Timeline of Labor Dispute at Sakuma Brothers Farm, Inc.

Summer 2013

Summer 2014

Spring 2014

Winter 2014

Fall 2013

July 10, 2013Frederico Lopez is fired and evicted.

First work stoppage begins.

July 22, 2013240 farmworkers vote for second work

stoppage over differential treatemnt.

August 5, 2013All pickers on the Familias Unidias por la Justicia crew are laid off, told it is due to

poor picking quality.

Ausut 11, 2013FUJ negotiations committee agrees to begin to work for a legally enforecable

contract

August 14, 2013Sakuma Brothers breach pay contract. 83 FUJ farmworker leaders protest to

protect breach

August 27, 2013Boycott picketline at Hilltop Red Apple

Market succeeds in having Sakuma Berries removed from shelves.

Fall 2014

September 25, 2013Skagit County court rules in favor of farmworkers granting an injunction.

October 7, 2013WA State Federation of Employees Convention passes resolution in support of Familias Unidas por la Justicia.

October 24, 2013Familias Unidas files a class-action lawsuit on wage and hour violations.

November 8, 2013FUJ addresses the PNW NACCS confer-ence in Olympia, Wash.

November 14, 2013FUJ President Ramon Torres addresses the Legislative Work Session with Wash-inton State Labor and Workforce Committee

January 18, 2014Boycott picket line in San Francisco

Haagen-Dazs

February 11, 2014Familias Unidas por la Justicia

supporters hold a march and rally at the state Capitol buliding during Latino

Legislative Day.

February 24, 2014NW Detention Center and Not 1 More Deportation engage in a direct action

that blocks the deportation of detainees

March 29, 2014Familias Unidas por la Justicia hold a picket line at Seattle premier of Cesar Chavez movie

April 9, 2014Familias Unidas submits 300 letters of intent to work to Sakuma Bros. Farm and the Department of Labor in Seattle

April 17, 2014Grassroots Global Justice endorses Sakuma Berry Boycott

April 21, 2014Sakuma Bros. Farms sends letters to farmworkers letting them know they are eligible for rehire, but will not be provided family cabins

May 4, 2014FUJ and WWU Students for Farmwork-er Justice participate in the 2nd Annual Farmworker Dignity March from Lynden to Bellingham

May 15, 2014FUJ sues Sakuma Bro. Farms under WA Law Against Discrimination.Remanded by US District court, awards attourney feeds to FUJ to be paid by Sakuma.

May 27, 2014Skagit County Superior Court grants temporary injunction against Sakuma to stop retaliation and regire eligible union workers.

June 5, 2014Governor Inslee appoints Farm Work

Group to come up with administrative solutions brought up bu Familias Unidas

por la Justicia.

June 11, 2014Sakuma Bros. Farm agrees to settle

wage and hour class-action lawsuit for a record $850,000

June 26, 2014Skagit County Superior Court orders Sa-

kuma Bros. to house farmworker families

July 15, 2014CEO Steve Sakuma announces the farm

will not be hiring for the harvest until August.

August 1, 2014Sakuma executives spray pesticides in area adjacent to field office to disperse

Union Action team.

August 11, 201470+ farmworkers stop work over

firing of Cornelio Ramirez, FUJ committee member.

September 5, 2014Manager of Bellingham grocery store, Terra Organica, endorses a berry boycott and stops selling Driscolls brand.

October 23, 2014Management of Alberta Co-op in Portland, Ore. endorses a boycott of berries sourced at Sakuma Bros. Farms.

Winter 2015

Spring 2015

January 22, 2015Familias Unidas por la Justicia and WWU

Students for Farmworker Justice host Farmworkers Speak Out at Western to

raise awareness.

February 3, 2015WWU Students for Farmworker Justice travel to Olympia to protest HB 1104.

February 23, 2015WWU Students for Farmworker Justice

and Familias Unidas staged a protest at the Bellingham co-op to encourage the co-op to continue their boycott against

Sakuma.

March 3, 2015Sakuma Brothers Farm names Danny Weeden as new CEO

April 1, 2015Driscolls announces Kevin Murphy as new CEO

April 16, 2015Sakuma Brothers issues new pay plan of $10 per hour for farmers, as well as a wage cap.

May 8, 2015Sakuma Brothers Farm announces they will not be opening their U-pick fields and market stand in Burlington.