Migrant Justice has had a breakthrough week in the long-running campaign to bring Hannaford Supermarket into the Milk with Dignity Program. From the Hannaford headquarters in Maine, to the shareholder meeting of parent company Ahold Delhaize in the Netherlands, farmworkers have made their voices heard.

The escalation of pressure is having an impact. Responding to Migrant Justice’s campaign, the company has announced a comprehensive “Human Rights Impact Assessment” of the conditions in its dairy supply chain, which will include interviews with farmworkers and a review of the Milk with Dignity Program. And after five years encountering consistent refusals to meet, Migrant Justice had its first meeting with a company executive to begin a dialog about Milk with Dignity.

These steps are a recognition of the collective power of workers and consumers demanding justice, but now is not the time to let up the pressure! Assessments and meetings are just the first step; farmworkers aren’t celebrating until Hannaford joins the Program.

In a bold new step in the campaign, Migrant Justice filed an international human rights complaint with the Dutch government over the supermarket chain’s failure to remedy systemic human rights violations on the farms producing Hannaford-brand milk…