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VICTORY! Wendy’s not welcome on University of Michigan campus until the fast food giant joins the Fair Food Program!

Posted on February 18, 2019October 15, 2020 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

[caption id="attachment_29329" align="aligncenter" width="770"] University of Michigan student marching in the 2017 Fair Food Parade in Columbus, Ohio.[/caption] Student Union Board of Representatives: "It is the position of the Michigan Union Board of Representatives to not support companies that engage in practices deemed unethical by the Fair Food Program..." One down, three to go, and the "4 for Fair Food" >> Read More

PART 1: Ohio State University and the 4 for Fair Food Tour

Posted on February 1, 2019October 15, 2020 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

[caption id="attachment_25695" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Ohio State University student fasters at the culmination of their seven-day fast in March 2017.[/caption] On International Women's Day, Ohio State University students will join with farmworkers to march on the president’s office and demand an end to Wendy's contract following years of broken promises by President Michael Drake... Today we bring you the first of >> Read More

Get on the bus! 4 for Fair Food Tour caravans are popping up from coast to coast!

Posted on January 29, 2019October 15, 2020 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

[caption id="attachment_29323" align="aligncenter" width="799"] UNC Chapel Hill students march to demand the removal of Wendy's from their campus in support of the national Wendy’s Boycott (November 2018).[/caption] Make sure to sign up for your seat on the caravan nearest to you to join the CIW in Ohio or Florida during the 4 for Fair Food Tour... Plans are well underway >> Read More

Why are farmworkers embarking on the 4 for Fair Food Tour?

Posted on January 25, 2019October 15, 2020 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

By now, you know that farmworkers will be embarking on the 4 for Fair Food Tour from March 2-14, traveling across the nation to four of the country’s top public universities – the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Ohio State University in Columbus, and the University of Florida in Gainesville – >> Read More

Teen Vogue highlights “tireless efforts” of CIW in movement for farmworker rights!

Posted on October 19, 2018October 15, 2020 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

[caption id="attachment_24626" align="aligncenter" width="799"] CIW's Silvia Perez (left) marches in Wendy's protest in Southwest Florida, demanding that the fast food giant join the Fair Food Program.[/caption] "The coalition... has long been a guiding light for the farmworkers’ rights movement..." Today, we bring you highlights from a brand-new article from Teen Vogue, the youth arm of Vogue Magazine with over one >> Read More

ACTION ALERT: Student/Farmworker Alliance announces “Pulling Back the Curtain on Wendy’s” Week of Action, Oct. 22-28!

Posted on August 17, 2018October 15, 2020 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

Today, we bring you big news from the Student/Farmworker Alliance, the ever-growing, national network of students and young people who have been keeping the heat cranked up on Wendy's all year long! This week, students announced their October National Week of Action, with the theme of "Pulling Back the Curtain on Wendy's". So mark your calendars, Fair Food Nation, because >> Read More

Women’s rights legend Gloria Steinem calls out Wendy’s for failing to support farmworker women!

Posted on July 31, 2018October 15, 2020 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

[caption id="attachment_28850" align="aligncenter" width="676"] Farmworker women lead the "How Much Longer, Wendy's?" March through Manhattan in July 2018[/caption] Wendy’s Boycott momentum rolls on through the summer with shoutout from Gloria Steinem, media coverage from La Jornada! The CIW's “How Much Longer, Wendy’s?” March, which took place earlier this month in Manhattan, continues to make waves for Wendy’s, keeping the spotlight >> Read More

No free passes: Wendy’s return to US doesn’t obviate duty to respect workers’ rights… It only puts them back where they started.

Posted on June 14, 2018October 15, 2020 by CIW

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Nearly two hundred farmworkers and consumer allies protested in the rain outside Wendy's annual shareholder meeting in Dublin, Ohio, last week. Photos by Ralph Orr.[/caption] Despite repatriation of tomato purchases from Mexico, the imperative remains the same: Farmworkers in Wendy's supply chains must be protected by the Fair Food Program, the only effective human rights program >> Read More

Half-way home…

Posted on June 8, 2018October 15, 2020 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

[caption id="attachment_28605" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Nearly 200 protesters – including nearly 50 farmworkers and their families from Immokalee – march outside of the Wendy's Annual Shareholder meeting. They cheered on Fair Food Nation representatives who attended the meeting, prepared to confront Wendy's executives with tough questions on the company's refusal to join the Fair Food Program.[/caption] Bowing to farmworker and consumer >> Read More

TAKE ACTION NOW: Email Wendy’s executives ahead of Tuesday’s annual shareholder meeting!

Posted on June 4, 2018October 15, 2020 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

TODAY: Flood Wendy's Board of Directors' inboxes with support for farm labor justice! Tomorrow, June 5th, Wendy's executives will be meeting with shareholders at their headquarters in Dublin, Ohio — and whether they like it or not, Fair Food is going to be squarely at the top of the agenda. As we write, dozens of farmworker families are on the >> Read More