Press Release: "Farmworkers, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Leaders to Hold Vigil at Wendy's to Urge Fast Food Giant to Join" Fair Food Program!

Press Release: "Farmworkers, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Leaders to Hold Vigil at Wendy's to Urge Fast Food Giant to Join" Fair Food Program! CIW members and allies gather earlier this summer outside Wendy's shareholder meeting in Dublin, Ohio. "Wendy's stands alone as the only major fast food chain refusing to join a program described on the front page of the New York Times in 2014 as 'the best workplace monitoring program' in the US"... From the press release announcing this Sunday's action: Columbus, OH – On Sunday, July 19 at 6:15 p.m., organizations and members of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) from the U.S. and Canada, in attendance at the Disciples of Christ General Assembly, will join the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) — an award-winning organization of Florida farmworkers — for a Farm Worker Support Vigil at Wendy’s on 2020 N. High Street in Columbus. Together, they will call on the Dublin based burger giant to join its fast food competitors in supporting the Fair Food Program (FFP), a groundbreaking collaboration that has won praise from the White House to the United Nations for its unique success in addressing decades-old farm labor abuses at the heart of the nation’s trillion-dollar food industry. [...] ... In 2014, Rev. Dr. Sharon E. Watkins, General Minister and President of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the U.S. and Canada was one of over twenty heads of religious communions to write a letter to Wendy’s CEO Emil Brolick, which stated in part, “We are perplexed and alarmed at Wendy’s posture on this issue of basic human rights. The call for society to recognize that our lives are intertwined, that our decisions and actions impact one another, and that we have a moral responsibility to ensure human well-being is as ancient as the command, ‘love thy neighbor.” If you are in the Columbus, Ohio, area this weekend, here are the details on the vigil: What: Farm Worker Support Vigil at Wendy’s calling on Wendy’s to join the Fair Food Program, a proven solution to abuse in the fields. Who: Sponsors include Disciples Refugee & Immigration Ministries, Disciples Justice Action Network, Disciples Peace Fellowship, and the InterReligious Task Force on Central America and Columbia, in partnership with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and the Ohio Fair Food Network. When: Sunday, July 19 at 6:15 p.m. Where: Wendy’s, 2020 N. High Street, Columbus, OH 43201 Head over to the CIW website for more on this weekend's vigil!