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DESCRIPTION:Sat, May 7, 1pm – 2:30pm \nWhere: Costco Wholesale, 5101 Business Center 
 Dr, Fairfield, CA \n**Note: We will meet in the Goodwill (5081 Business 
 Center Dr, Fairfield, CA 94534) parking area, a 2 minute walk** 
 \n\nFamilias Unidas has returned from their West Coast Tour. The tour was 
 an amazing success with 18 new boycott committees formed bringing the total 
 to 41 boycott committees across North America! The workers have built a 
 groundswell of grassroots energy with people all over the country ready to 
 fight and pressure Driscoll's until they get Sakuma and the growers in San 
 Quintin to negotiate historic union contracts! \n\nTo build upon this 
 incredible momentum Familias Unidas is now calling for an international day 
 of action on May 7th to demonstrate the unified strength of the boycott 
 movement, and show Driscoll's that people everywhere will not stand for the 
 injustices they are perpetuating and profiting off of. \n\nStay tuned for 
 more details! \n\nHosted by Solano County Boycott Committee. \nEmail Sarah 
 for more information sarahsolanocoboycottcommittee [at] gmail.com 
 \n_______________________________ \n\nThe injustices in the Driscoll's 
 supply chain were well documented in the LA Times series "Product of 
 Mexico," as well as the book "Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies" by Dr. Seth 
 Holmes. And they continue to be documented. These include but are not 
 limited to: Inhumane working conditions including lack of bathrooms and 
 clean water for washing hands and drinking, below poverty wages that 
 include very unrealistic production expectations to make minimum 
 requirements, systemic wage theft, sexual harassment & abuse of women, 
 underage children working in the fields, and inadequate protection from and 
 ongoing exposure to very dangerous pesticides. Strawberries just made this 
 year's "Dirty Dozen" list, imagine what levels the farmworkers are exposed 
 to. \n\nDriscoll's is the largest distributor of strawberries in the world, 
 with over 700 farms supplying them. We feel they have the power to convince 
 their growers to negotiate a legally binding contract with the two 
 independent farmworker unions from Washington State and San Quintin, Baja, 
 Mexico - but they refuse. Costco is one of Driscoll's biggest buyers, and 
 so has the buying power to encourage Driscoll's to do this, so this is why 
 Costco is where we will be! \n\nYou may try to buy local when you can, but 
 sometimes you just need another pint of strawberries, and Driscoll's is in 
 every store... People see the Watsonville address and think well that's not 
 too bad, or they see the Certified Organic Driscoll's and think that's ok. 
 In reality, they are a vertically integrated multinational company with 
 farms all over the world, and have even used their power to gut Certified 
 Organic standards for strawberry production. \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/04/28/18785752.php
SUMMARY:Boycott Driscoll's at Fairfield Costco - International Day of Action
LOCATION:WHERE: Costco in Fairfield, CA (5101 Business Center Dr, Fairfield, CA ) 
 \n\nNote: We will meet in the Goodwill (5081 Business Center Dr, Fairfield, 
 CA 94534) parking area, a 2 minute walk
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/04/28/18785752.php
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