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Fair Food Nation rocks Wendy’s annual shareholder meeting!

Fair Food Nation rocks Wendy’s annual shareholder meeting!

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With a colorful press conference on the outside -- and relentless questioning of executives on the inside -- farmworkers and their allies press their demand for a real commitment to human rights from the final fast-food holdout... They should have seen this coming. You can't be the last holdout in the fast-food industry from the internationally-recognized Fair Food Program -- every one of your major >> Read More
National media, Fair Food networks, amplify pressure on Wendy’s ahead of Thursday’s shareholders’ meeting!

National media, Fair Food networks, amplify pressure on Wendy’s ahead of Thursday’s shareholders’ meeting!

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Democracy Now (above), Huffington Post, run extensive coverage of growing Wendy's campaign; solidarity actions organized from coast to coast... With the Wendy's shareholders' meeting in New York just a day away -- outside of which, both Kerry Kennedy of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Human Rights and Larry Cox, former Executive Director of Amnesty International USA, will be joining >> Read More

STATEMENT BY LARRY COX Executive Director, Amnesty International USA

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STATEMENT BY LARRY COX Executive Director, Amnesty International USA "There should be no mixed messages about slavery. When Florida Agriculture Department spokesman Terrance McElroy cites 'only' one slavery case a year to suggest that his state does not have a big problem on its hands, he undermines the point that any case of abuse is too much. This incident should >> Read More