Category: “A brilliant model” at work: November 2013 – October 2014

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Open letter to Wendy’s CEO Mr. Emil Brolick

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Mr. Emil Brolick, CEOWendy’s International, Inc.1 Dave Thomas Blvd.Dublin, OH, 43017 May 28, 2014 Dear Mr. Brolick: Nine years ago, as the CEO of Taco Bell, you pioneered a partnership with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and Florida growers that set in motion a new paradigm for human rights and corporate social responsibility. For three years, the Fair Food Program >> Read More

TalkPoverty.org, a project of Center for American Progress, runs great read on the Fair Food Program…

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[hupso_hide][hupso title=".@talkpoverty, @BillMoyers run great read on #FairFoodProgram" url="https://ciw-online.org/"] Moyers & Company also picks up article analyzing worker-led approach that drives success of CIW's Fair Food Program... Over the past generation, Corporate Social Responsibility programs (a field known by the acronym "CSR") – based on a mix of corporate-drafted vendor codes of conduct, voluntary compliance, and periodic auditing – have been embraced and >> Read More

Wendy’s Frosty! CIW, allies have tough questions for Wendy’s execs at annual shareholder meeting, get cold shoulder…

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="Wendys frosty! @CIW, alies bring tough questions at #shareholder meeting..." url="https://ciw-online.org"] Drama in Dublin... CIW to CEO Emil Brolick:  "Why would you deny your shareholders the opportunity for Wendy’s to be part of the premier program for corporate social responsibility in the nation?" Yesterday morning, the CIW and dozens of members of the amazing Ohio Fair Food joined Wendy's shareholders, >> Read More

An open letter to Wendy’s shareholders from the Campaign for Fair Food on the eve of the 2014 annual meeting…

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="Dear @Wendys shareholders..." url="https://ciw-online.org/"] Are you sure your company is on the right path?  Is standing against the tide of progress for farmworkers really worth another year of protests, bad press, and increasing public scrutiny?... Dear Wendy's shareholder, Tomorrow is the big annual meeting in Dublin, Ohio, your chance to hear from your company's executives and officers about the successes >> Read More
Policy Link: “Tomato Workers in Florida Remake an Industry”…

Policy Link: “Tomato Workers in Florida Remake an Industry”…

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[hupso_hide][hupso title=".@PolicyLink: Tomato workers in Florida Remake an Industry #FairFoodProgram" url="https://ciw-online.org/"] "What I found in the coalition was a group of people who believed in the same things we did — good working relationships and having a sustainable business. That's the basis for a partnership." Jon Esformes, Pacific Tomato Growers Policy Link, the "national research and action institute advancing economic >> Read More

Ms. Foundation to Wendy’s: “Show the necessary leadership and sign a Fair Food Agreement”…

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="#WomensRights champ @MsFoundation enters ring in @Wendys campaign! #FairFoodProgram " url="https://ciw-online.org/"] Today's open letter to Wendy's CEO Emil Brolick calls Fair Food Program "imperative to improving working conditions for women farmworkers who face sexual harassment and assault..." The Ms. Foundation for Women, the storied champion of women's rights and a longtime supporter of the Fair Food movement, stepped into the ring today on >> Read More

100+ from Immokalee, Food Chain Workers Alliance take to Miami’s sunny streets to deliver Mother’s Day letter to Publix!

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="Short title" url="the URL"] "We are speaking the truth, with our heads held high..." On Sunday morning, with a remarkably cool breeze and a sunny sky, three vans full of farmworkers from Immokalee and their families headed across Alligator Alley to Miami to meet up with warehouse workers, restaurant workers, and other farmworkers from across the U.S. for an action against Publix.  Buoyed >> Read More

Mother’s Day brought the kids out in NYC, too, for an art-filled Wendy’s protest!

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="#MothersDay brought out kids of #NYC, too!" url="https://ciw-online.org"] Midtown Workmen's Circle school kids put their art skills and love for social justice into action to call on Wendy's to join the Fair Food Program... The Midtown Workmen's Circle School is a New York City institution, part of a storied, nationwide Jewish organization founded in 1900.  Here's how they describe >> Read More
Mother’s Day in Immokalee, with a Fair Food twist!

Mother’s Day in Immokalee, with a Fair Food twist!

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="#MothersDay in Immokalee with a #FairFood twist!" url="https://ciw-online.org/"] "What are you waiting for, Publix?"  Mother's Day brings farmworker families together to celebrate gains, demand long-overdue justice from Publix... Full of momentum and energy from the blockbuster month of April, the Fair Food movement is hitting the ground running this May and, as is so often the case, Immokalee's mothers are leading the >> Read More

Two excellent articles look at gains for women farmworkers under Fair Food Program…

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="Welcome to the tomato fields of Florida. Welcome to the future." url="the URL"] "Welcome to the tomato fields of Immokalee, Florida. Welcome to the future." Two recent articles turned the spotlight on the changing conditions for women in Florida's tomato fields thanks to the Fair Food Program, and they both came away impressed with what they found. The first, entitled >> Read More