I've just get a mail from the Methodist Tax Justice Network saying:
We will be protesting outside Cadbury World in Bournville from 10:30-11:30am this Saturday (29th).
We will be meeting outside St. Francis Church on Linden Road (B30 1JT) and then protesting by the large Cadbury world sign. Some placards will be provided, but feel free to make your own! We will also be printing out a brief informative leaflet for passers by. [Copy below]
This protest will coincide with the Bournville Village Trust Festival, so there will be people there to see us! Furthermore, a letter will be sent to the Cadburys management by the Chair of the Birmingham District, Bill Anderson - through a combination of pressure and dialogue, we hope that Cadburys will promise to return to their Quaker roots and be open, honest and trustworthy in their business practices.
Good luck, I say.
Thanks for reading this post.
You can share this post on social media of your choice by clicking these icons:
You can subscribe to this blog's daily email here.
And if you would like to support this blog you can, here:
I targeted Cadbury earlier today. It was delicious!
Ha ha
Cadbury’s are as divorced from their Quaker origins as are Barclays – in fact , one can barely imagine two businesses more Un-Quaker like! Bournville was, of course, set up as a community of decent housing which was available to the workforce – now it is as much a victim of the housing bubble as elsewhere and probably one of the most expensive Birmingham areas, not sure whether the workers houses were protected from this! So much for the worthy 19th century ideals and george cadbury.
I’m a Methodist from a Methodist family and, before that Primitive Methodists. And, although “lapsed” I can well remember their history. Hence I’m glad to see them once again taking a moral stance.