For farmworker Santiago Garcia, a Feb. 25 attempt to seek compensation for time worked allegedly prompted his crew boss at M.E.D. Farms in southwestern Florida to punch him repeatedly in the face, then brandish a foot-long knife and threaten him with it... Last Wednesday...the CIW [Coalition of Immokalee Workers] unleashed news of the Alliance for Fair Food... The ugliest manifestation of systemically oppressive labor relations...remains...modern-day slavery... Labor rights advocates argue that in our modern economy multinational corporations like McDonald's not only possess the economic muscle necessary to purge unethical employers from their line of produce acquisition, they also bear the moral responsibility. [refers to steps taken by Taco Bell (part of YUM!); allegations of forced labor at Tater Farms; also refers to Ag-Mart Farms (part of Ag-Mart Produce), E&B Harvesting & Trucking]