Overview

• Trader Joe’s filed suit in Alameda County Superior Court against Direct Action Everywhere, its SF Bay Area chapter and five individuals seeking an injunction to bar protests on its property
• The complaint follows cease-and-desist letters and a July 3 request for a temporary restraining order aimed at halting in-store demonstrations
• DxE protesters have disrupted multiple California locations with megaphones, glued themselves to aisles and confronted shoppers, leading to arrests and August court dates
• Activists cite seven years of undercover investigations documenting infectious diseases, injured birds denied care and USDA data showing elevated campylobacter and salmonella rates at the Petaluma Poultry facility
• Direct Action Everywhere says it will continue targeting Trader Joe’s stores while the legal bid to stop its actions moves through the courts