Nestlé's bullying lawsuit
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Watch out, Nestlé! Thanks to SumOfUs members like you, we've raised an incredible $30,000 to cover legal fees for Osceola Township, the tiny community being sued by Nestlé for protecting its water. This amount will cover the debt the township has incurred from the lawsuit so far.
Already, over 130,000 SumOfUs members around the globe have demanded Nestlé drop this intimidation lawsuit. And last week, we showed up at court to deliver the petitions.
But this fight isn't over yet -- and we can't back down until Nestlé drops the court case. Please, can you join me in demanding Nestlé drop its bulling lawsuit?
Yes, I'll sign the petition today to tell Nestlé to drop the lawsuit against Osceola township.
Nestlé is taking a tiny township in Michigan to court for protecting its water from Nestlé’s insatiable drive for profit.
Original email from two weeks ago:
Wow. SumOfUs members like you have chipped in thousands of dollars to help Osceola Township protect its water from Nestlé's greed in the last week.
The community of under 2,000 people is just up the road from Flint, Michigan where residents still don’t have access to clean water after one of the most notorious water crises of the century.
Knowing the risks of mass water extraction the township voted against allowing Nestlé to set up a pumping station. But instead of respecting the township’s wishes, Nestlé is suing to force them to let Nestlé take their precious water.
In 5 days, the case goes to court and SumOfUs members in Michigan plan to show up and peacefully ask Nestlé to drop its lawsuit. Please add your name now so they can deliver your message on the first day of the court hearing.
Sign the petition today to tell Nestlé to drop the lawsuit against Osceola township.
Nestlé is counting on Osceola township’s small size to allow it to quietly bully its way into mass water extraction. What Nestlé isn’t counting on is the power of people like you to amplify the issue around the world and force it to back down. But members like you, SumOfUs has already committed thousands of dollars to Osceola township’s legal fees.
This isn’t the first time SumOfUs members like you have taken action to protect water. For years we’ve worked consistently to protect water from Nestle’s greed. Over 375,000 of you called on Michigan to not let Nestlé walk away with 100 million gallons of water for a mere $200. Not only that, but you flooded Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality with more than 26,000 comments asking it to reject Nestlé’s proposal.
We know we have the power to stop Nestlé from stealing water. We won against Nestlé in Oregon and time and time again fought the water giant in Canada. And in the last 18 months, we had two major victories preventing major water extraction in New Zealand from water company NZ Pure Blue. We know that we can do it again in Michigan but we need your help.
Thanks for all that you do,
Angus, Tricia, Wiebke, Emma, and the team at SumOfUs
More information:
Judge considers Nestle’s lawsuit against township, WoodTV NBC, November 05 2017
Hearing set in Nestle Waters booster station zoning appeal, mlive, October 09 2017
Nestle case gets new judge, new date, Cadillac News, October 10 2017
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