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ACTION ALERT: Call Trian Partners TODAY as the Wendy’s annual shareholder meeting is underway!

ACTION ALERT: Call Trian Partners TODAY as the Wendy’s annual shareholder meeting is underway!

[caption id="attachment_35534" align="aligncenter" width="893"] Farmworkers from Immokalee and their New York based allies gather outside Trian Partners headquarters in midtown Manhattan for last week's major action ahead of Wendy's annual shareholder meeting.[/caption] ALSO: Check out the full update from last week's big action outside Trian Partners headquarters in midtown Manhattan! **************   ************* Mark Levine, Manhattan Borough President: "You have >> Read More

“I believe that we will win!” Youth gather in Immokalee for 2014 Encuentro…

[hupso title="NEW POST: I believe that we will win! #Encuentro2014 smashing success! #BootTheBraids @FoodChainsFilm " url="http://bit.ly/1qEFLqb"]  Boot the Braids, Food Chains documentary make #Encuentro2014 a smashing success... This past weekend, 70 students and youth from across the United States rolled into Immokalee for the Student / Farmworker Alliance's annual Encuentro.  As always, these young leaders came to learn about the fifteen-year history of >> Read More
Fair Food nation calling on Wendy’s to end the hypocrisy with “Founder’s Week” protests!

Fair Food nation calling on Wendy’s to end the hypocrisy with “Founder’s Week” protests!

[hupso_hide][hupso title="Watch out, @Wendys! @Sfalliance, #FairFoodNation to have actions for @wendys founder's week" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17040"] Allies in cities across the country will be taking action at local Wendy's restaurants the week of Nov. 11 (click here for the full schedule!), calling on Wendy's to live up to the values espoused by its late founder, Dave Thomas... [caption id="attachment_17041" align="aligncenter" width="523"] The above >> Read More
Midwest Tour takes aim at Wendy’s!

Midwest Tour takes aim at Wendy’s!

[hupso_hide][hupso title="#MidwestTour takes aim at @Wendys! @Sfalliance on the rise..." url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=16798"] Massive protest descends on Minneapolis Wendy's, as 150 students with Real Food Challenge and Minneapolis community members join CIW delegation for the centerpiece action of Midwest Tour's first week! Midwest Tour, with focus on education and movement building ahead of major new campus initiative in Wendy's campaign, moves on to >> Read More

“CHIPOCRISY TOUR” 2008

September 30 - October 12  Days 7 & 8: Lawrence, KS & St. Louis, MO No rest for the weary! After wrapping up three action-filled days in Denver, the Tour crew headed back east on a beeline straight for the next stop and the next Chipotle protest, this time in Lawrence, Kansas, hosted by our old friends from Lawrence Fair Food. Meanwhile, >> Read More

McDonald’s Truth Tour Reportback

      5/27: CIW TALKS TO SHAREHOLDERS AT MCDONALD'S ANNUAL MEETING... CIW members, allies, and Alliance for Fair Food members confronted McDonald's Board of Directors and shareholders at their annual meeting in Oak Brook, IL on Thursday asking McDonald's once again to put aside their PR campaign and to take up meaningful steps towards real change for the farmworkers >> Read More

MEDIA MOMENTUM BUILDS FOR FAIR FOOD

BOYCOTT VICTORY AND FUTURE OF THE FAIR FOOD CAMPAIGN FEATURED ON PBS, NPR AND THE NEW YORK TIMES! ORDER YOUR FREE COPY OF THE "NOW" DVD TODAY! The hot summer weather brought a storm of media attention to the Taco Bell boycott victory. From newspapers to public radio and television, the boycott victory and ongoing campaign for fair food in >> Read More
UCLA SAYS “NO MAS” TO TACO BELL; NW TOUR ROLLS ON!…

UCLA SAYS “NO MAS” TO TACO BELL; NW TOUR ROLLS ON!…

The Associated Students of UCLA voted to end Taco Bell's contract this past Friday (10/22), following a strong showing of student support for the respect of human rights on UCLA campus (including the "tomato bucket race" pictured here, where students participate in a Social Justice Alliance event raising student awareness about the conditions in Florida's tomato fields.) Check out the >> Read More