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DEC-Holiday-2009 :Holiday Issue 12/15/09 9:47 AM Page 8 This Year, Shop For union-made goods If you’re planning a holiday meal or party this year, don’t forget to look for the union label on food and pro- duce that you buy, and purchase goods at unionized stores. Grocery, meat and in-store bak- eries are unionized at most Safeway, Albertsons, Fred Meyer, Haggens, and QFC stores. (See the list of bak- eries in the photo caption right.) Additionally, Naps Thriftway in Newburg has unionized clerks and meat cutters, while Roth’s Family Markets and Wizer’s stores have unionized meat departments. Shop with a conscience this holiday With the rise of globalization and outsourcing, the shopper’s dilemma is especially acute when buying clothes. You don’t want your holiday shopping dollars en- riching an absentee CEO who takes advantage of the North Pole’s weak labor regulations to force his work- ers to churn out product night and day year-round. (His apologists will tell you he’s “jolly.” But there’s nothing jolly about a repetitive stress injury.) What’s a conscientious con- sumer to do? Never fear! The International Labor Rights Forum and Sweat- Free Communities have stepped into the breach with the latest edi- tion of their Shop With a Con- science Consumer Guide, which lists tons of places you can buy sweatshop-free clothing for every- one on your list (www.sweatfree. org). And their 2010 Sweatshop Hall of Shame (www.laborrights.org) is a handy list of retail outlets that don’t deserve your business until the way they treat the men and women who make their products moves from “naughty” to “nice.” They’ve even got these materi- als available as PDF brochures (Consumer Guide, Hall of Shame), suitable for printing out and taking with you to the mall. Heck, you could even print out some extra copies and hand them out to other shoppers while you’re there, you know? So this year, don’t give lumps of coal to the men and women who make the gifts you give — shop sweatshop-free! (Editor’s Note: This article orig- inally appeared at CtWconnect, the online newsletter of Change to Win.) PAGE 8 Other unionized meat markets in- clude: Gartners Country Meats in Portland, M&M Inc. in Dallas, Ore- gon, Jack’s Family Market in Salem, Rick’s Food Market in Jef- ferson, Rudy’s Newport Avenue Market in Bend, Long’s Meat Market in Eugene, and the Red Ap- ple Market in St. Helens. Grocery clerks and meat cutters at these stores are members of United Food and Commercial Workers Lo- cal 555. In-store bakery workers are members of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 114. WHAT TO BUY Baked goods from Oroweat, Franz, Williams, Fred Meyer Clackamas Bakery, and Safeway Clackamas Bread Plant are made by members of Bakers Local 114. Teamsters and Operating Engi- neers represent workers at Tillam- ook County Creamery, where some of the best cheese in the world is produced. Teamsters also represent workers at Darigold, Umpqua, Franz Bak- ery, and Bimbo. Foster Farms produces poultry at plants in Corvallis, Oregon, and Kelso, Washington, and Hill Meat Co. in Pendleton produces fresh and smoked pork products that can be purchased at local grocers. Workers at all these plants are rep- resented by UFCW Local 555. C ANDY / STOCKING STUFFERS : Hershey’s; Jolly Rancher; Pot of Gold chocolates; Ovation mint sticks; Fifth Avenue; Zagnut; York Peppermint Patties; Nestlé Treasures; Russell Stover Candies; Laffy Taffy; Baby Ruth; Butterfinger; BB’s and Pear- son’s Nips; Jelly Bellies; Chocolate Dutch Mints; Chocolate Temptations; Dimples; Sweet Temptations; Her- man Goelitz malted milk balls and licorice; NECCO Wafers; Mary Jane Peanut Butter Chews; Sky Bar; Thin Mints; Bolster Bar; Masterpieces and Clark Bar; See’s Famous Old Time Candies; Frito-Lay chips and snacks; Orville Redenbacher popcorn; Kraft snack products; Godiva chocolates; Coastal Berry Co. fruit and nuts; Montpelier Almonds; Sunkist citrus fruit; Sunworld citrus fruit; Maui Pineapple Co.; Ghirardelli chocolates; Brown & Halley candies; Corn Nuts; Franz Cookies (made in McMin- nville, Oregon by members of Bakers Local 364), all Nabisco products, Hostess, Entenmanns, and Kellogg- General Mills cereals. L IQUOR : 4 Roses Bourbon; After Shock; Amar Di Amore; De Sabroso; Bakers; Baronof; Barren Vonschoter; Barton; Basil Hayden; Beam; Bel- lows; Benchmark; Blanton’s; Brigadier; Budweiser; Bush Pilot; Cactus Juice; Calvert; Calypso Dark Rum; Canada House; Canadian Bar- clay; Canadian Hunter; Captain Gold Tequila; Captain Morgan; Carribean; Chi Chi; Coronet; Crystal Palace; Dekuyper; Dubonet; Fleischmann’s; Gilbey’s; Godiva; Grand Dad Bour- bon; Imperial Blend; Jim Beam; Ka- machatka; Kentucky Gentlemen; Knob Creek; Labatt’s Blue; Mc- Naughton; Molson; Moosehead; Mr. Boston; Old Crow; Pallo Viejo; Parrot Bay; Ron Rico; Royal Club Blend; Sazerac Bourbon; Schenely; Sea- gram’s; VO; Wild Turkey; Windsor; Wolschmidt. C OFFEE /T EA : Kivu bulk beans in Fred Meyer stores are roasted by members of Portland-based Bakers Local 114; Boyd, USA, Melitta, Maxwell House, Peerless, Superior coffees; Tetley Tea, Mr. & Mrs. Tea, S.S. Pierce Teas, Great Value, Best Choice, Darj Green. R OSES : Armstrong, Jackson and Perkins (J&P), Meilland Star. The Northwest Labor Press has compiled a list of Web sites that pro- mote union-made and American made products. It is by no means an all-inclusive list, but it does offer products made by members of both the AFL-CIO and Change to Win la- bor federations. Joanne Scott, a 30-year member of Bakers Local 114, displays one of her holiday cake creations available at Roth’s Fresh Market in Salem. Roth’s in-store bakery has operated union since 1966. The bakery continues the art of old-style “scratch” baking of cakes, cookies, doughnuts, bread and rolls. Other in-store bakeries under contract with Local 114 include: all QFC Markets; Fred Meyer stores in SW Washington (except Battle Ground and Fischer Landing); Fred Meyer stores in Oregon (except Redmond and Tillamook); Oregon Albertsons Stores (except Bend/Redmond, Ashland, Biddle Road in Medford; Sherwood, McMinnville, and Baseline in Hillsboro); most Safeway stores in SW Washington and Oregon (ask if bakers are union); Oregon City Haggen’s; Rosauer’s Supermarket, featuring Oregon’s only union Mexican bakery line in Hood River; and Sherm’s Thunderbird Market in Roseburg. Happy shopping! How to Buy American www.howtobuyamerican.com A LL A MERICAN C LOTHING C O . www.allamericanclothing.com M ADE IN USA www.madeinusa.org U NION P LUS www.unionplus.org/union- made/holiday-gift-ideas U NION L ABEL & S ERVICE T RADES , AFL-CIO www.shopunionmade.org B UY A MERICAN . COM www.buyamerican.com C HANGE TO W IN www.changetowin.org/connect/2009/ 11/sweatshop-free_gifts.html M ID -W EST M ARKETING U NION M ADE www.unionmade.com P OINTER B RAND www.pointerbrand.com U NION H OUSE A PPAREL www.unionlabel.com S HOP FOR A MERICA www.shopforamerica.com/home.php P OWELL ’ S B OOK S TORE www.powells.com U NION M ADE C LOTHING www.unionmadeclothing.com Union-made Ste. Michelle wine rated No. 1 in the world! Chateau Ste. Michelle, Washington’s only unionized winery and the largest wine producer in the state, landed the No. 1 spot on Wine Spectator magazine’s top 100 list for 2009. Out of 17,000 wines, the winery’s Columbia Crest 2005 Columbia Valley Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon was judged the best. It is the first time that a Washington wine has reached the top of the list. United Farm Workers represents Ste. Michelle’s vineyard workers and Teamsters Local 117 represents the barrel room, warehouse, production, shipping and maintenance workers at its Woodinville facility. In addition to Columbia Crest and Chateau Ste. Michelle wines, the winery’s labels include Domaine Ste. Michelle, Snoqualmie, Col Solare, NorthStar, Villa Mt. Eden, Conn Creek, Stimson Estate Cellars and Red Diamond. Other union-made wines and champagnes in the U.S. include: Almaden; Andre; Arbor Mist; Bartles & James; Boone’s Farm; Carlo Rossi; CC Vineyards; Saddle Mountain; Farron Ridge; St. Supery; C.R. Cellars, C.K. Mon- davi, Charles Krug, Scheid Vineyards Inc.; Coastal Vinters; Cook’s; Cooperfield; Corbett Canyon; Cresta Blanca; Deer Valley; DeFleu; E & J Brandy; Eden Roc; Ernest & Julio Gallo; Estate Cellars; Estate Inglenook; Franzia; Gossamer Bay; Holland House; Hornsby’s; Indigo Hills; Inglenook Premium; J. Roget; Jacques Bibet; Jacques Bonet; Jacques Reynard; Krug; Le Domaine; Lejon Vermouth; Livingston Cellars; Manischewicz; Marcelina; Mogen David; Montpelier; Mystic Cliffs; Napolean; Oakridge Vineyards; Paul Masson; Peter Vella; Scheffield; Select; Sonoma Tier; Stanford; Stefani; Taylor California Cellars; Taylor New York State; Totts; Tribuno Ver- mouth; Turning Leaf; Via Firenze; Weibel; Wycliff; and Zonin. Any of these union-made wines would make a great holiday gift. NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS DECEMBER 18, 2009
