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Coalition of Immokalee Workers Targets Wendy's In Fair Food Campaign to Improve Wages, Conditions

2,025 views · Published 20 May 2013 · 11:31 · Indexed 19 October 2026

Channel: Democracy Now! · 2013 · News & Politics

http://www.democracynow.org - Hundreds of farmworkers and their supporters are in New York City ahead of Wendy's shareholder meeting to demand improved working conditions for those who pick its tomatoes. The fast food giant -- which has nearly 6,600 restaurants in the U.S. and around the world, ranking second only to McDonald's -- is the latest target in the Fair Food campaign organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. So far McDonald's, Subway, Burger King and Taco Bell have all joined the White House-recognized Social Responsibility Program, agreeing to pay an extra penny per pound of tomatoes to raise wages and only buy from fields where workers' rights are respected. We speak with CIW farmworker and organizer, Gerardo Reyes-Chavez.

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Coalition of Immokalee Workers Targets Wendy's In Fair Food Campaign to Improve Wages, Conditions

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