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Ohio Media Round-up! Wendy’s takes a hit in hometown newspapers…

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="Short title" url="the URL"] Ohio papers spotlight Fair Food demands at Wendy's shareholder meeting! They say the best things come in threes, and so to round out our coverage of Wendy's 2014 shareholder meeting -- following last week's exciting first-hand report from inside the meeting, and this week's open letters to Wendy's leadership from some of the country's most important religious leaders -- we bring you >> 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

Six score Ohioans for Fair Food — and over 156,000 signatures gathered by CIW ally Walk Free — seen, but not heard, at opening of “flagship” Wendy’s restaurant in Dublin!

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="120 join @Wendys execs at opening of flagship store in #Ohio!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17600"] Transparency only in architectural plans for Wendy's executives at VIP opening ceremony... Transparency is, in most instances, a good thing.   The Fair Food Program is all about transparency.  Transparency in the supply chains of the food industry giants that sign Fair Food Agreements, so that human >> Read More

Let the Wendy’s Founder’s Week of Action begin!

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="Let the @Wendys #FoundersWeekOfAction begin!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17173"] [caption id="attachment_17174" align="aligncenter" width="523"] Fair Food activists from Denver Colorado marched this week from Regis University to a nearby Wendy's restaurant in a raucous start to the Wendy's Founder's Week of Action.[/caption] The early returns are in, and it's looking like the forces of Fair Food are headed toward a landslide victory in >> Read More
Get with the Program, Wendy’s!

Get with the Program, Wendy’s!

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CIW's message, action at shareholder meeting strike a chord with national press... Scenes from a shareholders' meeting: As Wendy's CEO Emil Brolick wound up his presentation at last Thursday's annual meeting, just ahead of the highly-charged Q&A session, he unveiled an attractive powerpoint presentation centered around a graph that charted the course for the company's continued growth and success in the future. >> Read More
No… we will not be satisfied…

No… we will not be satisfied…

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"... until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream!" Dr. Martin Luther King What better way to celebrate MLK Day than marching to demand human rights in our food system! Members of Ohio Fair Food gathered this past Friday to carry hundreds of paper tomatoes signed by Kroger customers during a protest march that began at >> Read More
2012 Thanksgiving Week of Supermarket Action Report

2012 Thanksgiving Week of Supermarket Action Report

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Media links (scroll down for photos): The Independent Florida Alligator, "Activists protest outside Publix to push for better farmworker wages," 11/20/12 "... Many will be celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday with food, but some Gainesville activists are concerned about the hands that gather that feast. Members of the Gainesville Interfaith Alliance for Immigrant Justice, along with some students and local religious >> Read More