Aug 26, 2020
UPDATE: We were notified by Libsyn (the service where we host our podcast) that No Evil Foods demanded to have our last episode removed due to our use of an "unauthorized recording" from the union-busting captive audience meetings they subjected their workers to. We are re-uploading the episode with an intro/update from Max. You can still listen to the recordings in question here: http://andrew-miller.com/blog/2020/why-doesnt-no-evil-foods-want-you-to-hear-this/
We talk to Jon, Meagan, Josh, and Cortne, four former employees at
No Evil Foods, a vegan plant-based meat producer in North Carolina
that made headlines over the past year with its union-busting
tactics. We talk about the failed unionization drive, the
captive-audience meetings management held, and about companies like
NEF using "progressive" branding to mask their anti-union
practices.
Additional links/info below...
- Mo Evil Foods website and Twitter page
- Petition: Union for No Evil Foods
- Andrew Miller, The Industrial Worker, "Mo' Evil Foods"
- Paul Blest, The Appeal, "A Vegan Meat Company Purged Its Pro-Labor Employees. Workers Say an Anti-Union Drive Prompted the Firings"
- Lauren Kaori Gurley, Vice, "Audio: No Evil Foods, a Faux Leftist Vegan-Meat Company, Busts Union Drive"
- Kim Kelly, The Baffler, "The New Face of Union Busting"
Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: freemusicarchive.org)
- Audio Clips provided by Andrew Miller: http://andrew-miller.com/blog/2020/why-doesnt-no-evil-foods-want-you-to-hear-this/
- Lobo Loco, "Malte Junior - Hall"
- Gumbel, "Killing Bosses"