San Luis Obispo, California, June 12, 2024 LONDON, Oct 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Food Empowerment Project (FEP), a vegan food justice organization, is pleased to announce that a long-term boycott of Amy's Kitchen products called by employees of the company and FEP has ended. January 2022They called for safer workplaces, higher wages and better health insurance.
““Our efforts to improve working conditions and raise wages for all Amy's Kitchen employees have had a major impact.” Cecilia Luna Ojeda“Thanks to the Food Empowerment Project's help and support, safety has improved and we hope the changes will continue and get even better. I'd like to thank the Food Empowerment Project for their perseverance, dedication and commitment to their employees since the campaign began, and I'd also like to thank Amy's Kitchen for listening to us.”
During the boycott, hundreds of consumers, including vegans, food justice advocates, labor unions, and grocery co-ops, joined Amy's line workers in demanding improved treatment and working conditions.
After eight months of discussions with food line workers at Amy's Kitchen, Santa Rosa, CaliforniaFEP representatives and Amy's Kitchen executives said they would not only improve working conditions for food line workers, Santa RosaBut the company also acknowledged that people were suddenly laid off at its now-closed Amy's Kitchen location in San Jose.
“Having worked with the Food Empowerment Project for the past eight months, Amy's has been pleased with the progress and what we've learned together,” Amy's said. Paul Schieffer“This collaboration has fostered productive discussions about how we can better serve our employees' needs and enhance communication, and we look forward to continuing this positive dialogue to make meaningful improvements for our employees,” said Amy's Kitchen President.
FEP will continue to be in contact with Amy's workers to ensure these decisions and treatment are permanent, and will return in a year to see if workers' wages have increased and if employees are receiving cost-of-living increases.
Additionally, Amy's Kitchen has agreed to increase its production of vegan foods.
“We have so much respect for the frontline workers at Amy's Kitchen who have spoken truth to company leadership, never wavered, and always spoke up for their colleagues who don't have a seat at the table,” said Lauren Ornelas, FEP founder and general program co-member. “This journey has reminded us of the power of workers and communities when we come together to work toward a more just, compassionate food system and a more sustainable food system for all.”
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About the Food Empowerment Project
Founded in 2007, Food Empowerment Project (http://www.foodispower.org) seeks to create a more just and sustainable world by recognizing the power of food choices. In all that it does, Food Empowerment Project seeks to empower, especially those with the fewest resources. Its areas of advocacy include fair working conditions for farmworkers, availability of healthy food in Black, Brown and Indigenous communities, and animal protection. A vegan food justice organization, Food Empowerment Project also works to expose negligent companies that push unhealthy foods on low-income neighborhoods, perpetuate food deserts (or food apartheid areas), and sell chocolate made with the worst forms of child labor. Food Empowerment Project is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
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Source: Food Empowerment Project
