U . F. W .
Ventura County and California

 

Thank you for taking action to help the Pictsweet mushroom workers. You can keep up with the Pictsweet Boycott and general information about the Farm Worker Movement by going to:

http://www.ufw.org

 

Remember, as you do your holiday shopping to but products produced by UFW workers. Our Union Label list is posted at:

http://www.ufw.org/ulmth.htm

 

We at the UFW want to wish you a wonderful Holiday season.

Thank you again for taking action.

Viva La Causa!

 

Sincerely, Jocelyn Sherman, UFW

 

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Click on the link below for more information

from your union, online activism and benefits.

http://www.unionvoice.org/wfn/join.html

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A season of suffering . . .

for Pictsweet Mushroom workers

 

During this season of giving, the owners of Pictsweet Mushroom Farms in Ventura, Calif. are doing nothing but double talking. After 15 years, this Tennessee-based agribusiness corporation still refuses to negotiate a decent union contract.

Pizza Hut Inc. continues to do business with Pictsweet despite Pictsweet's lengthy record of labor law violations. Pictsweet has been found guilty of negotiating in bad faith and numerous other violations.

Please act to help these struggling workers during this holiday season.

Tell Pizza Hut it's time to give back and help Pictsweet mushroom workers get a United Farm Workers contract!

Send your e-mail today!

You can take action on this alert either via email (please see directions below) or via the web at:

http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/Pizza_Hut/7gss52f75b6

 

Visit the web address below to tell your friends about this.

http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/Pizza_Hut/forward/7gss52f75b6

 

We encourage you to take action by August 10, 2003

 

Pictsweet Boycott Action Alert!

 

INSTRUCTIONS TO RESPOND VIA THE WEB:

If you have access to a web browser, you can take action

on this alert by going to the following URL:

 

http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/Pizza_Hut/7gss52f75b6

 

INSTRUCTIONS TO RESPOND VIA EMAIL:

Just choose the "reply to sender" option on your email

program.

 

Your letter will be addressed and sent to:

President Mike Rawlings

 

----THIS LETTER WILL BE SENT IN YOUR NAME----

Dear [decision maker name automatically inserted here],

 

Mike Rawlings,

President

Pizza Hut Inc.

 

Dear Mr. Rawlings:

During this holiday season of giving and helping others, I appeal to Pizza Hut to stand with other socially

responsible businesses by keeping Pictsweet mushrooms off of your pizza.

 

Help Pictsweet workers negotiate the United Farm Workers contract they have sought for 15 years. Pictsweet has

rejected the most basic contract protections won by unionized workers at other mushroom companies in California

and Florida. Pictsweet workers deserve wage increases, better health benefits and decent working conditions.

 

Much of the mushrooms used by Pizza Hut are supplied by Pictsweet Mushroom Farms. I will boycott Pictsweet-brand

mushrooms and encourage my family and friends to do the same until there is a fair contract for Pictsweet

workers in Ventura, Calif.

 

Thank you.

 

Sincerely,

 

Your Name or the Name of Your Group or Concern

 

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Thank You for Supporting the Workers of Pict-Sweet - Oxnard - Ventura - El Rio

Sincerely,

Bill Winter - Editor - Oxnard Journal.com