“In the United States, the Fair Food Programme is a powerful example of how market consequences can be used as leverage by workers. The programme is founded on a legally-binding agreement between Florida’s tomato growers and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to protect working conditions for farmworkers.

Workers can safely file complaints to the Fair Food Standards Council, which can lead buyers to cut ties with the growers at fault until they remedy any violation of the agreement. They are informed of their rights and have access to financial support. A crucial and defining feature of the mechanism is that it is driven by workers, firmly integrated into workers’ organising and interests.”