Amy Schumer Is Asking Fans To #BoycotWendys—Here's Why

On Sunday, Amy Schumer posted an Instagram that did two things: told her fans she'd be having a boy (who actually arrived Monday!), and called out Chance the Rapper for (accidentally) bringing back Wendy's spicy chicken nuggets.

Yep, you heard that right. A little backstory: Chance the Rapper tweeted Saturday asking the popular fast food chain to bring back their spicy chicken nuggets. When Wendy's caught wind, they challenged their fans to like a tweet two million times to make it happen-and it did.

Positive Affirmations for today: I WILL have a good day, I Will succeed today, Wendys WILL bring back spicy nuggets at some point please please Lord let it be today. - Chance The Rapper Album in July (@chancetherapper) May 4, 2019

Amy, however, wasn't having it: We love @chancetherapper and hate to be the ones to tell him that Wendys is the only fast food chain refusing to protect farmworker women from sexual assault and rape in the fields," Amy wrote Sunday's Instagram post. "This is true. Please read that sentence again. Message for the people in charge: Instead of spicy nuggets, we want food that is harvested with dignity NOT violence. Please join the @fairfoodprogram and #BoycottWendys link in my bio of how you can help. Also we are having a boy."

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Turns out, The #BoycottWendys campaign is far from new-it actually started back in 2005 and focuses on The Coalition of Immokalee Workers Fair Food Program . According to its website, the program is "a partnership among farmers, farmworkers, and retail food companies that ensures humane wages and working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables on participating farms."

Subway, Burger King, McDonald's, Yum Brands (which owns Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut), Whole Foods, Chipotle, Walmart, and Trader Joe's have all joined the program, but there's one restaurant missing from that list, according to the The New York Times : Wendy's. The Coalition of Immokalee Workers, which benefits around 35,000 workers, has campaigned against Wendys as a result, and urged them to join the program, but they have yet to do so.

The campaign has specifically helped improve working conditions for laborers in the tomato industry and lowered violence and wage theft. It also asks member companies to pay a penny more per pound of tomatoes to lead to better wages. Wendys reason for not joining is a little vague-a spokesperson told the NYT that they buy tomatoes from indoor greenhouse farms, but its not clear whether their conditions for laborers are any better. So, Wendys is getting serious heat over this from celebrities (like Alyssa Milano ) and non-celebrities alike.

College students have asked their schools not to allow Wendys restaurants to operate on school premises, and there have been several protests in cities across the country. The campaign is also heating up on social media again after Amys Insta post. Wendys has yet to publicly comment .