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When You Shop This Year, Avoid These…!

Volume CIII, No. 12December, 2003

Following are some of the national boycotts endorsed by the national AFL-CIO. The boycotts were instituted by and are conducted by the unions noted in the descriptions. For more information, check out www.unionlabel.org.

BUILDING MATERIALS & TOOLS

  • JET EQUIPMENT & TOOLS, INC.
    Auburn, Wash., distributor of “JET” brand metal and woodworking power and hand tools for home and commercial use.
    International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

ENTERTAINMENT & RECREATION

  • BIG LEAGUE THEATRICALS ROAD COMPANY Tour of “THE MUSIC MAN.”
    Actors’ Equity Association/American Federation of Musicians.
  • BIG LEAGUE THEATRICALS ROAD COMPANY Tour of “MISS SAIGON.”
    Actors’ Equity Association/American Federation of Musicians.
  • BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION
    BET cable television, Action pay-per-view, BET on Jazz.
    International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
  • ECHOSTAR DISH NETWORK
    Satellite Television Service.
    Communications Workers of America.

FOOD & BEVERAGES

  • ALGOOD FOODS
    Reeses peanut butter.
    International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
  • DIAMOND WALNUT CO.
    Diamond brand canned and bagged walnuts.
    International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
  • MT. OLIVE PICKLE CO.
    Pickles and relishes sold under the Mt. Olive and other labels, including the Food Lion and Harris Teeter supermarket “house” labels.
    Farm Labor Organizing Committee.
  • PICTSWEET MUSHROOM FARM
    Fresh mushrooms and frozen vegetables.
    United Farm Workers of America.

TRANSPORTATION & TRAVEL

  • ADAM’S MARK HOTEL
    Hotel in Buffalo, New York.
    International Union of Operating Engineers
  • BEST WESTERN-GROSVENOR RESORT
    Hotel in Buena Vista, Florida.
    Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union
  • FOUR POINTS BY SHERATON
    Hotel in Waterbury, Connecticut.
    Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union
  • HOLIDAY INN SUNSPREE HOTEL
    Hotel in Kapaa, Hawaii.
    International Longshore & Warehouse Union
  • NEW OTANI HOTEL & GARDEN
    Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.
    Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union

OTHERS

  • R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.
    Cigarettes: Best Value, Camel, Century, Doral, Eclipse, Magna, Monarch, More, Now, Salem, Sterling, Vantage, and Winston; plus all Moonlight Tobacco products.
    Bakers’ Union