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“Tear down the wall!”…

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[hupso title="Tear down the wall! @DisciplesGA leaders march on @Wendy's in Columbus, OH!" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/07/tear-down-the-wall/"]Over 100 Disciples of Christ (Christian Church) leaders march on Wendy's in Columbus, Ohio, call on Wendy's to tear down the wall keeping the fast-food leader from joining the top human rights program in the US food industry today!As announced last week, when leaders of the Disciples of Christ >> Read More

Press Release: “Farmworkers, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Leaders to Hold Vigil at Wendy’s to Urge Fast Food Giant to Join” Fair Food Program!

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[hupso title="Farmworkers, Disciples of Christ to hold vigil for farmworker justice, call on @Wendy's to join the @FairFoodProgram" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/07/disciples-of-christ-vigil/"][caption id="attachment_22072" align="aligncenter" width="600"] CIW members and allies gather earlier this summer outside Wendy's shareholder meeting in Dublin, Ohio.[/caption]"Wendy's stands alone as the only major fast food chain refusing to join a program described on the front page of the New York >> Read More

“Is Wendy’s ready to continue alienating young people and consumers rather than join a proven solution to farmworker poverty and abuse?” Ohio Fair Food takes its message straight to Wendy’s shareholders at annual meeting!

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[hupso title=".@OhioFairFood takes its message straight to @Wendys shareholders at annual meeting!" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/06/wendys-shareholder/"] "We want to know that the food we consume does not come at the cost of another person’s dignity..." After weeks of preparation and building excitement, scores of allies from the Ohio Fair Food organizing network made good on their promise to stand alongside Florida's farmworkers this past Monday >> Read More

Ohio Fair Food to protest at Wendy’s Annual Shareholder Meeting!

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[hupso title=".@OhioFairFood to protest at @Wendys Annual Shareholder Meeting!" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/05/wendys-shareholder-1/"] [caption id="attachment_22035" align="aligncenter" width="530"] 300-person march ahead of Wendy's shareholder meeting in 2013[/caption] Building on years of powerful actions, Fair Food allies gear up for fast food giant's annual meeting in Ohio... This week, Wendy's executives are busily preparing for their June 1st annual shareholder meeting, ready to welcome shareholders from across the country to >> Read More
United Methodist Women magazine features front-page article on Campaign for Fair Food!

United Methodist Women magazine features front-page article on Campaign for Fair Food!

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[hupso title=".@UMWomen magazine features front-page article on Campaign for Fair Food!" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/05/umw-response/"] “If you profess to be a Christian, but you do nothing after witnessing the injustices that marginalized people suffer, then you aren’t really living your faith...”  This month, the Florida chapter of United Methodist Women (UMW) is featured on the front page of the organization’s national magazine, Response, for their >> Read More

Mailbag! A letter from the Fair Food Nation to Immokalee…

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[hupso title="Inspired by @FoodChainsFilm, DC middle schoolers sell lemonade for farmworker justice!" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/05/mailbag-middle-school/"] Inspired by "Food Chains," DC middle schoolers sell lemonade for farmworker justice! "Fair" is one of the first words we learn when we need to distinguish right from wrong in the world.  "That's not fair!" is a universal childhood lament that echoes across playgrounds, streets, and backyards around the country and across generations.  Indeed, children come >> Read More

National student boycott against Wendy’s picks up major steam!

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[hupso title="National @Sfalliance student boycott against @Wendys picks up major steam!" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/04/wendys-boycott-update/"] [caption id="attachment_21823" align="aligncenter" width="600"] University of California students rallying during Wendy's Weekend of Action[/caption] U of Michigan declares official boycott; Students on over a dozen campuses take to the streets (and food courts) for Weekend of Action... Since Ohio State University's declaration of a national student boycott of Wendy's at last month's >> Read More

Largest screening yet! 300 attend Burlington screening of “Food Chains”…

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[hupso title="Largest screening yet! 300 attend Burlington screening of @FoodChainsFilm... @MigrantJustice" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/04/burlington-food-chains/"] [caption id="attachment_21748" align="aligncenter" width="611"] 300 in the audience at the University of Vermont for the "Food Chains" screening on April 1st[/caption]   Green Mountain State ripe for Fair Food, shows swell of support for CIW and local dairy workers... In honor of Farmworker Awareness Week at the end of last month, the >> Read More

Students, young people to Wendy’s: “You’re boycotting the Fair Food Program, so we’re going to boycott you!”

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[hupso title=".@Sfalliance to @Wendys: You're boycotting the @FairFoodProgram, so we're going to boycotting you!" url=" https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/03/wendys-boycott/"] Amidst massive Concert and Parade for Fair Food, Student / Farmworker Alliance declares national Wendy's boycott! If you had the pleasure of joining farmworkers from Immokalee for last week's Parade and Concert for Fair Food, you will remember just what a sweet celebration it was.  The parade >> Read More
Running from Responsibility: Wendy’s flees Florida rather than support Fair Food Program’s human rights advances…

Running from Responsibility: Wendy’s flees Florida rather than support Fair Food Program’s human rights advances…

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  While Fair Food Program farms in Florida continue to raise the bar for human rights in the US agricultural industry, outrageous human rights violations on farms outside the Program continue to fester. Why then has Wendy's abandoned the Florida tomato industry altogether?  And where are they buying their tomatoes today? Last month, when consumers across the country called on Wendy's >> Read More