Farmworkers and dairy entrepreneurs gathered on October 3rd in Middlebury, VT to celebrate a partnership between dairy workers and Vermont Way Foods. The local, organic produce brand will soon launch a new cheese in collaboration with Migrant Justice’s Milk with Dignity Program. The “Cheese with Dignity” line will be sold at stores around the region. As part of the agreement between Vermont Way Foods and Migrant Justice, conditions in the product’s dairy supply chain will be monitored...| Migrant Justice / Justicia Migrante
In our last post, we shared with you news about an exciting partnership with Vermont Way Foods to expand the Milk with Dignity Program. In the coming months, cheese bearing the Milk with Dignity logo will be sold in stores around the region. This coming Friday – the eighth anniversary of the first agreement with Ben & Jerry’s – we will be celebrating the partnership with a pre-launch product tasting! The entrance of a new company into the Milk with Dignity Program highlights the continu...| Migrant Justice / Justicia Migrante
On October 3rd, 2017 dairy workers and corporate executives at Ben & Jerry’s joined together for a historic occasion. After years of farmworkers urging the global ice cream brand to join the Milk with Dignity Program, the two sides signed a contract in front of the company’s flagship scoop shop. This represented the first time that a dairy company entered into an agreement with the farmworkers in its supply chain and led to the launch of the Milk with Dignity Program. The past eight years...| Migrant Justice / Justicia Migrante
Guadalupe and Emanuel Diaz are imprisoned in an immigration detention center after being pulled off the street by ICE in South Burlington, VT. On August 27th, plainclothes agents pulled over the father and son while driving the van of the painting company where they work. Even though ICE was apparently looking for someone else, Guadalupe and Emanuel were detained and are now facing possible deportation. Guadalupe Diaz and his son Emanuel migrated to the U.S. from their hometown in Chiapas, Me...| Migrant Justice / Justicia Migrante
The Milk with Dignity Summer Series is almost done, with one final action on 8/30 in Massachusetts. Throughout the summer, farmworkers and allies have picketed Hannaford Supermarkets across the Northeast, bringing the campaign to new parts of the region. We demand that Hannaford take responsibility for abuses in its dairy supply chain and join the worker-driven human rights program. To get supporters ready for the upcoming action, we are releasing a new video from the Milk with Dignity picket...| Migrant Justice / Justicia Migrante
Nacho and Heidi are free! After nearly a month behind bars following an unjust and illegal Border Patrol detention, they are back where they belong: with their family, their community, and in the struggle for human rights.| migrantjustice.net
Heidi and Nacho have won their freedom and will soon be released, after nearly a month behind bars. The two Migrant Justice leaders received hearings in immigration court today, resulting in a judge granting them bond and ordering their release.| migrantjustice.net
Community leaders Nacho and Heidi were violently detained by Border Patrol while delivering food to local farmworkers. Agents stopped over without cause, smashed their window, and pulled them out of their car. For the past two weeks, they have been unjustly held in detention. On July 7th and 8th, both will have their first hearings in federal court to challenge their unlawful detention and request immediate release. Outside, community supporters will gather to stand with Heidi and Nacho – a...| Migrant Justice / Justicia Migrante
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! | migrantjustice.net
On June 16th, less than two days after the violent and unlawful detention of Nacho and Heidi, hundreds gathered in front of the Vermont State House in an emergency rally demanding freedom for the Migrant Justice leaders. In an emotionally-charged event, loved ones spoke out against the government’s cruel separation of families as chants reverberated through the streets of the state capital: “Nacho, Heidi, no están solos!” You are not alone!| migrantjustice.net