Boycott Azteca Tortillas

Workers who make Azteca Tortillas in Chicago are engaged in an unfair labor practice strike to protest workers' rights violations at the Chicago factory where they work. They are fighting for a fair union contract for themselves and their families. Instead of improvements, the company is seeking to take away what they have.

The union workers have called for a boycott of Azteca products. Azteca workers, who have been walking a picket line since September 30th, simply want their employer to obey the law and respect their right to have a union. They want a fair raise, health and safety protections in the plant, improvements in their health insurance, a fair pension, union security and respect for their years of service. Despite appeals from religious and community leaders to negotiate fairly, the company is seeking to cut the minimal protections and benefits workers have had for many years. Please let Azteca know you won’t buy its products again until a fair contract is reached.

You can sign the boycott pledge and learn more about the campaign from their union's website at http://www.ranknfile-ue.org (links open in new window)

Updates:

See also Chicago Tribune article "U.S. mediation urged in strike at Azteca Foods 2 congressmen join call for talks to end labor feud" (Feb. 4, 2003, requires free registration)

UE Charges Azteca with Bad Faith Bargaining (February 11, 2003)