Category: “A brilliant model” at work: November 2013 – October 2014

Tomato Rabbis honor “Human Rights Shabbat” by turning up the heat on Wendy’s!

[hupso_hide][hupso title=".@Truah leaders take letter to key @Wendys shareholder PUBLIC for Intl #HumanRights Day!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17536"] Rabbinic letter to key Wendy’s shareholder taken public after private efforts go without response; Rabbis lead Wendy's delegations in 15 cities... On December 10th, 1950, the United Nations proclaimed the first ever International Human Rights Day, a day to draw the attention of the world to >> Read More

Mandela: “While poverty persists, there is no true freedom.”

[hupso_hide][hupso title="#NelsonMandela: While #poverty persists, there is no true #freedom" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17513"] The passing of a hero reminds us of the deep interconnections between poverty and all other human rights, the urgency of our own fight...  Some global events rise so far above the din of our daily lives that, no matter what our work or momentary preoccupation, we have no >> Read More

CIW at UN: “What if workers themselves designed their own social responsibility program?”…

[hupso_hide][hupso title="CIW at @UN: What if workers designed their own #CSR program? Breaking report from UN, @TrustWomenConf!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17489"] CIW, FFSC presentations bring real world solutions to debate on human rights abuses at UN Business and Human Rights Forum in Geneva, “Trust Women” Conference in London! The Fair Food Program’s European sojourn is a wrap, and the groundbreaking social responsibility program is making >> Read More

SOCIAL media round-up! Twittersphere, Facebook light up with calls for Fair Food…

[hupso_hide][hupso title="#FairFoodNation's messages for @Publix & @Wendys resound across #Facebook & #Twitter..." url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17451"] The Fair Food Nation has a long and storied history of creative mobilizations on the ground -- two-hundred-mile marches, week-long fasts, rallies of thousands.  But in the past few years, echoes of the ever-growing groundswell of support in the streets are being heard on social media networks, as >> Read More

UN Global Compact write up on Fair Food Program a great read…

[hupso_hide][hupso title=".@UN cites #FairFoodProgram in supply chain sustainability index!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17431"] [caption id="attachment_17440" align="aligncenter" width="523"] The entryway to the United Nations offices in Geneva.[/caption] Have you ever wanted the perfect one-pager on the Fair Food Program -- the document you could hand your local grocery store manager, your campus foodservice provider, your community or church social justice group, or just a >> Read More

“Here today, we are a river…”

[hupso_hide][hupso title="CIW, allies deliver 360k+ signatures from @WalkFree petition to @Publix headquarters!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17395"] CIW, allies deliver 360,000+ signatures from Walk Free petition to Publix Headquarters in Lakeland! Yesterday morning, CIW Fair Food Program education teams fanned out to several farms in the Central Florida region to hold training sessions with farmworkers on their rights and responsibilities under the Fair Food >> Read More
Food movement voices weigh in on Fair Food on eve of harvest holiday…

Food movement voices weigh in on Fair Food on eve of harvest holiday…

[hupso_hide][hupso title="#FoodMovement voices from #FairFoodNation weigh in on #Thanksgiving! @BamCo @CivilEats" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17380"] (The CIW's "Tale of Two Thanksgivings" is quickly becoming a holiday classic in its own right) With Thanksgiving now just two days out, our minds begin the inevitable turn away from the workday life and toward the 4 F's of our great American harvest celebration -- family, friends, >> Read More

Media round-up! News of Wendy’s Founder’s Week of Action from across the nation…

[hupso_hide][hupso title="MEDIA ROUND UP! @Wendys #FoundersWeekofAction generates press across nation..." url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17359"] It’s that time again!  For the past few weeks, articles have been piling up about the Wendy's campaign, but -- amidst all the beautiful photos and reports pouring in from across the country -- we haven't had a chance to share them.  And that can only mean one thing...  It's >> Read More
More photos from the front! Bonus pics from an exciting Wendy’s Founder’s Week of Action…

More photos from the front! Bonus pics from an exciting Wendy’s Founder’s Week of Action…

[hupso_hide][hupso title="BONUS! Even more photos from #FairFoodNation's @Wendys #FoundersWeekofAction!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17276"] The Wendy's Founder's Week of Action was so successful (be sure to check out the full report here if you haven't seen it yet), so colorful, and so exciting that it just wouldn't be fair to keep all the great photos sent in to Immokalee from events around the country to >> Read More

First ever Fair Food Program Annual Report now online!

[hupso_hide][hupso title="First ever #FairFoodProgram Report now online!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17259"] The report, issued by the Fair Food Standards Council (FFSC), offers unprecedented insight into the outcomes -- both the concrete advances and the continuing challenges -- from the first two harvest seasons under the oversight of the FFSC... As the Fair Food Program enters its third season in full effect in Florida's >> Read More