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Article

20 Jun 2017

Author:
Wilson Ring, Washington Post

Scores of farm workers & activists march on Ben & Jerry’s

Scores of dairy farm workers and activists marched Saturday on a Ben & Jerry's factory to push for better pay and living conditions on farms that provide milk for the ice cream maker that takes pride in its social activism. Protesters said Ben & Jerry's agreed two years ago to participate in the so-called Milk with Dignity program, but the company and worker representatives have yet to reach an agreement....Ben & Jerry's spokesman Sean Greenwood said...that the company was eager to reach an agreement and negotiations were underway... The Milk with Dignity program was developed in 2014 by farm workers and the Vermont group Migrant Justice to ensure that farms provide them fair wages and working conditions and decent housing..."We've been negotiating in good faith," said Will Lambek of Migrant Justice. "It's an unacceptable delay."Greenwood said Ben & Jerry's didn't get the first details from the workers until a year ago and the two sides have been working since then to reach an agreement...