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A chilling reminder of farm labor conditions in Mexico: 80 farmworkers go missing after reporting labor abuses in the state of Chihuahua…

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[caption id="attachment_20791" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Farmworkers are transported to the fields crowded into the back of a truck in Mexico's tomato fields in a photo from the Los Angeles Times' devastating 2014 exposé on labor conditions in the Mexican produce industry.[/caption]Meanwhile, at last month's annual meeting, Wendy's execs tell shareholders concerned about labor rights abuses that the company is "perfectly happy with >> Read More

A Tale of Two Roadside Farm Stands…

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Or why Wendy's is not like you. And why you should join us for the Return to Human Rights Tour this March 16-29! Join us, if you will, in a brief thought experiment: What would you do if you were in the market for some fresh tomatoes and you happened upon a roadside farm stand — an idyllic, pastoral produce stand, its >> Read More

BREAKING: Farmworkers, allies announce ‘Behind the Braids’ national truth tours, weekend of action this fall!

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This fall, farmworkers and their Fair Food allies will embark on six regional tours to reveal the ugly reality of farmworker exploitation behind Wendy’s façade of social responsibility…Fueled by the latest surge in support for the Wendy’s boycott – including last week’s endorsement by the National Council of Churches and the nearly 50,000 petition signatures on Change.org – farmworkers in Immokalee >> Read More