Rally and Protest at Driscoll’s Berry Store and Distribution Center
Saturday, October 15 at 1pm
1750 San Juan Road, Aromas, CA
On October 15 there is a call for an International Day of Action to support the 80,000 farmworkers and their families in San Quintín Valley, Mexico with the message that the boycott of Driscoll’s Berries continues full force until there is a union contract.
Currently, farmworkers toil 12 to 15 hours a day in the fields for as little as $6/day. Many are not provided social security, health insurance or any type of job security. For more information on the working conditions in San Quintín and the farmworkers struggle, see The San Quintín Rebellion.
Join us outside of Driscoll’s Berries’ Distribution Center and Berry Store to send a message to the public that the #BoycottDriscollsContinues and a message to Driscoll’s that we will not stop until the demands of the farmworkers are met in the form of a collective union contract.
Bring signs, noisemakers, and energy! Spread the word!
#BoycottDriscollsContines #SanQuintinSINDJA
Endorsing organizations:
- Sindicato Independiente Nacional Democrático de Jornaleros Agrícolas
- Santa Cruz Support Committee for the Driscoll’s Boycott
- UCSC MEChA
- Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz Climate Action Network
- Center for Farmworker Families
- Watsonville Brown Berets
- Resource Center for Nonviolence
- Project Pollinate
- Sin Barras
- Planting Justice
- Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture
- Rooted in Resilience
- Phat Beets Produce
Indybay event page
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I continue to boycott Driscolls where I live here in Colorado. On October 15th at 12:00 noon Colorado time, I and my family and friends will keep all of the farmworkers and demonstrators in our hearts and thoughts in solidarity.