Category: The birth of Worker-driven Social Responsibility: January – December 2016
“We are not tied down by slavery… we are embraced by freedom.”
Workers' Voice Tour pauses to celebrate International Women's Day with a powerful reflection on women, the struggle for justice worldwide...Yesterday, as millions of women and men across the world came together to celebrate International Women's Day 2016, the Workers' Voice Tour members gathered into a circle in a park in Cincinnati, Ohio, under the shade of some tall oak trees readying for the spring's >> Read More
Wendy’s Boycott takes Columbus by storm!
Boycott momentum growing by the day as Workers' Voice Tour rolls into Ohio...Day One of the Workers' Voice Tour in New York City -- with the official launch of the CIW's Wendy's Boycott, followed by an unforgettable march on the Park Avenue offices of Wendy's Board Chair Nelson Peltz -- was a huge success. But with the launch behind us and the Tour now well into >> Read More
The Wendy’s Boycott begins: Video, photo report from Day One of the Workers’ Voice Tour!
Epic rally, street theater, march through Midtown Manhattan launch second boycott in 15-year history of Campaign for Fair Food!The Campaign for Fair Food has known many an historic moment in its 15-year history -- the launch of the seminal Taco Bell Boycott, the victory in that campaign four years later that established the Fair Food principles, the raucous celebration of >> Read More
BOYCOTT!… Farmworkers, consumers declare national boycott of fast-food giant Wendy’s!
[caption id="attachment_23449" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Farmworkers and consumers nearly 500 strong march past Radio City Music Hall on their way to the Park Avenue offices of Wendy's Board Chairman Nelson Peltz.[/caption]CIW to Wendy's: "We are here to remind Nelson Peltz that there is something more important than money: Dignity!" As the sun began to dip behind New York's skyscrapers yesterday afternoon, hundreds upon >> Read More
BREAKING: Farmworkers, Consumers Declare National Boycott of Wendy’s!
Elena SteinCoalition of Immokalee Workerselena@allianceforfairfood.org | 239-986-0688Farmworkers, Consumers Declare National Boycott of Wendy’s Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ Campaign for Fair Food Calls on World’s Third Largest Hamburger Chain to Join Award-Winning Fair Food ProgramNew York, NY: On Thursday, March 3, hundreds of farmworkers, religious leaders, students, and consumers will gather near Columbus Circle to launch a national boycott of Wendy’s, >> Read More
Workers embark on Workers’ Voice Tour with wind in their sails thanks to National Council of Churches’ open letter to Wendy’s, Brolick, and Peltz!
[caption id="attachment_23429" align="aligncenter" width="600"] A sign outside the Faith United Church of Christ this week wishes CIW members well as they head out on the Workers' Voice Tour, which starts this week in New York City. The sign echoes the strongly-worded support expressed in the National Council of Church's open letter to Wendy's CEO Emil Brolick and the Chairman of Wendy's Board >> Read More
Accountability comes calling for Wendy’s Board Chairman Nelson Peltz…
Media turn spotlight on Wendy's leadership ahead of Workers' Voice Tour... In just short two days, scores of farmworkers from Immokalee will be piling into buses and vans to head northward on the 2016 Workers' Voice Tour. First stop: New York City! Once in the Big Apple, the workers will be joined by hundreds of students, religious leaders, and consumers, and together they >> Read More
BIG NEWS from the film world: “Food Chains” wins 2016 Impact Award!
Doc Impact Award Winners 2016 from BRITDOC Foundation on Vimeo.In news that was as richly deserved as it was eagerly anticipated, the BRITDOC Foundation today announced the five winners of its annual documentary Impact Award, and Food Chains, the film that chronicles the evolution of the CIW's Campaign for Fair Food and the birth of the Fair Food Program, was one of the >> Read More
1,500 farmworkers and families swamp CIW headquarters for annual Year of the Worker Party; Workers’ Voice Tour art production in full swing!
[caption id="attachment_23385" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Crowds of farmworker families enjoying the annual Year of the Worker Party last Sunday, Feb. 21[/caption]In final week before Workers' Voice Tour, CIW members and allies in Immokalee prepare to take fight for farmworker justice to Wendy's doorstep...In Immokalee, you can mark your late February calendar by two annual events. One is the Year of the Worker Party, the largest >> Read More