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| Another day, another delegation of farmworkers and allies turned away by a supermarket industry leader. This time it was the mid-Atlantic retail food chain Giant, but this time it ended with a twist. Find out what’s behind this mysterious sign from behind the corporate veil… See a full photo report here. |
Click here to see the Day 3 Report, including photos, video, and press links from Tuesday’s visit to Giant corporate headquarters in Landover, MD!
The Do the Right Thing Tour continued Tuesday, and in a reprise of Monday’s brush-off by Trader Joe’s in NYC, the CIW crew and allies were turned away from Giant headquarters in Landover, MD. But this time, the story ended with an unexpected twist. Here’s an excerpt from the Day 3 Report:
| “… The crew stopped in its tracks for a closer look.
And, to the amazement of all, the message — pressed mutely to the tinted window of the brick building that looked identical in almost every way to every other building in the vast corporate park, including that of its neighbor, Giant — said: “Justice” A worker — a person with a heart and a mind of his or her own — saw the CIW workers and their rejection at the hands of Giant, stopped whatever it was they were doing, grabbed a piece of office paper and a company issued marker, and wrote out an urgent message of love for the farmworkers locked out of the offices that have profited so richly from their labor for so long. And just like that, the facade of cold, uncaring power that Giant sought to project fell away, revealing the humanity on the other side of the opaque glass and brick walls. With one intensely human gesture, all the strength was stripped from Giant’s stony silence…” read more |
And for more on the CIW’s visit to Giant headquarters, read “Florida tomato pickers target Giant, other grocers,” Landover (MD) Gazette, 2/25/11.