Newest Fair Food Program participating grower, Smoky Mountain Family Farms, expands operations in Tennessee, expanding the groundbreaking protections of the Fair Food Program to hundreds of new workers in the process... PLUS: CIW holds inaugural education session with Bloomia workers in Virginia!    Bloomia Health and Safety Manager, Soraya Buckner, introducing the FFP Education Team: "This is a special group >> Read More

Fair Food allies in over two dozen cities — from San Francisco, California to Essex, Vermont — bring the fight for farmworker justice directly to Wendy's restaurants and top business partners!    What a whirlwind week for the Fair Food movement!  As thousands of farmworkers received their COVID-19 vaccine last week in Immokalee — after months of advocacy for an equitable >> Read More

[caption id="attachment_33992" align="aligncenter" width="900"] University of Idaho students march through campus to their local Wendy's restaurant on April 1, 2021.[/caption] Make your voice heard by calling Wendy's corporate headquarters at 614-764-3100 to demand respect for farmworkers' health and safety! The "Demanding Dignity for Farmworkers" Week of Action is underway and off to a great start, with action reports from across >> Read More

[caption id="attachment_28182" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Thousands march in the streets of New York City outside the downtown offices of hedge fund giant Trian Partners, Wendy's largest shareholder, during the Time's Up Wendy's March in March 2018.[/caption] 2021 shareholder resolution seeks facts on whether, and how, Wendy's enforces its Supplier Code of Conduct... Financial Times: Responsible investment organization ShareAction calls Wendy's shareholder >> Read More

[caption id="attachment_33936" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Fair Food Program farmworker harvesting cherry tomatoes (Florida, 2021).[/caption] Florida Agricultural Commissioner: "I’ve asked [FL Governor Ron DeSantis] since December to make farmworkers among those eligible next for vaccines, which he refused to do... The lack of empathy and concern for the working people who put food on our tables is appalling.” As the COVID-19 pandemic >> Read More