CIW’s Lupe Gonzalo: “We won’t let Wendy’s executives hide behind these glass walls, and we won’t let them hide abuses behind the walls of greenhouses…
So we’re going to march, with our heads held high, with pride… and we will keep doing so until Nelson Peltz and Wendy’s hear our voices as workers, respect consumers, and stop inventing programs that have failed us, every time.”
This past Thursday, hundreds of consumers, farmworkers, and their families took to the streets of Manhattan for the big “How Much Longer, Wendy’s?” march. The march was a direct response to Wendy’s continued refusal to join the Fair Food Program despite its decision, announced at the company’s annual shareholder meeting in June, to shift its tomato purchases from Mexico to U.S. and Canadian greenhouses in reaction to consumer pressure over the abysmal human rights conditions in Mexico’s produce industry.
Today, we bring you a video and photo report from Thursday’s colorful, spirited march through New York City!
Photo Report
After a 24-hour, non-stop bus ride from Immokalee, over forty farmworkers and their children arrived in front of 280 Park Avenue, home to the offices of Wendy’s Board Chairman Nelson Peltz and his investment firm, Trian Partners, Wendy’s largest shareholder.
The sidewalk in front of Mr. Peltz’s offices felt very familiar. It was only four short months ago that hundreds of workers and allies were camped in the same canyon of towering glass buildings, going without food for five days during the unforgettable Freedom Fast. The action culminated with over 2,000 supporters marching alongside workers in the the Time’s Up Wendy’s March to Mr. Peltz’s Park Avenue offices.
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