Ben & Jerry’s Strikes Deal to Improve Migrant Dairy Workers’ Conditions
Ben and Jerry’s entered an agreement with farm workers’ on Tuesday that lays out new labor standards for farmers employed by the company’s suppliers. The agreement also includes a system for enforcement and to ensure that compliance with the new agreement is being met. The contract closely resembles another arrangement called the Fair Food Program that was implemented in 2011 to protect workers on tomato farms in Florida. Enforcement of the agreement will be handled by a group of lawyers who previously worked for the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Immigrant Justice Project, who will conduct audits to ensure compliance by suppliers.
See "Ben & Jerry’s Strikes Deal to Improve Migrant Dairy Workers’ Conditions", Noam Scheiber, The New York Times, October 3, 2017