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Modern Slavery Museum Is an Eerie Reminder of How Little We've Progressed

Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation. March 30, 2010.

The Modern-day Slavery Museum will not poach visitors from Disneyworld, that's for sure. But it will serve as a forceful reminder that slavery is far from extinct.

Farmworkers Beat Burger King, But Face Resistance From Growers

Tiffany Ten Eyck, Labor Notes. July 31, 2008.

Opposition from growers has halted the implementation of a deal ensuring fairer treatment of Immokalee farmworkers.

Victory for Tomato Pickers' Fight Against Burger King

Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation. May 29, 2008.

Now that a deal with Burger King has been signed, it's time to go after WalMart, Whole Foods and the other big supermarket chains.

Florida Farm Workers Face Near-Slavery Conditions

Bernard Crick, Comment Is Free. December 5, 2007.

Slavery may be outlawed, but as a group of workers in Florida show, some battles still need fighting.