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Article: Tyson Pepperoni Gives Heartburn to Pizza Hut: UFCW Mass Mailing Targets Pizza Hut Customers
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- May 5, 2003
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WASHINGTON, May 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Pizza Hut is about to get a
lot of unwanted customer attention as the United Food and Commercial
Workers Union (UFCW) has dropped approximately a half-million piece
mailing to working families across the United States.
The mailing asks that Pizza Hut customers contact the company
asking that the giant pizza chain make its pizza "Tyson-free." The
mass mailing comes as part of a national campaign to roll back
corporate greed in response to Tyson's effort to rollover striking
workers at a highly profitable pepperoni plant in Jefferson, Wis.
The dispute started in late February when Tyson demanded that
workers accept a complete elimination of the pension ...