Ethel Kennedy leads farm workers' protest near home of Wendy's billionaire chairman

[forest444]

Source: Fox News Latino

Hundreds of protesters, many farm workers, led by Ethel Kennedy, demonstrated near the home of Wendy's fast food chain chairman Nelson Peltz in hopes of convincing the company to pay a penny-per-pound fee for its tomatoes to supplement some farm workers' wages.

The Palm Beach Post reports the Immokalee Coalition of Farmworker march near the billionaire's Palm Beach, FL, home was peaceful Saturday. A federal judge had ruled the coalition could use loudspeakers but said marchers must remain on the sidewalk. Kennedy, the 87-year-old widow of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, led the charge onto the barrier island where protesters held signs to boycott the chain and some acted out a skit.

Tomato harvesters make an average of about $10,000 during the six-month season, earning 50 ¢ for every 32-pound basket they fill. The coalition has used demonstrations and consumer boycotts to pressure the five largest fast food companies — Wendy's, McDonald's, Burger King, Subway, and Taco Bell — into joining its "fair food program." All but Wendy's eventually joined. The coalition says the program can add $20 to $150 to their weekly checks.

Participating companies pay the extra penny-per-pound to their tomato growers to supplement field worker wages in Florida and six other states: Georgia, the Carolinas, Maryland, Virginia and New Jersey.

Peltz, a 73-year-old investor, has a net worth of $1.35 billion and is the 423rd richest American, according to Forbes Magazine.

Read more: http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2016/03/13/ethel-kennedy-leads-farmworkers-protest-near-home-wendy-billionaire-chairman/

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[Dont call me Shirley]

1. Ethel rocks!

[LiberalArkie]

2. I think our world would be so different if RFK had not been killed.

[Myrina]

22. Of course it would, that's why they killed him.

[red dog 1]

3. Kick!

(In spite of the source being any part of Faux News)

Way to go, Ethel Kennedy!

[forest444]

5. Hear, hear.

I'm always amazed how much more moderate and humane foxnews.com - especially foxnewslatino.com - is than the flagship Fox News channel itself.

[KT2000]

4. people's lives as liabilities

for financial instruments. He could give a crap about workers. He is in it as just another acquisition to make money off of.

Good thing there are still some older Kennedy's among us. Go Ethel!

[forest444]

8. Peltz's equity partnership will probably bankrupt Wendy's in a Romney-style bust-out.

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Load the company with billions in debt (that's their real profit), hollow it out while it's still worth something, and then pull out when the next recession hits - leaving hundreds of empty storefronts and thousands without work

Who knows. These guys (Peltz's Trian Fund) might be an exception.

[KT2000]

20. that is certainly the formula

Congress will never address this atrocious behavior because they make too much money off of it.

[forest444]

21. Enablers to those committing pillage.

That's what most of our fuzzy wuzzy congresscritters have become.

And that's exactly what Robert Kennedy fought against during his all-too-brief political life.

[Ken Burch]

6. Thank you, Ethel!

You were a hero then...you're a hero now!!!!

[red dog 1]

11. + 1

[greymouse]

7. Maybe Peltz will have her arrested and ruin her life.

Oh, wait. That was Trump. Sorry, I got them confused

[montana_hazeleyes]

9. Right on Ethel!

The Kennedy's have been there fighting for good causes for decades. Oh what a difference John and Bobby could have made.

I remember when Bobby was murdered we felt all hope was gone.

[red dog 1]

13. I remember when JFK and Bobby were murdered.

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Bobby probably would have gone on to defeat Vice President Humphrey in the primary elections, and then he quite likely would have defeated Nixon in November (1968) and become POTUS.



BTW, Sirhan Sirhan didn't kill Bobby.
Forensic evidence and the testimony of the LA Coroner Thomas Noguchi proved that Bobby was shot just inches from the back of his head, because there were powder burns.
The killer was the Ace Security guard who was behind Bobby as he entered the hotel kitchen.
His name is Thane Eugene Cesar, (who formerly worked for Lockheed in a top secret area).
Cesar's gun was the same caliber as Sirhan's.
Bobby grabbed Cesar's "clip-on" bow tie as he fell to the ground, mortally wounded.

"RFK Assassination Witness Tells CNN There Was a Second Shooter
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014109939
(Note reply # 37 "Ace Security guard Thane Eugene Cesar killed RFK&quot

There is much more evidence pointing to Cesar as Bobby's killer on the Internet, in case anyone wants to investigate.

[montana_hazeleyes]

16. I agree

that we were fed Bull**** about both assassinations. I believe most Americans don't believe the 'official" reports. It is so sickening. And MLK too.

[red dog 1]

23. I feel the same way

The murder of RFK was covered up by the LAPD and the LA District Attorney.

Coroner Thomas Noguchi, who had stated in his autopsy report that RFK had been shot from 4 to 6 inches from the back of his head, was approached by an assistant D.A. and asked to change his report from "4 to 6 inches" to "4 to 6 feet", but he refused.
(Noguchi wrote about this in his book).
All the eyewitnesses stated that the closest Sirhan got to Bobby was about 6 to 8 FEET away, and Sirhan was shooting from the FRONT of Bobby.

Also, important material evidence, including bullets found in the kitchen door frame, was ripped out and later destroyed by the LAPD.

Thane Eugene Cesar remains a free man to this day.

[SoapBox]

10. Excellent.

[BuelahWitch]

12. This makes me want to cry for some reason

I feel very humbled.

[mrmpa]

14. I just told my 85 year old mother that you gotta love Ethel.............

& the reasons surrounding Ethel's protest. Mom said that if Dave the founder of Wendy's was alive, the one cent would be a moot point. Mom also said, Wendy's is no longer a choice. We grab a sandwich there probably 3-4 times a year, it's right up the street from us & open very late. However we won't be there any time in the future.

Mom rocks too.

[zentrum]

15. K&R!!!!!!

I think these are the people Bernie marched with a year or so ago?

[forest444]

18. Indeed they were.

http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/18944/bernie-sanders-coalition-immokalee-workers-florida-tomato-pickers

[Initech]

17. Can we start taxing the shit out of these greedy people already?

[forest444]

19. Can't.

Too many brainwashed Republicans are still waiting for something to piss - ahem - trickle down on them.

[burrowowl]

24. Ethel is a Great Lady!