Tag: Food Justice

Justice in the Food Chain

October 30, 2015 | Deva Jones | Economic Justice

This post was written by Hannah Hafter, Senior Associate for Service-Learning Programs at the UU College of Social Justice (UUCSJ). Did you know that over 30 million people in the U.S. alone are employed in the food chain, making it one of the largest sectors for employment in the country? Yet food chain workers are […]

Working in the Food Industry

October 10, 2014 | Deva Jones | Economic Justice, Internship, Young Adult

This post was written by Renee Bryant, a participant in the Global Justice Summer Internships. Working with Jose Oliva this summer at the Food Chain Worker’s Alliance (FCWA) allowed me the opportunity to reflect on my previous experience as a black woman in the food industry and study more about food justice overall. Jose is […]

Labor Rights on Labor Day

September 23, 2013 | Heather Vickery | Economic Justice

The following post was written by Evan Seitz, Senior Associate for Service-Learning Programs at the UU College of Social Justice (UUCSJ). How did you honor workers this Labor Day? For seven UUs, the answer was to attend a rally with labor leaders at the historic Pullman Factory in Pullman, Illinois. That’s not all the group […]