WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (OneWorld.net) - A community-based workers organization in Florida has secured a landmark agreement for better pay and working conditions from Subway, the world's third largest fast-food chain and biggest fast-food buyer of Florida tomatoes.

• "Farm workers who pick tomatoes for the fast-food industry are among [the United States'] most exploited workers. They sometimes are held against their will, beaten, and forced to work for little or no pay. Thousands more are trying to survive with poverty wages, no overtime pay, no sick leave, and no freedom to join unions for a better life," states the AFL-CIO, an alliance of national and international labor unions.

• Workers organizing for their rights in all parts of the world continue to face government repression