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November 21, 2017

Immokalee Workers Demand Wendy's Sign Fair Food Program to End Sexual Harassment in Fields
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Hundreds of farmworkers and their supporters rallied Monday night
outside the Manhattan offices of Wendy's board chairman Nelson Peltz to
protest sexual harassment, assault and violence in the tomato fields.
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers are demanding Wendy's sign on to the
"Fair Food Program" aimed at protecting farmworkers' rights, including
the right to work without sexual harassment and assault, which has been
pervasive in the agricultural industry. This is farmworker Lupe Gonzalo.

Bq. Lupe Gonzalo: We're demanding that Wendy's sign an agreement to
guarantee human rights for farmworkers and in particular, the rights of
women working in the fields. For the first time in history, we as
farmworker women are living a new day: an opportunity to work in the
fields free from sexual harassment. But Wendy's, instead of joining the
Fair Food Program to eliminate sexual harassment and violence against
women in the fields, has decided to move its tomato purchases to Mexico
where this violence is endemic.


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