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Article

10 Mar 2024

Author:
West Palm Beach TV

Farmworkers, advocates call for more worker protections outside Wendy's exec's mansion

Farmworkers and advocates on Sunday demonstrated in front of a Wendy's executive's Palm Beach mansion, calling for the fast food chain to join others in pledging to protect workers' rights.

....members of the Coalition of Immokalee workers stood in front of billionaire [chairman of Wendy's Board of Directors] Nelson Peltz's home calling on the fast food chain giant to join the Fair Food Program.

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The peaceful protest was part of the Farmworker Freedom Festival, a weekend-long event in Palm Beach to highlight the Fair Food Program.

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The program, which started in 2011, is a partnership among farm workers, farmers and retail companies that pledge to buy only from suppliers who follow a code of conduct to protect workers' rights.

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Wendy's has been called out by the coalition before for not participating in the Fair Food program.

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[Coalition member Lupe] Gonzalez also called out Publix and Kroger for not joining the Fair Food Program, either.

WPTV reached out to Wendy's, Publix and Kroger. [Only Publix responded]

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