The 2013 Global Slavery Index produced by the Walk Free Foundation and its partners is located here.
Immigration: Join others in opposing Representative Bob Goodlatte's Agriculture Guestworker Act, HR 1773, that contains an anti-immigrant and anti-worker approach (imposes low wages and poor working conditions on guest workers with no roadmap to citizenship) to immigration reform and must be stopped.
Confronting Unjust Structures: Urge CEO, Jim Wegner of Darigold dairies to stop the cycle of worker abuse that workers from DeRuyter, Ruby Ridge and Mensonide dairies continue to experience.
Urge members of Congress to co-sponsor the Investor Choice Act (H.R. 2998) that would stop broker-dealers and investment advisers fem putting take-it-or-leave-it forced arbitration clauses and class- action bans in their terms of service.
Urge House members to join other members in supporting House Resolution 365, "Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives commending efforts by the U.S. to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a negotiated two-state solution."
Urge General Mills Chairman, Kendall J. Powell, to take a proactive stand and announce a phase out of all genetically modified organisms in General Mills foods starting with Cheerios.
Tell President Obama that no deal will change the simple truth that the Keystone XL is a climate disaster.
Congratulations to the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and their great achievements in raising wages and improving safety and working conditions for workers in Florida's tomato fields. More information is located here.
Louisville: On October 30, faith leaders and their communities are encouraged to attend a Louisville rally (noontime at 601 West Broadway, outside the Gene Snyder U.S. Courthouse) standing in solidarity with other concerned citizens encouraging the State Department and the White House to use their powers to stop the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline.
Urge the Department of Justice NOT to let JPMorgan get a $4.5 billion tax write-off for peddling dangerous financial products.
Resources from the Franciscan Action Network on Human Trafficking are located here.
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