Massive numbers, multiple actions rock Wendy’s!

[Omaha Steve]

http://ciw-online.org/2013/11/18/massive-numbers-multiple-actions-rock-wendys/

November 18th, 2013



Over 200 protesters marched on Wendy’s in Columbus, OH, to demand that the hamburger giant join the rest of the fast-food leaders in advancing the human rights of farmworkers in its supply chain.

200 in Ohio, 130 in DC, 120 in Miami, 80 high schoolers in Jacksonville, plus protests in Austin, Oakland, Chapel Hill, New York, Princeton, Haverford, Providence, St. Louis … just to name a few!

Things just got a whole lot more real for Wendy’s. The 2013-2014 Fair Food season began in earnest this past week, and the focus of all the action was the Ohio-based hamburger giant and its refusal to support fundamental human rights in its tomato supply chain.

Wendy’s Founder’s Week of Action was a rousing success, with huge actions in multiple cities and smaller protests in many more. Fittingly, Ohio led the way with a massive march of more than 200 Fair Food activists from one restaurant to another in the city of Columbus. Photos from the protest reflect the intensity and passion of the participants, in particular the incredible array of original art produced in the lead up to Saturday’s big protest. The march was so epic — including not just all the beautiful signs and banners, but creative new chants to boot — that it merits an epic report. So here you go, your first-hand dispatch from the Fair Food front in Columbus, OH:
Columbus, Ohio



FULL story at link.

[They_Live]

1. a lot of the Wendy's in Austin TX

are closed right now and undergoing some remodeling, for at least a couple of months now.