… The time is up for corporate leaders, like Mr. Peltz, who have the power to end sexual violence against women in their supply chains and, yet, do nothing. Inaction by a market giant like Wendy’s in the face of a problem like sexual assault is unacceptable, but inaction in the face of a solution is unconscionable.
But for our message to be heard – for our voice to reach consumers across the country, and our program to spread its protections to hundreds of thousands of more farmworker women – we need your help. As women, you know the pain of sexual harassment and assault. As leaders, you know how rare proven solutions to those crimes truly are, and how few women have access to effective complaint mechanisms at work without fear of losing their jobs, or having to wait years for justice.
So today, we turn to you because we need your voice. We need your presence. We need your platform. We need your power. Join us in March in New York and help us show the world that there is a price to pay when a corporation turns its back on women calling for an end to sexual violence.
Join us in our fight to bring the proven solution of the Fair Food Program, which has the power to create a world without victims, to more farmworker women. Now is the time.
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By the end of the day Wednesday, the open letter had been published online by The Nation, and a buzz began to grow. And within 24 hours, Time’s Up leaders themselves responded...
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