<p>Farm workers and activists protesting outside a Wendy’s shareholder meeting in Manhattan Thursday, were joined by Kerry Kennedy to press the company to sign an agreement safeguarding working conditions for Florida tomato pickers.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/tomato052813body1.jpg" alt="images 052813" /><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">McDonald’s, Burger King, and Taco Bell and other chains have already signed the pact with the Florida-based Coalition of Immokalee Workers. At the protest, the group was joined by advocates from New York City Fair Food, and Amnesty International USA, according to Newsday New York.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Kennedy currently heads the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Human Rights. She took an active role in the protests on Thursday, leading a chant of: "What do we want? Justice! When do we want it? Now!"<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Bob Bertini, Wendy’s Spokesman, said the company had no comment on the demonstration.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://newyork.newsday.com/news/new-york/kerry-kennedy-protests-outside-wendy-s-meeting-in-manhattan-to-help-tomato-pickers-1.5324840" target="_new">Protest Update</a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
