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DESCRIPTION:Please Distribute Widely!!!\n\nWe are excited to announce the visit of 
 members from the Familias Unidas por la Justicia union in the state of 
 Washington. The FUJ has been in struggle for over three years against 
 Sakuma bros. berry farms in Burlington Washington. They are building 
 momentum for their struggle through a tour along the west coast. Please 
 come, bring your class, organization, collective, to hear and learn from 
 members of the FUJ union on how to support the boycott of Driscoll's 
 berries.\n\nWhen: 2 events are being planned for the Berkeley 
 visit.\n\n5-7pm Monday March 28, 2016 at the Center for Latino Policy and 
 Research, 2420 Bowditch Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94720\n\nand \n\ntentatively, 
 2-330 pm Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at the Multicultural Community Center, on 
 the UC Berkeley campus.\n\nEvent Sponsored by the Center for Latino Policy 
 and Research, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, and the 
 Multicultural Community Center at UC Berkeley\n\nIf you would like to 
 co-sponsor or help with honorarium/funds/event please email Pablo Gonzalez 
 at: aztlan71@berkeley.edu\n\nExciting News: \nProfessor Ivonne del Valle 
 and student Luiz Resendiz met with the purchasing manager at UC Berkeley 
 about not purchasing from Driscoll's Berries and they have agreed to not 
 sell on the UC Berkeley Campus. Please help by asking/demanding that your 
 campus also stop selling Driscoll's berries.\n\n\nInformation on Familias 
 Unidas por la Justicia: \n\nFamilias Unidas por la Justicia (Families 
 United for Justice)is organizing a month long west coast tour during the 
 spring of 2016 to strengthen the boycott of Driscoll’s berrries and build 
 connections and solidarity with other movement organizations ghting to 
 change the food system.\n\nFamilias Unidas por la Justicia (FUJ) is an 
 independent farmworker union that has been waging a historic struggle for 
 the last three years for just working conditions through a union contract 
 at Sakuma bros berry farm in Burlington, Washington. They have been calling 
 for a boycott of both Sakuma and Driscoll’s berries (the worlds biggest 
 berry distributor who sells Sakuma berries) until their employer meets 
 their demands.\n\nSince 2015 FUJ has been fighting in solidarity with La 
 Alianza, the farmworker union in San Quintin Mexico that formed out of a 
 series of strikes with tens of thousands of workers last year. They also 
 calling for a boycott of Driscoll’s Berries.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/03/21/18784325.php
SUMMARY:Familias Unidas Boycott Driscolls Tour
LOCATION:UC Berkeley\nSproul Plaza, Berkeley, California 94720
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/03/21/18784325.php
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