Join thousands of farmworkers, students, people of faith, and consumers of conscience in refusing to purchase from Wendy’s until it joins the Fair Food Program!
Why boycott Wendy’s?
For over a decade, Wendy’s has ignored the demands of thousands of farmworkers with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and their consumer allies for verifiable protections against sexual violence, forced labor, and other human rights abuses in its supply chain. While many of the largest fast-food companies and major food retailers — from McDonald’s to Walmart — have joined the Fair Food Program, Wendy’s remains the last major fast food holdout.
Since its implementation, the Fair Food Program (FFP) has eliminated modern-day slavery and sexual violence, improved farmworker wages for the first time in decades, and guaranteed basic protections for workers.
Rather than participate in what has been called the “best workplace monitoring program in the U.S.,” however, Wendy's ran away from their responsibility by switching their tomato purchasing from Florida to Mexico. When the CIW and consumer allies began to demand that Wendy’s stop doing business with the abuse-ridden Mexican agricultural industry, Wendy’s again shifted its purchases, this time to greenhouses in the U.S. and Canada. However, consumers know that greenhouses do not equate to better working conditions for farmworkers.
By refusing to participate in the Fair Food Program, Wendy’s has opted to profit from farmworker abuse and poverty by deriving a very real cost advantage over its competitors who have done the right thing and continuing to provide an alternative market for less reputable growers. The best way for Wendy’s to end abuse in its supply chain is to join the Fair Food Program.
Ready to Take Action?
Join us in building consumer pressure for the last major fast food chain holdout to join the Fair Food Program. There are many ways to participate in the Campaign for Fair Food, from letter-writing and call days to in-person actions. You can start a Fair Food Group or Student/Farmworker Alliance chapter or invite leaders of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to speak in your event, class, or congregation! We have created the following guide to help you tell Wendy’s there is a consumer demand to protect farmworkers and join the Fair Food Program. Stand in solidarity with farmworkers and take action in the Campaign for Fair Food today!
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Download our letter to deliver to an owner or manager at your nearest Wendy’s location!
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This guide will help you call Wendy’s executives, and leave a message in support of farmworkers!
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This form will help you email Wendy's executives to let them know you stand in solidarity with farmworkers and will continue the boycott until the fast food giant joins the Fair Food Program.
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Seek endorsement of the Wendy’s Boycott from your organization, congregation, or denomination.
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Contact us to arrange for a member of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to speak to your congregation, campus, or community about the Wendy's Boycott and the ongoing struggle for justice in the fields.
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Interested in organizing an in-person action? Contact us!
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OCTOBER 2018: SFA Wins its First Endorsement of the Wendy's Boycott!
Located just miles from the Wendy’s corporate headquarters, the Methodist Theological School in Ohio endorses the Wendy’s boycott after a unanimous vote by its Board of Trustees.
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FEBRUARY 2019: Ann Arbor City Council Endorses Wendy's Boycott
Ann Arbor City Council passes resolution encouraging community members and the University of Michigan to boycott Wendy’s.
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FEBRUARY 2019: The University of Michigan Becomes the First Major Flagship University to Boot Wendy's from Campus
An overwhelming student petition and a student government resolution pushes the University of Michigan Union Board of Representatives to release a statement in support of the Fair Food Program and rejecting Wendy’s from campus!
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MARCH 2019: Resolution in Support of the Wendy's Boycott Passes in Gainesville City Commission
Following one of the largest marches in Gainesville history organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, the Gainesville CIty Commission passes a resolution encouraging Wendy’s to join the Fair Food Program.
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SPRING 2019: Florida Atlantic University Students Pass Resolution
After a year of student protests, the Florida Atlantic University Student Government passes unanimous resolution urging its administration to remove Wendy’s from campus.
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MARCH 2019: University of Florida Student Government Passes Resolution in Support of the Wendy's boycott
Student pressure at the University of Florida encourages the Student Government to pass a unanimous resolution urging their administration to remove Wendy’s from the University of Florida campus.
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MARCH 2019: Carborro Board of Alderman Passes Resolution
After learning about the “Boot the Braids” campaign from University of North Carolina students, Carrboro’s Board of Alderman passes a unanimous resolution in March 2019 urging Wendy’s to join the Fair Food Program.
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OCTOBER 2020: Florida Gulf Coast University Endorses Wendy's Boycott
Despite not having a Wendy’s on campus, FGCU students showed their support for the boycott by passing a unanimous student government resolution encouraging Wendy’s to join the FFP and calling on the university not to work with the corporation until it does.
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2021: Ohio State University Student Government Endorse Wendy's Boycott
Ohio State University’s Student Government passes unanimous resolution to endorse the Wendy’s boycott and urge their University administration to remove Wendy’s from campus.
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SPRING 2022: Florida Atlantic University Boots Wendy's from Campus
Following student protests and the activism of a campus chapter of the Student/Farmworker Alliance, Florida Atlantic University decides not to renew its contract with Wendy’s.
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FALL 2022: University of Florida Boots Wendy's from Campus
A proposal from the University of Florida food provider cites student protest and activism as the reason for removing a Wendy’s location from the UF campus.
The Wendy’s Boycott has been built through a commitment to community, action, farmworker justice and the broader movement for Fair Food. It is through this commitment that we are able to strengthen the boycott, and ensure that our network can fuel the growing demand for justice from farmworkers, people of faith, students and consumers of conscience.
Every contribution goes a long way in not just supporting the burgeoning boycott, but supporting farmworkers' vision for dignity and respect in the U.S. agricultural industry for years to come.
