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May 24, 2013

Coalition of Immokalee Workers Rally Outside Wendy's Shareholder Meeting 
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Farmworkers from the the Coalition of Immokalee Workers rallied Thursday
in front of Wendy's corporate shareholders meeting in Manhattan to
demand improved working conditions for those who pick its tomatoes.
Human rights activist Kerry Kennedy, the daughter of the late Sen.
Robert Kennedy, joined the farmworkers protest.

Kerry Kennedy: "The CIW has signed agreements with four of the five
largest food corporations in America, to follow the food — the
Fair Food Agreement. All five, except Wendy's."

 

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