Ben and Jerry's. Ben and Jerry's built their brand on ice cream and activism. Even though they are a corporation, they are the darlings of the left, or at least they used to be. A couple of years ago, Ben and Jerry's signed on with the Milk with Dignity program. It was started by Migrant Justice, a lefty group in Vermont.
Vermont happens to be where Ben and Jerry's gets eighty percent of the milk for their ice cream, and for the last two years, the Milk with Dignity people have been negotiating with Ben and Jerry's for higher wages, better working conditions, and better housing for the farm workers. They haven't come to an agreement, and now there's been an eruption. This past Saturday, scores of dairy farm workers and activists
marched on Ben and Jerry's. Farm Workers complained they've been negotiating in good faith, but Ben and Jerry's is giving them the runaround. A company spokesman says getting a good deal is complex because it's got to work for farmers and farm owners and the ice scream business. Ben and Jerry you expect the poor farm hands that you exploit to believe it's complex to improve their wages and working
conditions in housing. You're making ice cream for crying out loud and billions on the backs of migrant workers while they have to march on rocky roads to find justice. What delicious irony. And the left is still going to keep buying this stuff. It's not going to bother them at all. You watch h