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ACTION ROUND-UP: Farmworkers, students and religious allies rally for farmworker justice in Sarasota, Philadelphia, and Miami!

Posted on November 30, 2018October 15, 2020 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

[caption id="attachment_29270" align="aligncenter" width="800"] 100+ students protest alongside farmworkers in Miami, Florida, during a series of November protests in the national Wendy's Boycott.[/caption] CIW's Nely Rodriguez in Miami: "What we are asking is that Wendy’s stop abandoning human rights protections for farmworkers, that they don’t tolerate sexual harassment of women, and that we all move forward with this new day >> Read More

From the “Things that Make You Go Hmmm” Department…

Posted on January 9, 2017October 16, 2020 by CIW

Wendy's caught up in bizarre anti-semitic meme scandal... T'ruah (The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights) calls on burger giant to publicly "reject designation as official burger of Neo Nazis"... An exceedingly strange bit of news came across the Campaign for Fair Food's radar screen last week when word of Wendy's use of a well-known racist hate symbol (known as "Pepe >> Read More

Customer to Publix: “I don’t like Publix’s hardnosed position on farmworkers”…

Posted on September 3, 2015October 16, 2020 by CIW

[caption id="attachment_22606" align="aligncenter" width="530"] Over the course of the past six years, Publix has received countless letters from Fair Food supporters, calling on Florida's hometown supermarket giant to join the Fair Food Program.[/caption] Tipping Point Encore: From Florida to New Jersey, consumers continue to applaud recent advances of Fair Food Program, decry failure of remaining corporate holdouts to get on board...Even >> Read More

Tipping Point, Vol. 4: Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster lifts up Ahold USA agreement as “victory” for farmworkers, consumers!

Posted on August 17, 2015October 16, 2020 by CIW

"...When the wisdom and expertise of workers is honored at the head of the table, and consumers use public pressure to urge the institutions they patron to heed that expertise, it can result in justice..."Last week, we launched the weeklong "Tipping Point" series, sharing a daily sample of letters, emails, and articles from consumer allies who are celebrating two extraordinary advances of the Fair Food >> Read More

Tipping Point: Ahold signing, CBS Sunday Morning story pull rug out from under Publix, Kroger, Wendy’s in their fight to turn back Fair Food!

Posted on August 12, 2015October 16, 2020 by CIW

[caption id="attachment_21073" align="aligncenter" width="525"] Consumers stand alongside farmworkers outside of one of Florida's first Publix stores in Lakeland, Florida (2013). In the wake of the Ahold signing and the recent CBS Sunday Morning story on the Fair Food Program, the arc is bending ever more forcefully, and companies like Publix, Kroger, and Wendy's are hearing it from their customers.[/caption] Amidst >> Read More

Are you ready? Parade and Concert for Fair Food just one day away!…

Posted on March 20, 2015October 16, 2020 by CIW

[hupso title="Are you ready? Parade and Concert for Fair Food just one day away!... #CFF15" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/03/one-day-away/"] [caption id="attachment_21288" align="aligncenter" width="600"] If you've never seen Ozomatli perform live, get ready... you are one day away from experiencing one of the best live shows in music today![/caption] Workers, artists, allies putting final touches on preparations for Saturday's huge action! The paint on >> Read More

From Florida to Denver, Wendy’s hears from a fed up Fair Food Nation…

Posted on November 7, 2014October 16, 2020 by CIW

[hupso title="From #FL to #Denver, @Wendys hears from a fed up #FairFoodNation..." url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2014/11/wendys-protests/"] With the fall picking season just around the corner, farmworkers in Immokalee and Fair Food activists across the country crank up creative Wendy's actions... Between farmworkers returning to Florida for the start of the new harvest season and allies in cooler climes taking to the streets for vibrant Fair Food protests, >> Read More

You can run, but you can’t hide from Fair Food! Part II…

Posted on July 15, 2014October 16, 2020 by CIW

[hupso_hide][hupso title="#TomatoRabbis storm the castle!" url="https://ciw-online.org/"] Rabbinic delegation visits Wendy's Chairman Nelson Peltz at his Park Avenue office, demands answers on human rights and the Fair Food Program... Last week we brought you the story of a live TV interview that took a surprising turn when CNBC reporter Jane Wells decided to grill Wendy's CEO Emil Brolick on why the company continues to >> Read More

“Tomato Rabbis” send powerful message to Publix!

Posted on November 1, 2013October 16, 2020 by CIW

[hupso_hide][hupso title="#tomatorabbis to @Publix: It's time to sign the #FairFoodProgram!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=16996"] For fifth time, rabbis from across the country bring new energy, commitment to Immokalee -- and call on Publix to join the Fair Food Program! Last week, we had the honor of hosting 12 leaders from T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights (formerly known as "Rabbis for Human Rights >> Read More