Speaker 1: Ben and Jerry's. Ben and Jerry's built their brand on
Speaker 1: ice cream and activism. Even though they are a corporation,
Speaker 1: they are the darlings of the left, or at least
Speaker 1: they used to be. A couple of years ago, Ben
Speaker 1: and Jerry's signed on with the Milk with Dignity program.
Speaker 1: It was started by Migrant Justice, a lefty group in Vermont.
Speaker 1: Vermont happens to be where Ben and Jerry's gets eighty
Speaker 1: percent of the milk for their ice cream, and for
Speaker 1: the last two years, the Milk with Dignity people have
Speaker 1: been negotiating with Ben and Jerry's for higher wages, better
Speaker 1: working conditions, and better housing for the farm workers. They
Speaker 1: haven't come to an agreement, and now there's been an eruption.
Speaker 1: This past Saturday, scores of dairy farm workers and activists
Speaker 1: marched on Ben and Jerry's. Farm Workers complained they've been
Speaker 1: negotiating in good faith, but Ben and Jerry's is giving
Speaker 1: them the runaround. A company spokesman says getting a good
Speaker 1: deal is complex because it's got to work for farmers
Speaker 1: and farm owners and the ice scream business. Ben and
Speaker 1: Jerry you expect the poor farm hands that you exploit
Speaker 1: to believe it's complex to improve their wages and working
Speaker 1: conditions in housing. You're making ice cream for crying out
Speaker 1: loud and billions on the backs of migrant workers while
Speaker 1: they have to march on rocky roads to find justice.
Speaker 1: What delicious irony. And the left is still going to
Speaker 1: keep buying this stuff. It's not going to bother them
Speaker 1: at all. You watch h