FW: Sign the petition to steer Whole Foods in the right direction

[Guest guest]

Note: forwarded message attached.

Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now.

Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:14:33 +0000From: ufwofameraolSubject: Sign the petition to steer Whole Foods in the right direction

Sign the petition to steer Whole Foods in the right direction

Sign

the petition to steer Whole Foods in the right

direction Thousands responded when we wrote you about the Country

Natural Beef sold at Whole Foods Supermarket. Unfortunately

Whole Foods has not taken action. We need you to

take the next step and sign a

petition. Beef North West workers will

turn in the signatures to Whole Foods headquarters in Austin TX

on the week of March 17.

Workers at the feedlots that include Country Natural Beef

cows have been demanding UFW representation for the past eight

months. Beef North West is on the same Oregon compound as

Threemile Canyon Farms and Willow Creek Dairy. The Beef North

West workers have seen the power a union contract has on their

friends and want the same things: Dignity and respect in the

workplace, a family medical plan and a voice on the job without

repercussions.

However, Beef North West is no closer to

agreeing to recognize the UFW as the workers’ union than

they were when this campaign began. This is despite

Oregon’s governor asking that both sides sit down and

resolve the dispute--which the union has been willing to do from

the beginning.

Whole Foods reportedly sells 60% of all Country

Natural Beef. This retailer--the largest chain of

“natural food” stores in the

US--has refused to take any action to

resolve this

situation. We would hope that when Whole Foods sees

the groundswell of support for the workers at the feedlot where

Country Natural Beef cows are fattened, they’ll use their

influence to ensure a just resolution of this dispute and a

boycott will not be necessary.

We need to increase the pressure on

Whole Foods to do the right thing. Please sign the

workers’ petition calling on Whole Foods to

take action and pledging your support for a potential boycott of

Country Natural Beef products, should one be called.

http://www.ufwaction.org/campaign/wholefoodspetition

Tell-A-Friend:

Please encourage everyone you to sign the petition

know.

* If you want to see where Country Natural

Beef products are sold, click

here.

Privacy

Policy

UFW, 29700 Woodford-Tehachapi Rd., P.O. Box 62,

Keene, CA 93531

Your spare change can

create change.Please donate to keep

Cesar's dream for farm workers alive.

Check out our website at:

www.ufw.org and

keep up with the latest news.

Check out the UFW's Social Networking

pages. Click to visit out MySpace, Facebook

Group, Facebook

Cause, YouTube, Flickr,

and Care2 pages. Please link to us and become

our "Friend."

What are conditions really like in the

fields? UFW's new photojournalism book tells all.Buy one

today!

If you received this message from a

friend, you can sign up

for the UFW List Serve.New E-mail

address? Moved? Want to receive your e-mail at

another e-mail address? Want to receive alerts in plain text or

HTML? It's easy. With one click you

can update your profile at your Subscription Management

Page. If you still need help, just

e-mail us your new e-mail address and we'd be happy to make the

change for

you.

Please add us to your

safelist: Please add ufwofameraol to your address

book so that our messages don’t get trapped in your spam

filter. If you have questions about how to do this, drop us an

e-mail.

If you would like to unsubscribe from the UFW List Serve, please visit your subscription management page by clicking here.

Shed those extra pounds with MSN and The Biggest Loser! Learn more.