Farmworkers lead 5-day march to pressure companies on wages, work conditions

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The farmworkers say they were marching to highlight the Fair Food Program, which has enlisted major companies to use their clout with growers to ensure better working conditions and wages for farmworkers.

Farmworkers were leading a five-day, 45-mile trek on foot this week from one of the poorest communities in Florida to a mansion-lined, oceanfront town that is one of the richest in an effort to pressure retailers to leverage their purchasing power for better worker pay and working conditions.

of almost $169,000 and is lined with the mansions of the rich and famous, including billionaire Nelson Peltz, who is Wendy’s chairman, and former President Donald Trump. Farmworkers and allies march through agricultural land on the first day of a five-day trek on Tuesday in Pahokee, Fla.Wendy’s said in a statement that it didn’t participate in the Fair Food Program because it sources its tomato supply from indoor hydroponic greenhouse farms, while the program operates for farmworkers predominantly in outdoor fields, so “there is no nexus between the program and our supply chain.

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