National student boycott against Wendy’s picks up major steam! University of California students rallying during Wendy’s Weekend of Action U of Michigan, Georgetown U declare official boycotts; Students on over a dozen campuses take to the streets (and food courts) for Weekend of Action… Since Ohio State University’s declaration of a national student boycott of Wendy’s at last month’s Concert and Parade for Fair Food, word of the student-led action has spread to university campuses across the US! From the east coast to the west, students have grown tired of waiting on Wendy’s to make a real commitment to farmworkers’ human rights by joining the Fair Food Program.   And last month’s news of Wendy’s unconscionable decision to cut-off tomato purchases from Florida altogether was the last straw, spurring students to declare, campus by campus, that they’re ready to cut their own purchases entirely from the fast-food chain until Wendy’s signs a Fair Food Agreement. And so, hundreds of students on more than a dozen campuses organized a National Weekend of Action in the Wendy’s campaign this past weekend.  In addition to spirited pickets and manager letter deliveries from Florida to California, two new universities, the University of Michigan and Georgetown University, used the weekend as a platform to officially declare a student boycott against the fast food chain. For more details and photos from the weekend, check out the full report over at the CIW website!

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