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Entertainment Weekly gives “Food Chains” a plug, runs exciting new trailer!

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="Short title" url="the URL"]   Countdown begins to big Thanksgiving Week release... Entertainment Weekly ran a piece yesterday in its "Inside Movies" column plugging the documentary "Food Chains" -- the film featuring the Campaign for Fair Food as a long-sought solution to the exploitation and abuse of this country's farmworkers -- highlighting the stars who contributed to the film, >> Read More

Boot the Braids!… Student-led Wendy’s campaign set to hit the road running this coming school year!

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="Immokalee prepares for #2014Encuentro! Students & youth from #FairFoodNation make plans for @Wendys this fall..." url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2014/08/encuentro/"] With the annual Student/Farmworker Alliance "Encuentro" just around the corner, student and youth leaders of the Fair Food Nation train their sights on Wendy's with an echo of the seminal "Boot the Bell" campus-based movement...  [caption id="attachment_19941" align="aligncenter" width="550"] Members of the Student/Farmworker >> Read More

Ohio Freedom School scholars take up the Fair Food banner!

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="#Ohio Freedom School scholars take up #FairFood banner!" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2014/08/ohio-freedom-scholars"] 40+ youth march through streets of Columbus to local Wendy's, are barred from entering store... From the Tour de Fair Food in Denver earlier this month to July's convergence of young food justice leaders in Albuquerque, young consumers across the country have taken to the streets this summer to send a message to Wendy's: We care about poverty and exploitation behind the >> Read More

“Tour de Fair Food” rocks Wendy’s in Denver!

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="Short title" url="the URL"] Denver Fair Food does it again with another wildly creative protest, this time demanding that Wendy's stop stalling and join the Fair Food Program... Last week the streets of Denver were filled with ponytailed, red-haired bikers on a circuit ride for justice, as members of the city's incredible Denver Fair Food crew toured Wendy's restaurants >> Read More

100 youth leaders from national food movement march on Wendy’s in Albuquerque, NM!

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="100 youth leaders from national food movement march on @Wendys! " url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2014/07/100-youth-leaders-ric/"] Rooted in Community (RIC) makes Wendy's a stop on its annual Youth Summit march! [caption id="attachment_19866" align="aligncenter" width="550"] Gerardo Reyes of the CIW (left, in dark shirt) speaks to RIC members following last week's march on Wendy's.[/caption] Rooted in Community (RIC) is a national network of young >> Read More

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

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[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
“Why not put your name by all the others?…”

“Why not put your name by all the others?…”

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[hupso_hide][hupso title=".@CNBC, @JaneWells grills @Wendys CEO on refusal to commit to the #FairFoodProgram" url="https://ciw-online.org/"] Social Responsibility Live!  CNBC reporter grills Wendy's CEO on refusal to commit to the Fair Food Program during live interview after Twitter-verse demands answers... (jump ahead to the 2:58 mark to watch Question #4 on the Fair Food Program) There is no escape these days for Wendy's CEO Emil >> Read More

Ohio Media Round-up! Wendy’s takes a hit in hometown newspapers…

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="Short title" url="the URL"] Ohio papers spotlight Fair Food demands at Wendy's shareholder meeting! They say the best things come in threes, and so to round out our coverage of Wendy's 2014 shareholder meeting -- following last week's exciting first-hand report from inside the meeting, and this week's open letters to Wendy's leadership from some of the country's most important religious leaders -- we bring you >> Read More

Religious leaders around the country call on Wendy’s: “Lead Wendy’s to be a part of the common good…”

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="60+ religious leaders call on @Wendys: Lead Wendys to be a part of the common good..." url="https://ciw-online.org/"] "We've witnessed the powerful partnerships between workers, growers and corporations, whose collaboration is transforming an industry once mired in slavery to one now founded on dignity and respect..." The campaign to shepherd Wendy's into the growing Fair Food movement continued to gain momentum >> Read More

Open letter to Wendy’s CEO Mr. Emil Brolick

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Mr. Emil Brolick, CEOWendy’s International, Inc.1 Dave Thomas Blvd.Dublin, OH, 43017 May 28, 2014 Dear Mr. Brolick: Nine years ago, as the CEO of Taco Bell, you pioneered a partnership with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and Florida growers that set in motion a new paradigm for human rights and corporate social responsibility. For three years, the Fair Food Program >> Read More