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Final media round-up from Workers’ Voice Tour! News of Wendy’s boycott spreads far and wide…

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[caption id="attachment_23746" align="aligncenter" width="600"] 500+ marchers wind through Palm Beach's exclusive Worth Avenue shopping district on Saturday the 12th of March.[/caption]From New York to Florida, media coverage of Workers' Voice Tour builds pressure on Wendy's, billionaire chairman Nelson Peltz, to join Fair Food Program...Even as the chants for farmworker justice echoed off the bougainvillea-covered walls of Worth Ave in Palm Beach a few short >> Read More

Media round-up! The Nation, Civil Eats turn spotlight on Fair Food…

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[caption id="attachment_23026" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Fair Food allies march with farmworkers in New York to the office of Wendy's Board Chairman, Nelson Peltz last month.[/caption]The Nation: "If the Coalition’s track record is any indication, Peltz had better get to the negotiating table..."If the first month of the 2015-16 agricultural season was any indication, the Fair Food Program is in for a big >> Read More

“Wendy’s, why won’t you get back to us?”…

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="Young voices from the Campaign for #FairFood call on @Wendys!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17769"] [caption id="attachment_17771" align="aligncenter" width="523"] Children from the Workmen's Circle School with signs saying, "Wendy's, Why Won't You Get Back To Us?" and "Workmen's Circle School Supports the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. Do the Right Thing, Wendy's"[/caption] Elementary schoolers have a New Years message for Wendy's... As we gear >> Read More

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

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[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

Join CIW members this week for the Roosevelt Four Freedoms Awards ceremony, Wendy’s action in New York!

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[hupso_hide][hupso title=".@CIW heading up to #NYC for @rooseveltinst's Four Freedoms Award, plus @Wendys action!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=16838"] CIW heads to New York for full schedule of celebration and action: Freedom From Want Medal ceremony, Food Sovereignty Prize ceremony, and a Wendy's Action! After many months of anticipation, the CIW is on the road to the Big Apple for a week of celebration >> Read More

Wendy’s Week of Action Sweeps through Midwest on Way to East Coast!

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[caption id="attachment_15749" align="aligncenter" width="523"] Members of Chicago Fair Food gather outside of a Wendy's in the heart of the Windy City during the Wendy's Week of Action.[/caption] From Chicago, IL, to Providence, RI, the late summer front of protests takes Wendy's by storm! Wendy's long, hot summer raged on this past week, and based on the colorful protests that sprang >> 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
“Your burgers may be square…”

“Your burgers may be square…”

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"... but your food ain't fair!" The pigtail brigade takes to the streets in New York! Kicking off a month of high-spirited actions to call on Wendy's to join its fellow fast-food leaders in the Fair Food Program, members of the Community Farmworker Alliance hit the ground running in New York this past weekend! Over 60 protesters deep, the Pigtail March for >> Read More

Publix march fuels Wendy’s actions!

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Wendy's protests on the docket for April around the Northeast... Last week we talked about the law of conservation of (social) energy, the notion of how social energy, like physical energy, once created — as it was in massive quantities during last month's March for Rights, Respect, and Fair Food — is never destroyed but only changes form. By this >> Read More
Fair Food Festival Community/Farmworker Alliance New York, New York

Fair Food Festival Community/Farmworker Alliance New York, New York

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This past Saturday, Fair Food activists gathered for the family-friendly Fair Food Festival in Brooklyn, NY, an all-day event sponsored by a number of local organizations, including the indomitable Community/Farmworker Alliance. The day featured workshops on the roof-top garden, movie screenings, face-painting and much more! As described in the Carroll Gardens Patch, "The Commons on Atlantic Avenue served as a >> Read More