Call Hannaford to demand Milk with Dignity!
Posted Wed, 03/26/2025 - 2:10pm
End of day update: over 300 calls made!
Throughout the day on March 27th, hundreds of supporters will flood Hannaford's phone lines to urge the company to join Milk with Dignity. Make your call now!
Over the course of the Milk with Dignity campaign, Hannaford has received thousands of calls from customers in solidarity with the human rights of farmworkers. These calls – along with thousands of customer emails; endorsement letters from faith communities, shareholders, and civil society organizations; and dozens of farmworker-led protests – have forced Hannaford to respond.
As workers have fearlessly come forward to uncover abuses and exploitation on the farms producing Hannaford-brand milk, the company has rolled out knock-off initiatives designed to mimic the Milk with Dignity Program while maintaining the status quo.
Hannaford’s “standards of engagement,” “speak-up line,” and “farmer self-assessments” all give the impression that the company is committed to the rights of farmworkers in its supply chain. The sad truth is that the only impact for farmworkers has been heightened retaliation for speaking out and exposing the truth behind Hannaford’s milk.
But customers aren’t fooled. Migrant Justice has led a number of pickets of Hannaford Supermarkets encouraging people not to shop at the store that day, and many potential customers have turned away rather than cross a picket line. At each picket, farmworkers and allies pass out “consumer pledge” forms, where consumers can commit to never cross a picket line at a Hannaford and to respect a storewide boycott if workers call for one in the future.