Leaked Memo Shows No Evil Foods Justifying Laying Off Workers With No Severance

discourse blog (6/18/21)

“Schadel sent the talking points in an email to the company's remaining employees Wednesday in order to give them "the tools to engage in open dialogue effectively and confidently about the difficult and painful position the company was in," according to a copy of the email shared with Discourse Blog. She added: "We also want you to approach this with a lot of optimism for what's coming next!"

Schadel did not respond to questions from Discourse Blog sent Friday afternoon. We'll update if they respond.

It's not uncommon for companies to distribute materials such as these for purposes of damage control. But No Evil's talking points double down on their posture as a progressive company by centering their response to the backlash around how sad all of this is making them.”

“No Evil Foods has not publicly divulged who they're working with to produce their products now, saying only in its talking points that it's a "co-manufacturing facility in Illinois that works with other food brands in the plant-based space." But according to a source familiar with the move, No Evil is moving into a plant-based facility in Danville, Illinois owned by Paxton Packing—a co-packer and "artisan jerky manufacturer" which works with beef, pork, and poultry products.

This is significant because No Evil workers said last year that, as part of the company's captive audience meetings, No Evil targeted UFCW's representation of slaughterhouse workers. During one meeting, Woliansky described joining the UFCW as “hitching your wagon to a huge organization with high paid executives and a history of scandal and supporting slaughterhouses," according to audio obtained by Motherboard.

“The whole implication was that [meatpacking workers] don’t deserve good wages and healthcare and stability in their lives because they work at slaughterhouses,” one worker told me last year. For No Evil to now partner with a meatpacking company would fly in the face of those professed objections.”