Giagnoni, Silvia

Silvia Giagnoni

Creating a beacon of hope for all workers

1 February 2017Feature Silvia Giagnoni

Winning social justice for migrant workers in the US through strategic nonviolence with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers

A farmworker from the fields of Florida celebrates victory on 8 March 2005 during the Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ ‘Taco Bell Truth Tour’, exposing how Taco Bell had profited from farmworker poverty and exploitation. Photo: JJ Tiziou www.jjtiziou.net @jjtiziou

The fulcrum of the southwest Florida town of Immokalee is a dusty parking lot called by the old residents ‘The Pantry’ after the tienda (shop) located there. This is Immokalee’s labour…