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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Environment
Michael Sainato

Why Wendy’s is the source of unrest among US farm workers

Farm workers held a five-mile protest march in Palm Beach, Florida, on 2 April.
Farm workers held a five-mile protest march in Palm Beach, Florida, on 2 April. Photograph: The Guardian

Over the past several years, farm workers have held protests and hunger strikes on college campuses, outside of corporate headquarters, at annual shareholders meetings, and in cities around the US, and called for a public boycott to demand the fast food corporate chain Wendy’s join the Fair Food Program.

The Fair Food Program was launched in 2011 by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers in Florida out of the group’s Campaign for Fair Food, to ensure workers are involved in enforcing, monitoring, and designing programs to protect workers in their workplaces through the food supply chain, relying on partnerships between workers, growers, and retail buyers to raise wages and adhere to workplace standards.

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