DAPHNE, Ala.—The Mobile Progressive Student Alliance and the Workers Solidarity Alliance will join forces Saturday to picket the grand opening of Publix Supermarket in Daphne.

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ campaign for Fair Food is requesting food retailers to pay 1 cent more per pound of Florida tomatoes to improve workers’ wages, and the Workers Solidarity Alliance said Publix has not agreed to the pay increase.

“Nothing about the decades-long plight of Florida farm workers should come as a surprise to Publix since these workers have always lived in the very communities where Publix claims to be so deeply involved as a positive force,” WSA Representative Lee Pryor said.

“Publix’s position has always been that this is a matter between the workers and their employers,” Publix representative Dwaine Stevens said. “This is a labor issue and not the business of Publix as we don’t involve ourselves in labor matters with current or past suppliers.”

The Publix supermarket chain has around 1,000 stores in the southeast region of the United States, and the company has been named one of Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For in America.”