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The Votes are in for your Favorite 2003 Cuddly-As-A-Cactus Crooks
‘ Scrooge of the Year’ candidates are nominated for their actions that lead to social and economic injustices, including stomping on our rights to organize or other wrongs that cause harm to our community. Previous winners and candidates of the vote have met an untimely demise, such as former Seattle School Board President Nancy Waldman, former US Senator Slade Gorton and former UW President Richard McCormick. And . . . this year's Seattle Scrooge, Darigold CEO John Mueller, is joining the ranks of fleeing Scrooges, as he announced that he would "retire" soon after we delivered his award.
JwJ activists pledge “we’ll be there,” we’re not scared of any Scrooge. By publicly awarding the Scrooge of the Year, our expectation is that the 3 Scrooges’ hearts will grow 3 sizes bigger. This year’s Scrooge candidates cut against the grain of what it means to be an American. They could have shown great leadership to support people in need at a time of national economic crises. Instead they have turned to Scroogey motives.
Building Industry Association of WA accepts the Scrooge Award in Bellingham
This year, we celebrated the holidays with our 9th annual Scrooge of the Year Party.
This year’s other infamous finalists were:
- Wal-Mart . . . Low, Low Pay Scrooge
- Rep. Rick Larsen . . . Fast Track Scrooge
For Pierce County, see updated (2007) info here.
Darigold CEO John Mueller Personally Comes Back to Accept His JwJ Scrooge of the Year Award . . . After First Running Away
 Wearing bobble-headed green Mueller masks, merrily singing carols, prancing down the driveway with signs, JwJ activists delivered the " Scrooge of the Year" award at the CEO's Mercer Island waterfront mansion. Even the neighborhood dog joined us in this fun gala.
First, the Scrooge was caught off guard as he was operating his garage door opener. He quickly scurried inside. After we sang at least 5 carols with Darigold lockout stylized lyrics, he finally came to the door and was handed his officially framed Scrooge certificate. He then grumbled something unintelligible and closed the door. We finished our last song and departed. As we left up his long steep driveway, Mueller came sloughing out of his house shooting a fancy camera like the paparazzi. Judging from his hospitality-mansion-view-cars-estate, Mueller's holiday will not lack from material largess but rather from a shriveled cold heart. Thus is the life of a CEO at war against hardworking people and living wage jobs.
Earlier in the day, we had hoped to catch Mueller at his local grocery store. We caroled, leafleted about the Darigold Scrooge, and wore costumes. The stressed out store manager got a bit out of control, then the police arrived and settled him down, and we moved onto to our next adventure at Mueller's mansion.
Take Action
Please Call and Write Darigold CEO John Mueller and ask him to end this cruel lockout of 200 workers in our community.
His home phone number is (206) 275-1265 and his address is 4748 East Mercer Way, Mercer Island, WA 98040.
Background
 The winner of JwJ’s Seattle Scrooge contest, Darigold’s John Mueller won for locking out dairy workers since Labor Day weekend and importing out-of-state scabs at great expense after recording a 109% net earnings increase in its 2002-2003 Annual Report. Darigold workers have wanted to continue working since the first day of the lockout but Mueller will not let them. Instead, he has demanded that all the workers sign a contract that imposes drastic cuts to affordable quality healthcare and future livable wages.
This year's other callous candidate was:
- Scott Scribner, top officer of Allied Building Services . . . “Avaricious Allied” Scrooge, for denying healthcare to hardworking janitors and then firing scores of these low-wage workers when exercising their right to organize.
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