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Hundreds of Walk Free members call Wendy’s CEO Emil Brolick in wake of big Dublin march!

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="100s of @WalkFree members call @Wendys CEO Emil Brolick in wake of action!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=18945"]   Callers demand farm labor justice from Wendy's CEO who helped get the Fair Food ball rolling back in 2005 at Taco Bell... Walk Free, the international anti-slavery organization that earlier this year raised over 400,000 emails to Publix CEO Ed Crenshaw calling on Publix >> Read More

Out with the old…

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="#HappyNewYear! Take a look back at #FairFoodNation during busy & wildly successful #2013 " url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17719"] Not so fast!  We take a look back at 2013 -- the year the Fair Food Program proved its mettle and won acclaim from the White House to the United Nations -- before heading into what is sure to be a huge 2014... The >> Read More

SOCIAL media round-up! Twittersphere, Facebook light up with calls for Fair Food…

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="#FairFoodNation's messages for @Publix & @Wendys resound across #Facebook & #Twitter..." url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17451"] The Fair Food Nation has a long and storied history of creative mobilizations on the ground -- two-hundred-mile marches, week-long fasts, rallies of thousands.  But in the past few years, echoes of the ever-growing groundswell of support in the streets are being heard on social media networks, as >> Read More

“Here today, we are a river…”

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="CIW, allies deliver 360k+ signatures from @WalkFree petition to @Publix headquarters!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17395"] CIW, allies deliver 360,000+ signatures from Walk Free petition to Publix Headquarters in Lakeland! Yesterday morning, CIW Fair Food Program education teams fanned out to several farms in the Central Florida region to hold training sessions with farmworkers on their rights and responsibilities under the Fair Food >> 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
A Tale of Two Thanksgivings, redux…

A Tale of Two Thanksgivings, redux…

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="New #Thanksgiving tradition: Don't miss @CIW's VIDEO, A Tale of Two Thanksgivings..." url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17204"] With Thanksgiving now only two weeks away, it's time to drag out the projector, dust off the lens, gather 'round with loved ones and watch the old family movies... which, in the case of a Fair Food family, is "A Tale of Two Thanksgivings," the special, >> Read More

4 million-member-strong anti-slavery leader Walk Free enters the fray in Wendy’s campaign!

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="#antislavery leader @WalkFree launches e-action calling on @Wendys to join #FairFoodNation!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=16713"] International anti-slavery giant Walk Free launches e-action calling on Wendy's to "sign the Fair Food Agreement now and help end slavery forever in Florida’s tomato fields." The Australia-based anti-slavery organization Walk Free -- which boasts a community of over 4 million members -- wrote a novel email >> Read More
Publix takes it on the chin… again, from international anti-slavery leader Walk Free!

Publix takes it on the chin… again, from international anti-slavery leader Walk Free!

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Following an onslaught of 302,000+ emails to the Florida-based grocery giant, now Walk Free supporters are making it personal, calling CEO Ed Crenshaw and giving Publix a piece of their minds... When we last checked in on Walk Free's e-action calling on Publix to join eleven other retail food leaders in the Fair Food Program and invest in the fight >> Read More
Fair Food movement gains key new ally in campaign to demand respect for human rights in Publix supply chain!

Fair Food movement gains key new ally in campaign to demand respect for human rights in Publix supply chain!

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International anti-slavery champion Walk Free to mobilize network of 2 million activists, call on Publix to "join the Fair Food Program and ensure our tomatoes meet the highest human rights standards in the food industry." The Fair Food Program has been winning the attention of more and more advocates for fundamental human rights these days, and this past week another international human rights organization has stepped >> Read More