Tuesday, July 15, 2014

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You can run, but you can’t hide from Fair Food!
Part II… 



Rabbinic delegation visits Wendy’s Chairman Nelson Peltz at his Wall St. office, demands answers on human rights and the Fair Food Program…
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Last week we brought you the story of a live TV interview that took a surprising turn when CNBC reporter Jane Wells decided to grill Wendy’s CEO Emil Brolick on why the company continues to thumb its nose at human rights and refuse to join the CIW’s Fair Food Program.
Today we bring you a report from a recent visit by a delegation of rabbis and rabbinical students to the Manhattan offices of Trian Partners, the “activist investment firm” run by Mr. Nelson Peltz and his partner Peter May.  Trian is Wendy’s largest shareholder, and Mr. Peltz is the Chairman of Wendy’s board of directors, while Mr. May serves as Vice Chairman (you may remember Mr. Peltz from his brief exchange with the CIW’s Gerardo Reyes at the Wendy’s shareholder meeting back in May).  The delegation chose to visit Trian last week because Mr. Peltz has been ignoring their repeated requests for a meeting to discuss Wendy’s apparent disregard for human rights.
The rabbis have been nothing if not persistent.  First, 36 rabbis from across the country — all of whom have themselves visited Immokalee to see firsthand the unprecedented changes taking place in the fields — sent a private letter to Mr. Peltz, requesting a meeting.  After waiting for weeks in vain for a response, they published their letter to Mr. Peltz on Human Rights Shabbat in early December, and rabbis around the country led rousing public actions in 15 cities to mark the occasion.  This past month, the rabbis re-published the letter yet again, and shortly thereafter finally received their first reply — a rote recitation of Wendy’s public relations pretexts for refusing to join the Fair Food Program.  The letter concluded with a rejection of the rabbis’ call for a meeting with CIW.
Far from deterred, over a dozen rabbis, rabbinic students, and supporters headed over to Trian Partners to demand a meeting with Mr. Peltz in person.
After arriving at the towering skyscraper that houses Trian Partners — a building replete with all the trappings of Wall St. wealth and power — the determined delegation headed up to the 41st floor…
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