Florida Migrant Labor Organization Receives Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award
11/20/03 5:45PM
A Florida migrant labor organization received the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award Thursday, the first time in the award's 20-year history that an American group has won.
Lucas Benitez, Julia Gabriel and Romeo Ramirez, three leaders of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, were recognized for organizing investigations of three multistate operations enslaving farmworkers. Their work led to prosecution of the slavery rings, one of which had held Gabriel as a captive worker on South Carolina and Florida farms.
The Robert F. Kennedy center presents the award each Nov. 20 to commemorate the former attorney general's birthday. The award includes a $30,000 prize and a pledge from the center to continue working with the recipient.
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