There is no holiday more romantic (and, let’s face it, more pressure-packed) than Valentine’s Day. Every February 14 we consume massive amounts of chocolate and lift multiple glasses of champagne without guilt over calorie-counting. One way to make the holiday even sweeter is to celebrate with sweets and sip-ables made by companies who treat their workers fairly and give them a voice on the job. The brands listed below are some of our favorites. In fact, yeah, we really love them.
Happy Valentine’s Day from Labor 411.
Chocolate
See’s Candies
Valentine heart boxes with hard, soft, and nut chocolate candies.
BCTGM Local 125 (San Leandro, Calif.)
Jelly Belly Candy Company
Valentine’s Day gift boxes, tins, packs filled with taffy, gums, jellies, and other seasonal novelties under the Jelly Belly brand.
BCTGM Local 125 (San Leandro, Calif.)
Hershey Foods Corp.
Valentine packaging for union-made Hershey’s Kisses, Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Bars, Hershey’s Milk Chocolate with Almond Bars, Rolo, Hershey Nuggets, and Hershey Filled Kisses.
BCTGM Local 464 (Hershey, Pa.)
Ghiradelli Chocolate Company
Valentine’s Day chocolate gift, tins, boxes, and packs filled with Ghirardelli brand chocolate.
BCTGM Local 125 (San Leandro, Calif.)
Sconza Candy Company
Red & White & Chocolate Jordanettes, Boston Baked Beans, Yogurt Raisins, Lemoncello Almonds, Chocolate/Yogurt Fruit & Raisins.
BCTGM Local 125 (San Leandro, Calif.)
Frankford Candy & Chocolate
Valentine candy toys, gift baskets, tins boxes, and packs filled with heart and other Valentine day gums, jellies, hard candy, molded filled, hollow and solid chocolate under the Frankford name.
BCTGM Local 6 (Philadelphia)
Annabelle Candy Company
Holiday seasonal specialties and bag candy including union-made candies like Rocky Road, Abba Zaba, Look, Big Hunk, and U-No.
BCTGM Local 125 (San Leandro, Calif.)
Champagne
Chase-Limogere?(UFW, UFCW)
Chateau St. Michelle?(IBT)
Cooks Champagne?(UFCW)
Tott’s Champagne?(UFCW)