Brandworkers International is an interesting organization, they specialize in business-to-business boycott tactics, such as persuading restaurants to drop suppliers with bad labor practices. I was reminded of them today because they are publicizing an international day of action against Tnuva, a NYC distributor with a truly horrible record of wage theft, intimidation of workers, and illegal firing.
The action against Tnuva is part of the "Focus on the Food Chain" campaign, which, according to its facebook page is "a joint effort of the non-profit organization Brandworkers and the Industrial Workers of the World (NYC) labor union" to "[organize] recent immigrant workers in New York City's food processing and distribution sector to challenge and overcome sweatshop conditions."A recent article in Crain's New York talks about Brandworkers, FFC, and the Tnuva campaign: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20110821/SMALLBIZ/308219981
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