Breaking: AFL-CIO Endorses Nationwide Boycott of Palermo's (Pizza) Products

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Political-Action-Legislation/Breaking-AFL-CIO-Endorses-Nationwide-Boycott-of-Palermo-s-Products

08/09/2012

Jackie Tortora

The AFL-CIO endorsed a nationwide boycott of Palermo's Pizza (Palermo Villa Inc.) in response to the company’s blatant disregard of its workers’ choice to form a union. The boycott covers Palermo’s brand pizza, “Classics” brand pizza and private-label brand frozen pizza produced by Palermo's, including Costco’s Kirkland brand. This endorsement is part of the continued support for the efforts of the Palermo Workers Union by the United Steelworkers and the AFL-CIO, community and immigrant rights groups like Voces de la Frontera and students from the United States Student Association, the nation’s largest and oldest student-led organization.



AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said:

The twelve million union families of the AFL-CIO are proud to stand with these Wisconsin workers who have bravely joined together for a voice on the job....Their courage and strength are a model for working people around the country whose rights are being violated and voices silenced. We hope that this boycott will encourage Palermo to finally respect its workers who work so hard for them every day.

FULL story at link.

[Kingofalldems]

1. K and R for the workers

[DonRedwood]

2. I will not cross your pizza line.

Dangit though...we used to get our pizza party pizzas from Papa Johns or Costco. Now what the hey are we supposed to do?

[freshwest]

5. Got a Godfather's, Romio's or local place? We've got a few that are better than PJ's or COSTCO.

[Justice wanted]

3. Kicking it for justice.

[renate]

4. rats! I love Costco's pizzas!

Oh, but I just had a thought... I wonder whether they mean the fresh cook-it-yourself ones or the frozen ones. It's the frozen cheese pizzas I'd really miss....

[mrmpa]

6. I believe it's the frozen kind........

Costco makes their fresh pizza in their bakery.

[Heathen57]

7. We do a majority of shopping

at Costco because of their treatment of their people but we won't be buying any of their pizzas from now on.

Unions are needed now more than ever in the environment we are now in, and I do all I can to support them.