Announcing the Milk with Dignity Summer Series!

After this spring’s breakthroughs in the campaign inviting Hannaford Supermarket to join the Milk with Dignity Program, we are taking the campaign on the road. Migrant Justice is announcing a series of pickets this summer to expand the reach of the Milk with Dignity campaign. Join farmworkers at a Hannaford near you for the Milk with Dignity Summer Series! 

The Milk with Dignity Summer Series kicks off Saturday 6/28, 11am-3pm, in Plattsburgh, NY (7 Pyramid Drive). Join farmworkers on the Hannaford picket line!

The farmworker-led picket of Hannaford Supermarket last month on International Worker’s Day was the largest and most impactful yet. Thousands rallied throughout the day, holding a picket line from dawn to dusk and encouraging potential customers not to shop at Hannaford. The action was an overwhelming success: the picketed Hannaford store in Williston, VT lost nearly 500 customers throughout the day, a drop in sales of over 25%!

Migrant Justice is now looking to take the show on the road, holding pickets of Hannaford stores in areas that have yet to see a Milk with Dignity action. Starting in Plattsburgh, NY in June, moving down to Glens Falls, NY in July, and ending in Athol, MA in August, the Milk with Dignity Summer Series will ensure that Hannaford continues to feel pressure from farmworkers and consumers, even as its parent company Ahold Delhaize opens a dialog with Migrant Justice.

Farmworkers continue to fight for Milk with Dignity, even as the community comes under increasing attacks from the federal government. Two weeks ago, José Ignacio “Nacho” De La Cruz and Heidi Perez were unlawfully detained by Border Patrol; last Friday, Wuendy Bernardo was told to report to ICE, where she feared detention and deportation. All three have been leaders in the Milk with Dignity campaign and frequent participants at Hannaford pickets over the years. Even as we rally together to defend farmworkers from government repression, we must continue to press forward in the fight for human rights in the dairy industry!

Can’t make it to any of the Summer Series pickets? Support from afar by signing and sharing the Consumer Pledge! Thousands have pledged their solidarity with farmworkers – add your name today!

p.s. Heading to Saturday’s picket from Vermont? Join a caravan to drive together! Meet at the Migrant Justice office (179 S. Winooski Ave, Burlington) at 9:15am or at the Grand Isle dock of the ferry to Plattsburgh for the 10:05am ferry.