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ACTION ALERT: Look us in the eye, Wendy’s! Farmworker women and men to confront Wendy’s Board at shareholder meeting…

ACTION ALERT: Look us in the eye, Wendy’s! Farmworker women and men to confront Wendy’s Board at shareholder meeting…

Posted on by Coalition of Immokalee Workers
[caption id="attachment_26298" align="aligncenter" width="799"] Dozens of farmworkers and allies emerge from last year's 2017 Wendy's Annual Shareholder Meeting after calling on the executive board to take responsibility for the human rights abuses in the company's supply chain.[/caption] June 5th in Columbus, Ohio, farmworkers, allies will descend on Wendy's annual shareholder meeting! We are one month away from Wendy's annual shareholder >> Read More
ORGANIZING REPORT: New York City gets fired up for the Freedom Fast!

ORGANIZING REPORT: New York City gets fired up for the Freedom Fast!

Posted on by Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Actress Erika Alexander sends a message to Wendy's:  Join the Fair Food Program! Award-winning playwright Eve Ensler to farmworkers preparing to fast: "Keep going, brave, beautiful women.  I am with you, and all of us at V-Day and One Billion Rising - countless activists around the world - stand with you today, rising in the name of justice for all >> Read More

ANNOUNCED: Wendy’s Boycott Summit, Sept. 22-25 in Immokalee!

Posted on by Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Immokalee to host summit with allies across Fair Food network.  Join us!Save the date: This September 22 - 25, the Alliance for Fair Food, in conjunction with the CIW, is hosting a Wendy's Boycott Summit here in Immokalee, at the very heart of the Fair Food Nation.  And you are invited!The year ahead in the Campaign for Fair Food will be a pivotal >> Read More

U.S. Mayors endorse Fair Food Program, call on more buyers to join!

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[hupso title="U.S. Mayors endorse @FairFoodProgram, call on more buyers to join!" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/07/mayors-resolution/"] 275+ Mayors pass unanimous resolution: "Recognizing the Accomplishments of the Coalition of the Immokalee Workers and Calling for Awareness and Action to Address Issues Within the U.S. Farm Labor System"... Between reports from an action-filled summer in the Campaign for Fair Food, we have a brief but truly exciting news >> Read More

Wendy’s gets no love from the #FairFoodNation on Valentine’s Day…

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[hupso title=".@Wendys gets no love from the #FairFoodNation on #VDay" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/02/wendys-vday-report/"] Fair Food activists flood Wendy's with broken-hearted selfies, calls to join the Fair Food Program! Last month, the Alliance for Fair Food (AFF) launched a call for a national Valentine's Day Weekend of Action, demanding that Wendy's, the final fast-food hold-out, join the award-winning Fair Food Program.  And last weekend, hundreds of members >> Read More
Media Round-up: The Fresh Market agreement makes some noise!

Media Round-up: The Fresh Market agreement makes some noise!

Posted on by CIW
[hupso title="MEDIA ROUND-UP: @TheFreshMarket agreement makes some noise!" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/01/fresh-market-media/"] Given the pace of things in the Campaign for Fair Food these days, the announcement earlier this month of the CIW's agreement with Fresh Market (the 13th agreement in the ever-expanding Fair Food Program) seems almost like ancient history.   Much has happened in the two weeks since we broke the news of >> Read More

Big, big news out of the Fair Food Nation…

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[hupso title="Youth, faith, food movement allies come together under @alliance4ff!" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/01/new-aff/"] Youth, faith, food movement allies come together under a single flag, form the new Alliance for Fair Food! Student/Farmworker Alliance, Interfaith Action and Just Harvest USA unite in one vibrant, diverse ally network ready for the next phase in the fight for Fair Food... The Alliance for Fair Food is >> Read More

HISTORIC NEW ALLIANCE ANNOUNCED IN IMMOKALEE!

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[caption id="" align="alignright" width="288"] Lucas Benitez of the CIW serves as MC for theannouncement ceremony.Click here for more great pictures from the event![/caption] Declaring, "There is today a human rights crisis in Florida's fields," key CIW allies from across the country gathered with workers in Immokalee (right) to announce a powerful new alliance for, "fair wages and working conditions, fundamental >> Read More