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Ben & Jerry's said its parent, Unilever (ULVR.L), decided to oust the ice cream maker's chief executive, Dave Stever, escalating a battle over the subsidiary's independence on social policy issues.

In a Tuesday night filing in Manhattan federal court, Ben & Jerry's said Unilever advised on March 3 it was removing Stever without consulting directors because of his commitment to the ice cream maker's social mission and brand integrity, not because of concerns about his job performance.

It said Unilever chastised Stever in a January performance review for "repeatedly acquiescing" to Ben & Jerry's promotion of social goals, and has repeatedly warned personnel not to defy its efforts to "silence the social mission."

Ben & Jerry's also said Unilever's attacks on its social mission have reached "new levels of oppressiveness."

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[–] Grimtuck@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It would be nice to understand what these social policies are otherwise this means nothing.

[–] Akip@discuss.tchncs.de 36 points 1 day ago

if you read the article

It said Unilever blocked it in February from honoring Black History Month, and more recently from supporting the release from detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a U.S. legal permanent resident active in pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University and who the Trump administration wants to deport.

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well you're supposed to just know that it means diversity, anti-war, societal health...anything that isn't pushing towards total wealth concentration and power of the elite just be eliminated. It's literally the machine from fern gully

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If they're against wealth consolidation, why did they willingly come under a larger corporation? Hypocrites and sellouts.

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Tale as old as time. Money, lots of money, and promises about people not being affected, the company not changing, etc. 99% of the time it's bs.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 25 points 1 day ago

The one I know is their pro-Palestinian position. They tried to divest from Israeli settlements and in return Unilever created another subsidiary to handle sales in Israel IIRC.