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John West not the best? Report by Greenpeace reveals all…

Revealed: Greenpeace investigators have found that John West’s owners Thai Union, have been linked to human trafficking and people being forced to work on fishing ships for years without pay. [1]

Not only do destructive fishing practices kill endangered sea turtles and sharks – they also contribute to real human misery and pain.

John West has bowed to people power before – if enough of us email them now it could be enough to get them to change Thai Union’s ways.

Click here to send an email to John West.

In 2011, after a long campaign, we forced every major supermarket to switch to sustainably caught tuna. John West made that promise too, but they’re breaking it, so we’ve launched a campaign to remind them that they can’t keep duping their customers. [2]

In just 7 days, over 70,000 people have joined you in standing against the UK’s worst tuna brands – and John West are bottom of the list. Together, we’ve made the front page of The Times, and had big stories in the Daily Mail, Guardian, Independent and more. We even made it onto the sofa of ITV’s This Morning, alongside Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.

Could you tip the balance now and email John West Directly?

John West are owned by Thai Union, the biggest tinned tuna company in the world. They use enormous nets that don’t just catch tuna. They scoop up huge numbers of fish and animals, including sea turtles which get dumped back into the ocean dead.

And the Thai fishing industry is doing much more than wrecking oceans, they’re wrecking people’s lives too. Imagine being a fisherman on one of these ships – being forced to take part in this destructive industry, while being bullied and abused by your bosses, and not even receiving any wages.

It doesn’t have to be this way. When they see thousands of emails in their inbox, John West will picture thousands of their tuna tins put back on the shelves.

send an email now

Thanks for all that you do

Kash, India and the tuna team

PS: Are you free this weekend? Local Greenpeace supporters in some areas are getting together to take action on tuna. Going along means the opportunity to be part of an oceans-defending community in your area. Click here to find out how you can join them: https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/signers-tuna-map

NOTES:
[1] John West promises transparency but hides links to Thai tuna: http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/oceans/john-west-promises-transparency-buries-links-thai-tuna-20151014-0
Sea Slaves: The human misery that feeds pets and livestock: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/27/world/outlaw-ocean-thailand-fishing-sea-slaves-pets.html
[2] Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s tireless work with the Fish Fight campaign was instrumental in bringing about John West’s original commitment to stop sourcing fish caught using destructive Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs)