Consumer Boycotts

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Sorry if a thread all ready exists for this, but I couldn't find it.

We are periodically asked to consider our choices as consumers when choosing products which have appalling human rights, environmental or political records. Witness the recent (and not so recent) Nestlé controversies. I noticed someone a while back posted a picture of their Driscoll berries (not sure who or where). I just wanted to let everyone in North America know about the Driscoll berries boycott for their appalling record of wage theft, inhumane housing, harrassment and various other infractions. I, for one, am not willing to suppport this company. I think farm workers deserve respect and proper pay and conditions.

boycottsakumaberries.com/campaign-updates/

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The Driscoll berries were probably mine. Thanks for the link. Will read up!

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Consumer boycotts are one of the few ways people can influence policy without having their efforts managed, intermediated and gatekept by corrupt politicians who are at least as likely to take the side of the bad guys and ignore the public good. Evil people are generally *extremely* money motivated (pretty definitive characteristic of such people in fact), so boycotts can make a real difference.

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The last consumer boycott that I can remember in France was a boycott of Lipton a few years ago. They were eliminating a French brand that they had bought just to crush the competition. They weren't even keeping the factory to make Lipton tea -- they were going to close it.

Well, they had to back down.