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Mount Olive Pickle Boycott Faces North Carolina Labor Clash
Ohio Farm Labor Organizing Committee leads a protest against Mount Olive Pickle Co over use of nonunion labor in North Carolina cucumber fields. The union seeks contracts for Mexican and Central American workers, citing poor living conditions and low pay, while Mount Olive defends its supplier choices and brand.
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Gariepy
Mount Olive Pickle Co
North Carolina
Kroger Co
Farm Labor Organizing Committee of
Ohio
Mount Olive
South
Farm Workers Union
Mexico
Central America
Midwest
Campbell Soup Co
Michigan
Heinz
Vlasic
Baldemar Velasquez
The
Toledo
United Farm Workers
Campbell Soup
Mike Ferner
Velasquez
Bryan
N.C
mid-Atlantic
Ohio State
John Cooper
Farm Labor Organizing Committee of Ohio
Columbus