On March 17th Washington-state-based independent farm worker union, the Familias Unidas por la Justicia (FUJ), began a 28-day tour from Bellingham, WA to the US-Mexico border to galvanize a boycott of Driscoll berries to be undertaken in solidarity with their contract negotiations with their employer and Driscoll-supplier Sakuma Berry.
So far, they have:
- walked 1,090 miles
- visited 13 different cities
- gotten 13 new boycott committees to join the international boycott of Driscoll’s berries
The boycott will continue until union contracts are signed for both Familias Unidas por la Justica and El Sindicato, the independent farmworker union from San Quintin Mexico that went on strike and endorsed the boycott last March. For more updates on the tour, visit FUJ’s Facebook page.
Greenhorns, we're all in this together. Keep boycotting Driscoll's, its subsidiaries, and the brands that use its berries. (See this info graphic.)