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Can’t-miss radio: Public Radio International story brilliantly captures Fair Food Program success in fight against sexual harassment in the fields!

Can’t-miss radio: Public Radio International story brilliantly captures Fair Food Program success in fight against sexual harassment in the fields!

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[caption id="attachment_26386" align="aligncenter" width="600"] CIW Education Team members use a drawing during a recent worker-to-worker education session on a Fair Food Program farm to discuss the issue of sexual harassment.[/caption] Public Radio International: "As the list of powerful men accused of sexual harassment grows, a group of women have managed to stop harassment in the tomato fields of Florida..." PLUS: >> Read More

Starting today (Friday, 11/10), the Harvest without Violence Campaign hits New York City!

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Farmworker women take fight to end sexual violence to the doorstep of Wendy's Board Chair, Nelson Peltz...CIW Women's Group to remind Peltz of his fellow CEO's words of warning (Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook):  “If you know something is happening and you fail to take action, whether you are a man or a woman — especially when you are in power — you are >> Read More

PHOTO REPORT: Students nationwide give Wendy’s an “F” for failing to respect farmworker women!

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[caption id="attachment_27061" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Students from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill march to the on-campus Wendy's as a part of last week's "Wendy's you're failing farmworker women" Student Week of Action[/caption]Last week, the Student/Farmworker Alliance turned up the heat on Wendy’s with the “Wendy’s, You’re Failing Farmworker Women” national Week of Action!  The high-energy week was kicked off >> Read More

Part Two: “We are not victims — we are not asking for charity, we are calling for justice!”

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[caption id="attachment_27009" align="aligncenter" width="600"] CIW's Nely Rodriguez addresses 70+ allies from Columbus in front of Wendy's Headquarters, holding aloft a quilt created by the farmworker women of Immokalee.[/caption]Farmworker Women to Wendy's executives: "We want to work with dignity in the fields."Last Sunday, farmworkers stood alongside religious leaders from across the city of Columbus, Wendy's hometown, for a moving interfaith service >> Read More
Farmworker women to Wendy’s CEO: “Sexual violence has been our daily bread for decades”…

Farmworker women to Wendy’s CEO: “Sexual violence has been our daily bread for decades”…

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CIW Women's Group pens powerful letters to Wendy's CEO Todd Penegor & Board Chair Nelson Peltz to educate company leaders on farmworker women's struggle against sexual harassment and assault in the fields, request meeting to discuss sexual violence against women in Wendy's supply chain face-to-face; Penegor and Peltz's response to date?  Two weeks of silence, and counting... Also: CIW puts final >> Read More

PHOTO REPORT: The Fair Food movement takes Austin stage by storm during Together Live Tour!

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[caption id="attachment_26929" align="aligncenter" width="600"] An audience of over 3,000 Texans rise to their feet to applaud CIW's Lupe Gonzalo as she walks on to the stage during the 2017 Together Live tour stop in Austin.[/caption]Standing ovation greets CIW's Lupe Gonzalo on the Bass Concert Hall Stage in the Lone Star State...Today, we bring you a quick photo update from the >> Read More
ANNOUNCING: Farmworker women launch “Harvest without Violence” campaign to end sexual violence in Wendy’s supply chain!

ANNOUNCING: Farmworker women launch “Harvest without Violence” campaign to end sexual violence in Wendy’s supply chain!

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This fall, CIW Women’s Group hits the road with major Wendy’s Boycott mobilizations in Columbus (Oct. 14-23), NYC (Nov. 10-20), launching new mobile museum on sexual violence in agriculture... CIW Women's Group:  “If we don’t speak up, we give up, and we will never give up.  We are building a path of respect and dignity for ourselves, for our daughters, for all workers." If you had a >> Read More

Central Labor Council of Nashville, TN, endorses Wendy’s Boycott! Also, a must-see video from Charlottesville…

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[caption id="attachment_26551" align="aligncenter" width="600"] A note for Wendy's from a participant at last month's breaking of the Florida faith leaders' fast in support of the Wendy's Boycott in Naples.[/caption]Labor leaders join their voices to student, faith, and community support for growing boycott;Must-see video: A remarkable documentary short from the events in Charlottesville casts a stark light on a disturbing reality some seem >> Read More

Wendy’s Boycott heats up as 120+ farmworkers, allies take to the streets in Orlando for a spirited summer protest!

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CIW's Cruz Salucio:  Wendy's "cannot run away from farmworkers' human rights..."This past Sunday, even the sweltering, 100-degree heat of a late summer day in Orlando could not suppress the contagious energy of over 120 protesters who packed the sidewalk outside a Wendy's restaurant for a festive afternoon picket.  Seventy farmworkers and their families, many just starting to return to Immokalee after a summer season up north, >> Read More

Extra, extra! Student/Farmworker Alliance Encuentro gathering in Immokalee set for September 7-10…

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This fall, scores of students, youth to descend on Immokalee for weekend of strategy in Wendy's Boycott!For more than a decade, the Student/Farmworker Alliance, a nationwide network of hundreds of students and youth, has harnessed the action and energy of young people to provide unwavering dedication to farmworkers' basic human rights.  And yet, it seems that when it comes to the Wendy's Boycott, young >> Read More