In 2025, Migrant Justice submitted an international human rights complaint with the Dutch government over abuses on dairy farms supplying Hannaford Supermarket. After a year of investigation and deliberation, the National Contact Point for Responsible Business Conduct in the Netherlands has concluded that the complaint should move forward. In response, Hannaford parent company Ahold Delhaize has…

On International Workers’ Day, farmworkers held a sixteen-hour picket of Hannaford Supermarket to demand Milk with Dignity. The campaign notched a new achievement, as Hannaford chose to close its Williston store hours early in the face of overwhelming pressure from farmworkers and allies.

Dairy workers spent May Day educating consumers about the systemic labor abuses in Hannaford’s supply chain…

Farmworkers and consumers are gearing up for another year of action for Milk with Dignity. Despite the unceasing attacks from Trump’s deportation agencies, workers are courageously continuing to organize for dignified working and housing conditions in the dairy industry.

After last year’s agreement with organic brand Vermont Way Foods to create a new “Cheese with Dignity” product (on shelves…

This week, Migrant Justice is taking action for Milk with Dignity on both sides of the Atlantic. A delegation is currently in the Netherlands, home of Hannaford Supermarket’s parent company Ahold Delhaize. And on Tuesday April 7th, another group will pay a visit to the headquarters of Ahold’s operations in the United States.

Tuesday’s event at the Ahold USA headquarters will mark the first time…

We are thrilled to share two tremendous updates today, as the fight for immigrant rights continues to heat up in Vermont. Despite the increasing attacks from federal deportation agencies, Vermonters are organizing, standing up to ICE's abuses, and winning freedom for detained community members.

Cristian Andrade returned home today after winning release on immigration bond. He had been held…

On March 11th, heavily armed ICE agents violently and illegally detained three community members in their home in South Burlington, Vermont. Agents broke down the door, entered with guns drawn, brutally handcuffed the non-resistant residents – including an 18-year-old U.S. citizen – and detained Cristian Jerez and sisters Johana and Camila Patin.

Following mass public outcry – and near constant…

In just one week, Migrant Justice will return to the Netherlands, home of Hannaford Supermarket’s parent company, to directly address corporate executives and directors. We will enter the annual shareholder meeting to share the stories of dairy workers enduring abuses on farms supplying milk to Hannaford Supermarket, to denounce Hannaford’s false solutions, and to urge the company to take action…

We are thrilled to share two tremendous updates today, as the fight for immigrant rights continues to heat up in Vermont. Despite the increasing attacks from federal deportation agencies, Vermonters are organizing, standing up to ICE's abuses, and winning freedom for detained community members.

Cristian Andrade returned home today after winning release on immigration bond. He had been held…

Migrant Justice has recently returned from a week in the Netherlands, where we traveled to take the fight for Milk with Dignity to the corporate owners of Hannaford Supermarket. The visit marked a new set of achievements in the campaign, bringing us one step closer to expanding essential protections for farmworker rights.

The escalation in the campaign coincides with the publication in The…

On Friday, March 20th, Camila won her release and walked out of the court a free woman. Camila had spent nine days in detention, separated from her family, following the brutal ICE raid of her home in South Burlington on March 11th.

Camila's triumphant release caps a week of near constant rallies in support of detained community members. Hundreds of Vermonters spent hours chanting and singing in…

South Burlington, Vermont. Just before 8:00 am on March 11, 2026, Migrant Justice received word on our emergency line about an attempted Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention in progress at 337 Dorset St, South Burlington. A Migrant Justice volunteer arrived on the scene and confirmed that there were at least 3 ICE agents on site. We then activated our **Rapid Response…

Farmworkers and consumers are gearing up for another year of action for Milk with Dignity. Despite the unceasing attacks from Trump’s deportation agencies, workers are courageously continuing to organize for dignified working and housing conditions in the dairy industry.

After last year’s agreement with organic brand Vermont Way Foods to create a new “Cheese with Dignity” product (on shelves…

Johana is free and back with her family! She walked out the front doors of the Vermont Federal District Court yesterday into the open arms of hundreds of supporters. Through the organized solidarity of her community, Johana was ordered released after five arduous days in detention and was reunited with her partner and two young daughters.

Missed the news about last week's ICE detention of…

The last two months have seen a surge of activity, both from the murderous paramilitary forces of ICE and Border Patrol attacking communities, and from the inspiring responses of those same communities to organize in self-defense. From Minnesota to Maine – and here in Vermont – federal deportation agencies continue to persecute immigrants at unprecedented levels while encountering new forms of…

This Friday, farmworkers will lead an all-day picket of Hannaford Supermarket over labor abuses on farms supplying Hannaford-brand milk. Throughout the day outside of the Hannaford store in Williston, Vermont, workers and allies will call on consumers to respect the picket line and not shop at Hannaford. Together, we will show the supermarket chain that farmworkers and consumers are united…