First off there is not currently nor ever was a boycott of Whole Foods; Whole Foods has (unlike Chipotle) already agreed to work with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to improve wages and working conditions and with only minimal pressure from the farmworkers and concerned consumers.

And yes the same groups that asked Whole Foods to do the right thing for Florida farmworkers are the same groups asking Chipotle to do the same.

You say: “All companies (even eco-friendly) subcontract labor out to other organizations, which can break the rules.”
Are you implying that companies shouldn’t take responsibility for the unethical behavior of organizations they subcontract with or purchase from?

If you are, then you disagree with not just us but with Chipotle. According to Chipotle’s website (http://www.chipotle.com/#flash/fwi_story): its “food with integrity” philosophy is “that we can always do better in terms of the food we buy.” It has led them “to push for more sustainable practices in produce farming, and to work with dairy suppliers to eliminate the use of added hormones from their operations.” It “means working back along the food chain. It means going beyond distributors to discover how the vegetables are grown, how the pigs, cows and chickens are raised” and using their size to help “influence the decisions of our suppliers.”

Chipotle is the ultimate beneficiary of the cheap tomatoes produced by exploited workers. And Chipotle’s demand for the cheapest tomates which generates the greatest profits fuels the sweatshop conditions farmworkers experience.

So the simple question is if Chipotle can use it’s influence to eliminate the use of horomones in its dairy suppliers opperations why can’t it use its influence to help eliminate slavery in it’s tomato suppliers operations?

we have marched in denver…and chipotle hasn’t signed on. something to think about.

Are all these same people boycotting Whole Foods and marching in Austin? Seems they work with the same people.
http://www.pcusa.org/fairfood/pdf/mackey-letter.pdf

Something to think about.

What’s missing? farmworkers!

Sorry, Steve, if you want your business to be truly sustainable, it can benefit from a system of labor exploitation.

CIW-ONLINE.org
SFALLIANCE.org
YDSUSA.org