultural Workers International (CAWI) denounces the Trump regime’s oppressive migrant deportation policy, which has subjected thousands of agricultural workers to increased vulnerability to abuse and rights violations.
On June 13, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents raided farms in Ventura County, […]
The Coalition of Agricultural Workers International (CAWI) joins millions of working people worldwide in commemorating the May 1 International Labor Day. Despite intensifying political repression, we salute agricultural workers’ continuing struggle to assert our rights and welfare as productive forces that feed the world and create wealth.
We salute our continuing struggle against the callous exploitation […]
The Coalition of Agricultural Workers International (CAWI) renewed its demand for substantial protection of the rights and welfare of agricultural workers amid worsening global food and climate crises. CAWI emphasized that, like the rest of working and rural peoples, agricultural workers are several times more vulnerable to hunger, poverty, and the impacts of a deteriorating […]
The Coalition of Agricultural Workers International (CAWI) recently submitted a letter to the Philippine labor ministry to immediately allow the International Labor Organization (ILO) to conduct its High-Level Tripartite Mission (HLTM) to the Philippines to look into the serious violations of the ILO Convention 87.
It comes after newly appointed labor secretary Bienvenido Laguesma formally requested […]
NOTE: The Federation of Agricultural Workers (or UMA), a Philippine member of the Coalition of Agricultural Workers International (CAWI) and its Steering Council, was maliciously tagged as a “terrorist group” by the Philippine National Security Council (NSC) due to its defense of agricultural workers’ rights to fair working conditions.
UMA’s social platforms, alongside other local organizations’ […]
The Coalition of Agricultural Workers International (CAWI) welcomes the release of 83 farmers and land reform activists in the Philippines last June 12, after three days of detention based on clearly trumped-up charges.
On June 9, local police violently dispersed and arrested 91 people, including members of MAKISAMA-Tinang, a peasant group, and their supporters for participating […]
The Coalition of Agricultural Workers International (CAWI) joins the billions of workers worldwide in commemorating International Labor Day today.
We mark this day with profound disquiet over the worsening conditions of agricultural workers amid the simultaneous and inter-connected adversities brought about by the economic crisis, pandemic, wars and conflicts, and climate change. Nonetheless, we also celebrate […]
As the world marks this year’s International Day of Rural Women, the Coalition of Agricultural Workers International (CAWI) reiterates our call on governments and policymakers to give due attention to and act on the plight of women agri workers. This call is especially urgent amid the COVID-19 pandemic that continues to ravage the lives and […]
Photo: NNARA Youth
The Coalition of Agricultural Workers International (CAWI) supports the call of our fellow land rights advocates in the Philippines for the immediate revocation of the warrant of arrest served to Angie Ipong, an esteemed peasant activist who have, for years, faced political persecution for her commitment to advancing genuine agrarian reform anchored on […]
Statement
The Coalition of Agricultural Workers International (CAWI) joins the rest of the working people around the world in observing the International Workers’ Day today. We raise our voices with them in demanding that the collective rights of workers in all sectors be recognized, respected and advanced.
Over a billion strong, agricultural workers comprise about a third […]