Until their employer agrees to negotiate fairly, farmworkers in Washington state want consumers to avoid all Driscoll's, Häagen-Dazs and Yoplait products that contain berries grown on the notorious Sakuma Brothers farm.
Farm workers in Washington state are fighting for fairer pay and better treatment, and they need support from consumers. These workers, who pick strawberries for the notorious Sakuma Brothers Berry Farm, have been subjected to a wide range of abuses for years, such as inadequate piece rates, systematic wage theft, racist and sexist abuse from supervisors, substandard housing, and continuous retaliation for their efforts to improve conditions.
The strawberry pickers, many of whom come from Oaxaca, Mexico, first created an independent farmworker union in 2013 called Familias Unidas por la Justicia (FUJ). The union has been recognized by the state labor council and has even won legal victories, but Sakuma Brothers still refuses to negotiate.