(Unionvoice.org circulated the following news item on January 22.)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ordering pizza from Pizza Hut for the Super Bowl? Think twice before adding mushrooms.
Mushroom workers at Pictsweet Mushrooms in Ventura, Calif., have been trying for years to win fair pay, benefits and, most of all, safe working conditions. Conditions at Pictsweet in Ventura are cruel and dangerous. Mushroom workers labor in dark and damp rooms. Floors are slippery. Only the lights on their helmets guide them. Workers say that over time their vision deteriorates because they lack proper lighting.
Because of these conditions, workers are asking customers to stop buying Pictsweet mushrooms.
You can help. Pizza Hut is one of Pictsweet’s largest customers and has refused to do the right thing by keeping Pictsweet mushrooms off its pizzas until Pictsweet signs a union contract and workers win safe and healthy jobs and better pay.
Click on the link below now to send Pizza Hut a fax. Tell Pizza Hut to stop buying Pictsweet mushrooms. http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/superbowlpizza/33egnaf7w65 After you send your fax, tell your friends, family and co-workers about this struggle for justice for Pictsweet mushroom workers.