Hundreds of union members will distribute handbills at 15 Bristol Farms stores across the Southland beginning Saturday, Nov. 22, asking the public not to purchase products made at Alta Dena Dairy's City of Industry facility. The five-day campaign, coordinated by the Food & Drug Council, coincides with the busiest grocery shopping days of the year.
A rally at 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 24, in front of the Bristol Farms store at 7880 W. Sunset Blvd. (at Fairfax Avenue), Los Angeles, will feature political and labor leaders who will join real dairy cows in the call to boycott Alta Dena Dairy products
Alta Dena Dairy is on the California Labor Federation's "Do Not Patronize" list because it fails to make affordable health care available to its workers in the City of Industry and fails to observe other prevailing wages and benefits for its workers.
The rally will begin with Thanksgiving-season prayer on behalf of Alta Dena Dairy workers. Also, former Alta Dena employees will talk about their difficulties meeting basic health care needs for themselves and their families.
The Food & Drug Council is a coalition of unions in the retail food and drug industries throughout California and Arizona. FDC affiliates represent some 250,000 union members in locals of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the United Food and Commercial Workers, the International Union of Operating Engineers and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, among others. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union are also affiliates.
What: |  |  |  | Rally to boycott Alta Dena products |
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Where: | Bristol Farms, 7880 W. Sunset Blvd. (at Fairfax), Los Angeles | |||
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When: | 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 24, 2008 |