Ben and Jerry’s Moos Its Support For Protesters

[PeaceNikki]

http://gawker.com/5848144/ben-and-jerrys-moos-its-support-for-protesters

Occupy Wall Street and its satellite movements have their first show of corporate support: Ben and Jerry's, the Vermont-based ice cream purveyor and a subsidiary of the Unilever corporation, posted a statement of solidarity on their website.

Beneath an illustration of a cow holding a sign that says, "Occupy," it reads:

To those who Occupy: We stand with you.

We, the Ben & Jerry's Board of Directors, compelled by our personal convictions and our Company's mission and values, wish to express our deepest admiration to all of you who have initiated the non-violent Occupy Wall Street Movement and to those around the country who have joined in solidarity. The issues raised are of fundamental importance to all of us. These include:

The inequity that exists between classes in our country is simply immoral.
We are in an unemployment crisis. Almost 14 million people are unemployed. Nearly 20% of African American men are unemployed. Over 25% of our nation's youth are unemployed.
Many workers who have jobs have to work 2 or 3 of them just to scrape by.
Higher education is almost impossible to obtain without going deeply in debt.

Now only if I could get my hands on some Schweddy Balls to support them back! :)

[charmay]

1. I'll have to go out and get a pint of Cherry Garcia

in support of Ben and Jerry's.