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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsExposed: How Whole Foods and the Biggest Organic Foods Distributor Are Screwing Workers
http://www.alternet.org/food/exposed-how-whole-foods-and-biggest-organic-foods-distributor-are-screwing-workersWhole Foods is under investigation for 45 violations of federal labor law.
The union is like having herpes. It doesn't kill you, but it's unpleasant and inconvenient, and it stops a lot of people from becoming your lover." -- John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods
Whole Foods Market (WFM) CEO John Mackey has done a brilliant job of creating the illusion that his empire is all about abundance, bounty and the good life. But theres nothing bountiful or good about the way the second-largest non-unionized food retailer exploits workers.
United Natural Foods Incorporated (UNFI), the largest multi-billion dollar wholesale distributor of organic and natural foods in the U.S., is currently under investigation for 45 violations of federal labor law, including physically threatening immigrant workers in California who were trying to form a union.
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Exposed: How Whole Foods and the Biggest Organic Foods Distributor Are Screwing Workers (Original Post)
Javaman
Feb 2013
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CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)1. There is a whole foods less than half a mile from my house
Never been in it and never will be in it.
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)2. I would rather buy from a local non organic farmer than Whole Foods.
Mega Organic Farms have some of the same problems as mega non organic farms. The key thing is, do you know how the food was produced. At Whole Foods, probably not. Buying seasonal produce locally from farmers you know is the way to go.
It is no accident that one of the worst recent cases of food contamination (e coli) in recent years was from organic spinach produced on a mega farm in California.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)3. My my, how WholePaycheck
has fallen.