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VICTORY! Wendy’s not welcome on University of Michigan campus until the fast food giant joins the Fair Food Program!

VICTORY! Wendy’s not welcome on University of Michigan campus until the fast food giant joins the Fair Food Program!

Posted on by Coalition of Immokalee Workers
[caption id="attachment_29329" align="aligncenter" width="770"] University of Michigan student marching in the 2017 Fair Food Parade in Columbus, Ohio.[/caption] Student Union Board of Representatives:  "It is the position of the Michigan Union Board of Representatives to not support companies that engage in practices deemed unethical by the Fair Food Program..." One down, three to go, and the "4 for Fair Food" >> Read More

As rolling student fast enters second month, Vanderbilt students answer the call loud and clear!

Posted on by CIW
Like Tampa area fast, Vanderbilt action snowballs, doubles within days of launch and catches the attention of University administration, local media...Following yesterday's exciting news of the series of 3-day fasts rolling through university campuses in the Tampa Bay region -- and of the critical call to action from students at OSU -- we have yet another inspiring update today, this time from >> Read More

PHOTO REPORT: Nationwide student fast keeps rolling!

Posted on by Coalition of Immokalee Workers
New College, Valencia College students break five-day fast, vow to continue the Campaign:  "This University will continue to fight for the rights of farmworkers, and for all human rights"...Students at Vanderbilt, University of Tampa, Eckerd College and University of South Florida take up the torch as national rolling student fast for farmworker justice continues!After five long days of fasting -- an act >> Read More

And they’re off! The Return to Human Rights Tour hits the ground running in Gainesville…

Posted on by Coalition of Immokalee Workers
"Wendy's, prepare yourself:  Today, we begin this tour for human rights, because we are all human beings and we all deserve respect..."After many months of preparation and organizing, CIW members and a core group of allies set out from Immokalee yesterday before dawn on an unseasonably cool spring morning for the 14-city Return to Human Rights Tour!  Today, we bring you the first of the tour's >> Read More

“Boot the Braids!” rings out across campuses throughout the Midwest and Southeast! 

Posted on by Coalition of Immokalee Workers
First round of Wendy's Boycott tours wraps up with visits to four “Boot the Braids” campuses! Picking up where we left off in last week's "Behind the Braids" Tours report, we bring you the latest news from the campaign trail (Campaign for Fair Food, that is, also known as the only campaign news you can proudly share with young children these days...).  This >> Read More

Wendy’s Boycott wins key court battle for right to protest today in Palm Beach as Workers’ Voice Tour rolls into Florida with triumphant Day 9 action in Gainesville!

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[caption id="attachment_23689" align="aligncenter" width="600"] University of Florida students organizing to "Boot the Braids" from their campus joined the Workers' Voice Tour crew to march 200+ strong through the streets of Gainesville yesterday.[/caption]Join us in Palm Beach today as the Workers' Voice Tour wraps up in Nelson Peltz's hometown (ok, one of his many hometowns, but that's the way it is when >> Read More

Watch out, Wendy’s! #BootTheBraids “Food Chains” tour hits the road…

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[hupso title="Watch out @Wendys! #BootTheBraids @FoodChainsFilm tour hits the road..." url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/02/boot-tour/"] Students throughout the Midwest, Northeast readying to Boot the Braids!    Hot on the heels of an exciting first month of the new year for the Fair Food Program (January began with the announcement of the newest Fair Food Agreement and ended with the CIW receiving a presidential medal for its efforts >> Read More

Boot the Braids!… Student-led Wendy’s campaign set to hit the road running this coming school year!

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="Immokalee prepares for #2014Encuentro! Students & youth from #FairFoodNation make plans for @Wendys this fall..." url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2014/08/encuentro/"] With the annual Student/Farmworker Alliance "Encuentro" just around the corner, student and youth leaders of the Fair Food Nation train their sights on Wendy's with an echo of the seminal "Boot the Bell" campus-based movement...  [caption id="attachment_19941" align="aligncenter" width="550"] Members of the Student/Farmworker >> Read More