Workers
Securing Dignity & Fairness for Food Chain Workers & their Families
A Farm Bill for a thriving future for us all.
PAMWA: Protecting America’s Meatpacking Workers Act (2023)
Learn about the importance of PAMWA
HEAL Policy 101 Training Slide Deck
Learn more about policy advocacy training
Securing Dignity and Fairness for Food Chain Workers and Their Families, a HEAL Farm Bill Backgrounder
The 21.5 million food system workers are vital to food and farm policy.
Food, Race, and Labor: Explainer
A history of race, immigration and labor in the food system.
How to Jump Start Your Union (2022)
This book details how the Chicago Teachers union transformed their union.
Packaging Pain: Workplace Injuries in Amazon’s Empire (2022)
Report on workplace injuries and labor conditions at Amazon.
HEAL Rooted and Ready Messaging Guide (2020)
Uplifting a BIPOC-led Vision for Crisis-Proof Food Systems
Building a Rapid Response Network to Defend Immigrant Workers (2018)
Building networks to support our neighbors
From Sexual Harassment to Wage Theft (2018)
Addressing sexual harassment and wage theft among low-wage workers.
The Prison Industrial Complex and Foul Play in Food Service (2017)
Food service companies are gaining a sizable profiit
No Piece of the Pie: U.S. Food Workers in 2016 (2016)
Report on inequities faced by workers across the food system.
Food Workers Organizing: An Organizing Roadmap for the Food Chain Workers Alliance
Resources for organizing and empowering food system workers.
Lives on the Line: The Human Cost of Cheap Chicken (2015)
Stories highlighting labor challenges throughout food supply chains.
The Hands that Feed Us (2012)
Study examining wages and working conditions in food chain jobs.
Serving While Sick (2011)
Research on food workers working while sick and its impacts.
Behind the Kitchen Door: A Multisite Study of the Restaurant Industry (2011)
Framework for reimagining local economies and community power.