labor rights

Protesters urge shoppers not to buy Mt. Olive Pickles

A year long boycott of Mount Olive Pickles by the Farm Labor Organizing Committee began in 1999. One local leader, Joan Priess, led this effort at a local Kroger Grocery. Donning a pickle tiara she founded the Triangle Friends of United Farm Workers and mentored many young activists.

“Don’t spend a nickel on a Mount Olive pickle!”…