At PCC, a food consumer cooperative chain in Seattle, made a worker take off a watermelon pin last week. Not even an explicitly Palestine pin. Workers are upset about this!

This action follows a long campaign for PCC to drop Israeli products. PCC even brags that they are "anti-colonial". But recently they've reversed their policies from previously vetting their product on variety for criteria, to selling products based on whether people actually buy them, and in the same revision banned any protest activities.

After collecting over a thousand signatures supporting the ban, I was also told the cooperative recently removed member voting.

An important reminder that just because something is labeled a "cooperative" doesn't necessarily mean anything. They're betting on your inherent trust of their brand while they backslide.

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