Hershey's, Nestle's candy and Halloween

[rurallib]

I saw a list of union made candies for Halloween and some Hershey's varieties were on hte list. Apparently not all Hershey's candy is union made. Thought I had heard that Hershey's moved to Mexico a few years ago.

4. Hershey's Candy Corn Kisses
5. Hershey's Extra Dark Chocolate bar
6. Hershey's Hugs
7. Hershey's Kisses
8. Hershey's Nuggets (from http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Other-News/Union-Made-Halloween-Candy-Shopping-List)

Also there are a couple of Nestle products - Baby Ruth and Butterfingers are on the list. Guess I had always assumed Nestle was anti-union.

Thanks for any help.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

1. More

1. Baby Ruth
2. Butterfinger
3. Candy House Buttons
4. Caramello
5. Clark Bar
6. 5th Avenue chocolate bar
7. Ghirardelli Chocolates
8. Halloween Candy Corn (Herman Goelitz Company)
9. Hershey's Candy Corn Kisses
10. Hershey's Extra Dark Chocolate bar
11. Hershey's Hugs
12. Hershey's Kisses and Kissables
13. Hershey's Nuggets
14. Hot Tamales
15. Jelly Belly
16. Kit Kat bars
17. Laffy Taffy
18. Malted Milk Balls
19. Mary Jane
20. Mike and Ike
21. Peanut Chews
22. Rolo
23. Smarties
24. Super Ropes
25. Tootsie Roll
26. Trolli
27. York Peppermint Patties

[CherokeeDem]

2. Thank goodness...

Butterfingers are on the list!

Buy Union!!!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

11. sounds like we finally found a category of things we can make in america just fine !! nt

[louis-t]

3. YEEESSSSS! Hershey's Dark chocolate bars.

My favorite. I am printing this list, and no other candy will be allowed in my house.

Oh, and my Mom always has Ghirardelli candy.

[Xithras]

4. We don't allow Hershey in my house. We're 100% Ghirardelli this year.

I saw the economic devastation that Hershey's wrought when they moved to Mexico, first hand. I haven't bought one of their bars in years, and won't do so ever again.

Ghirardelli is 100% American and Union made.

[TBF]

7. You expected chocolate to be made from kale?

[TBF]

12. I wouldn't call Ghiradelli gourmet -

I heard Lindt bought them but they seem to be mass-produced now (at least the stuff we see at Target that would conceivably be handed out at halloween).

Actually I prefer to go to the British stores and get yummy chocolate from overseas - it always tastes better to me. Their recipes must be different.

But for halloween candy to hand out I just buy tootsie rolls, smarties and assorted chocolate bars that kids seem to like.

[Xithras]

17. Who would hand out gourmet chocolate on Halloween?

When the monsters come begging, they get the Ghirardelli chocolates from the holiday packs I bought at Target. I'm not exactly worried about providing a "gourmet" experience

Besides, I'm pretty sure that Ghirardelli don't market themselves as "gourmet" anyway. Their marketing refers to their products as "premium" chocolates, which pretty much just means "better than Hersheys". I can't disagree with them on that.

[hootinholler]

8. That move was really an insult to Milton Hershey

He would never have done such a thing, he was all about building a community around products.

[Southside]

6. Who knew? Thanks for the info

Will definitely support the union products.

[Dreamer Tatum]

10. Ugh, HFCS. No thanks.

My health is more important to me than those unions.

[gollygee]

13. Hersey's uses slave labor

http://www.laborrights.org/stop-child-forced-labor/cocoa-campaign/why-target-hershey-for-labor-rights-abuses

SEND AN E-MAIL TO HERSHEY HERE!
Since 2001, major chocolate companies including Hershey have committed to eliminating abusive child labor, forced labor and trafficking in their cocoa supply chains. However, nine years later, these abuses have continued. In March, a new documentary exposed the continued trafficking of child labor from Mali to Cote d’Ivoire to work on cocoa farms and last summer, INTERPOL conducted a raid that identified scores of children who were victims of trafficking and forced labor in Cote d’Ivoire’s cocoa farms. Last Fall, the U.S. Department of Labor named cocoa from Cote d’Ivoire, the world’s largest cocoa producing country, on a list of goods produced by forced and child labor.

While some companies have agreed to various programs to trace their cocoa to the farm or cooperative and to begin to institute stronger labor standards for cocoa farmers, Hershey has lagged behind all of its competitors and has refused to agree to any such programs. (See page 9-12 of ILRF’s latest report on the cocoa industry.) Hershey has even consistently rejected shareholder resolutions requesting the company to provide even a basic level of transparent information about its cocoa.

Additionally, Hershey has also been restructuring its global manufacturing so that it pushes responsibility for the processing of its chocolate products to other companies. This process has had a negative consequence on workplace safety, job security and union membership among much of the workforce that produce Hershey products. (Check out this recent article for more information.)

As a result, consumers remain in the dark about where Hershey’s cocoa comes from and the conditions under which it is produced. Hershey is one of the largest chocolate companies in the country and is an iconic U.S. brand. Why then can it not use its considerable resources to track its global supply chain and take responsibility for ensuring decent conditions for its workers?

[Erose999]

14. The Nestle CEO guy is an asshole who is lobbying for water privitization. Fuck that guy and fuck

Nestle

[Laura PourMeADrink]

16. once saw a deal about Tootsie Roll - how it was supposed to be a fantastic

american company that really cared - wonder if it still is