Submitted on Thu, 12/20/2007 - 10:19pm
Make January 21, 2008, the first year Starbucks pays baristas the same holiday premium on Martin Luther King Day that it pays for several other federal holidays to baristas who work.
The Union's Call
December 14, 2007- The IWW Starbucks Workers Union (SWU) called today for the world’s largest coffee chain to honor slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by paying workers a holiday premium on the federal holiday named for him. While Starbucks claims a commitment to racial diversity and pays a holiday premium on federal holidays including the Fourth of July and New Year’s Day, baristas receive no added compensation for working through the MLK Day holiday...CONTINUE READING
Submitted on Thu, 12/20/2007 - 10:16pm
Dear Starbucks Union Activists,
Please join the IWW Starbucks Workers Union call for the coffee giant to honor Martin Luther King Day in 2008 by paying the same holiday premium that it pays for several other federal holidays to baristas who work.
While Starbucks claims a commitment to racial diversity and pays a holiday premium on federal holidays including the Fourth of July and New Year's Day, baristas receive no added compensation for working through the MLK Day holiday.
-Urge Starbucks to pay the holiday premium on January 21st by participating in the SWU E-Mail Action at http://www.starbucksunion.org/node/1919
-For more action ideas and to learn more about the SWU's MLK Day Initiative log on to http://www.starbucksunion.org/node/1914
Submitted on Thu, 12/20/2007 - 10:11pm
For Immediate Release:
IWW Starbucks Workers Union
Contact: [email protected]
December 14, 2007
Coffee Giant Must Make Real Commitment to Diversity
New York, NY- The IWW Starbucks Workers Union (SWU) called today for the world’s largest coffee chain to honor slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by paying workers a holiday premium on the federal holiday named for him. While Starbucks claims a commitment to racial diversity and pays a holiday premium on federal holidays including the Fourth of July and New Year’s Day, baristas receive no added compensation for working through the MLK Day holiday.
“Dr. King is a hero to many baristas and it’s only right that Starbucks- with its claimed commitment to diversity- treat his holiday with respect,” said Liberte Locke, a member of the SWU. “King stood up courageously for economic justice and no doubt would smile upon low-wage fast food workers taking home much needed extra money at the end of the day.”
Submitted on Mon, 11/19/2007 - 1:57pm
Friends:
As Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz wages a crude union-busting operation against baristas striving for a living wage and secure work hours, he is applying to buy a $25-$30 million co-op apartment in Manhattan!
Tell the building's Co-op Board that New York is a union town and Howard Schultz is not welcome here!
Click here to participate in the e-mail action: http://starbucksunion.org/node/1903
Thank you for all of your hard work.
-The IWW Starbucks Workers Union, http://StarbucksUnion.org
Submitted on Mon, 11/19/2007 - 1:44pm
For Immediate Release:
IWW Starbucks Workers Union - November 15, 2007
Contact: [email protected]
Statement of Starbucks Workers Union Followed by Legal Threat Letter from HMS Host:
"Starbucks should be ashamed that HMS Host, the operator of 150 Starbucks stores, is threatening frivolous litigation against the Industrial Workers of the World to stifle First Amendment activity. This type of anti-worker conduct is among the factors contributing to the decline of the Starbucks brand and attendant earnings woes. The IWW Starbucks Workers Union will not be deterred by a baseless lawsuit and we look forward to carrying out our communications initiative at Pennsylvania's HMS-operated Starbucks stores this Black Friday. We call on Chairman Howard Schultz and Starbucks to insist that HMSHost immediately rescind its anti-speech legal threat."