Massive march on final day of 4 for Fair Food Tour swamps “The Swamp” in Gainesville with farmworkers, students, Fair Food activists calling on UF President Kent Fuchs to “Boot the Braids” from Florida’s flagship university until Wendy’s joins the Fair Food Program!
Editorial published in the UF student paper, The Alligator, on the day of the march: “Hopefully, Wendy’s will soon no longer be on campus.”
What a way to wrap up a tour!
On the final day of the five-city, two-week “4 for Fair Food Tour,” nearly 500 protesters – equal parts farmworkers, students, and community members – wove as one through the University of Florida’s picturesque campus in a colorful and boisterous demonstration. They were fed up with the UF administration’s willingness to turn a deaf ear to students’ concerns, calling on UF President Kent Fuchs to cut the university’s contract with Wendy’s, without further delay, until Wendy’s joins fast-food industry leaders McDonald’s, Burger King, Subway, Chipotle, and Taco Bell in requiring its tomato suppliers to meet the stringent human rights standards of the Presidential medal-winning Fair Food Program.
The march, recapped beautifully in the 2-minute video below, caught the attention of the press (see coverage from Gainesville’s local NPR station, and the editorial in The Alligator) as well as countless bystanders with its powerful message, its eye-catching sea of signs, banners and puppets, and its diverse – and joyous – community of protesters:
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