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

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

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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
Fair Food Nation gears up for the June 5th Wendy’s Annual Shareholder meeting!

Fair Food Nation gears up for the June 5th Wendy’s Annual Shareholder meeting!

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[caption id="attachment_28566" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Farmworkers' freshly-drying artwork for the upcoming Wendy's shareholder meeting.[/caption] "Time's Up, Wendy's!"  40+ farmworkers, scores of allies to descend on Columbus to confront Wendy's executives over failure to protect human rights in burger giant's supply chain... Less than a week to go! We are in the final stretch before Wendy's Annual Shareholder meeting, which will take >> Read More
Media round-up! Wendy’s Boycott making news from California to New Jersey…

Media round-up! Wendy’s Boycott making news from California to New Jersey…

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[caption id="attachment_28482" align="aligncenter" width="689"] B'nai Keshet Synagogue Hebrew School student Elliot Morley, 12, with his parents Alan Morley and Carol Schlitt, and interested customer Deron Braxton of Bloomfield, NJ delivers letter to local Wendy’s manager on Saturday, April 28, 2018. PHOTO BY ADAM ANIK OF MONTCLAIR LOCAL[/caption] Cal State East Bay ethnic studies professor: "Wendy’s doesn’t really care how tomatoes >> Read More
ACTION ALERT: Look us in the eye, Wendy’s! Farmworker women and men to confront Wendy’s Board at shareholder meeting…

ACTION ALERT: Look us in the eye, Wendy’s! Farmworker women and men to confront Wendy’s Board at shareholder meeting…

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[caption id="attachment_26298" align="aligncenter" width="799"] Dozens of farmworkers and allies emerge from last year's 2017 Wendy's Annual Shareholder Meeting after calling on the executive board to take responsibility for the human rights abuses in the company's supply chain.[/caption] June 5th in Columbus, Ohio, farmworkers, allies will descend on Wendy's annual shareholder meeting! We are one month away from Wendy's annual shareholder >> Read More
Brown U student leader takes Wendy’s to task in forceful call to action…

Brown U student leader takes Wendy’s to task in forceful call to action…

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[caption id="attachment_28185" align="aligncenter" width="550"] Students join over 2,000 protesters in New York City last month in the Time's Up Wendy's March[/caption] Brown U student, Natalie Lerner: "... it is on us as students, young people, and daily consumers to say that we will not stand for sexual assault on our campus or in the fields... We must elevate real, enforceable >> Read More
Students from coast to coast declare: “It’s On, Wendy’s!”

Students from coast to coast declare: “It’s On, Wendy’s!”

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[caption id="attachment_28314" align="aligncenter" width="798"] Students at UNC - Chapel Hill symbolically pin a large red dot to their local Wendy's, building on the nationwide "Red Dot" campaign in which students on university and college campuses map their communities, with red dots indicating locations in which violent incidents of sexual harassment and assault have taken place. For this Sexual Harassment Awareness >> Read More

Blowback! Pop culture media explodes with news of Wendy’s attack on farmworker women, response from #TimesUp leaders…

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[caption id="attachment_33034" align="alignright" width="405"] InStyle (with an audience of 9.5 million) posted the above video at the top of their story on Alyssa Milano's powerful response to Wendy's outrageous claim that farmworker women were "exploiting" the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements.[/caption] People Magazine (76 million readers): "Alyssa Milano Slams Wendy's 'Outrageous' Response Amid Farmworkers' Protest of Fast Food Chain..." Elle Magazine >> Read More
Massive “Time’s Up Wendy’s March” takes Manhattan by storm!

Massive “Time’s Up Wendy’s March” takes Manhattan by storm!

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Nearly 2,000 turnout in support of farmworkers' Freedom Fast; Best-selling author Glennon Doyle to farmworker women fasters: "There's nothing more beautiful than using your freedom to fight for those not yet free!" An unforgettable week of action in the heart of Manhattan, 110,000 petition signatures and counting, and media coverage from Newsweek to The Nation lift Wendy's Boycott to the >> Read More
Intense, jam-packed Day 4 of Freedom Fast sets the stage for massive “Time’s Up Wendy’s March”!

Intense, jam-packed Day 4 of Freedom Fast sets the stage for massive “Time’s Up Wendy’s March”!

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[caption id="attachment_28094" align="aligncenter" width="800"] From left to right: Melody Gonzalez, Rev. Michael Livingston, Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster, and Noelle Damico prepare to deliver over 103,000 petition signatures to Nelson Peltz on Day 4 of the Freedom Fast.[/caption] Fasters deliver over 100,000 petition signatures in support of fast, boycott, to Wendy's board chair Nelson Peltz; Parkland students tribute; visits from Eve Ensler, Make >> Read More