Submitted on Tue, 08/15/2006 - 12:01pm
Durch den Mailverteiler der IWW-Starbucks-Workers-Union mussten wir vor einigen Tagen erfahren, dass einem Mitbegründer der Gewerkschaft, Daniel Gross, nach einer schmierigen internen Untersuchung gekündigt wurde. Die Wobblies rufen deshalb zu internationalen Aktionen gegen Starbucks auf.
Die Kündigung wurde am Sonntag ausgesprochen, nachdem das Unternehmen eine sogenannte "interne Untersuchung" gegen Daniel Gross angestrengt hatte. Hintergrund ist der verstärkte Versuch des Starbucks-Managements, die GewerkschafterInnen der Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in ihren Läden auszuschalten. So wurden in den letzten Wochen mehrere IWW-Mitglieder gefeuert, was die IWW mit Blockadeaktionen und Proteststreiks in mehreren New Yorker starbucks-Filialen beantwortete. Bei einer dieser Kundgebungen hatte Daniel Gross sich mit den gekündigten solidarisiert, was ihm nun zum Verhängnis werden soll, wenn es nach den Starbucks-Bossen geht.
Submitted on Sun, 08/13/2006 - 11:45am
By Michael Canfield - Originally posted to blogging stocks on August 9, 2006
On August 7th, Starbucks (SBUX) fired Daniel Gross, a barista and organizer for IWW's Starbucks Workers Union. The Seattle P-I has that story.
The firing remains top news at the IWW's Starbucks Union website, where details began appearing as early as July 27th when decision over whether Gross would be terminated were still pending an investigation by the coffee retailer, and updates have appeared frequently the past few days.
Gross, who's a co-founder of the union, is appealing, claiming his firing is a demonstration of Starbucks anti-union stance. Starbucks is not giving its reasons for firing Gross, but say that it "doesn't discourage" union organizing.
Submitted on Sun, 08/13/2006 - 12:12am
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The Starbucks "investigation" of IWW member Daniel Gross concluded today with his termination after more than three years of organizing at the company.
Daniel's expression of solidarity at a union picket line with co-worker and fellow union member, Evan Winterscheidt, was deemed threatening by Starbucks despite multiple eyewitnesses who confirm that Daniel merely asserted to District Manager Allison Marx that Evan should not be fired. With the termination of IWW members Daniel Gross, Evan Winterscheidt, Joe Agins Jr., and Charles Fostrom in less than a year, Starbucks has demonstrated conclusively its intense hostility to the right of workers to join a union.
Submitted on Tue, 08/08/2006 - 4:10am
Resolution des General Executive Board der IWW
In Anbetracht der Tatsache, dass ein Mitglied der Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.), der Starbucks-Angestellte Daniel Gross, an einem Protest beteiligt war, um den Job eines Kollegen im Sinne der gegenseitigen Hilfe und Solidarität zu verteidigen; und
In Anbetracht der Tatsache, dass Starbucks derzeit, aufgrund seiner Beteiligung an dem besagten Protest und seiner Beteiligung an kollektiven Aktionen, eine verlogene interne "Untersuchung" anstellt; und
In Anbetracht der Tatsache, dass Starbucks entscheiden wird, ob sie den Kollegen Gross nach Beendigung der "Untersuchung" feuern wollen oder nicht; und
In Anbetracht der Tatsache, dass die Starbucks Workers Union der I.W.W. durch direkte Aktionen am Arbeitsplatz und Beteiligung der ArbeiterInnen in den Communities wichtige Verbesserungen in Fragen der Löhne und Arbeitsbedingungen in der weltweit größten Coffee-House-Kette erzielt hat; und
Submitted on Tue, 08/08/2006 - 3:29am
Monday 31/07/2006 - 10:06 PM
Dear (Starbucks) Chairman Howard Schultz,
As a representative of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers I am appalled that IWW member and Starbucks barista Daniel Gross is being investigated by your company and faces termination for engaging in lawful protected activity. Standing side-by-side with an embattled co-worker and fellow union member as Daniel did is the essence of the labor movement. Retaliating against Daniel for engaging in mutual aid is both immoral and illegal.
For a company that claims to be socially responsible, I am disgusted that Starbucks tramples so egregiously on the rights of its workers. Freedom of association on the job is a fundamental human right that must not be flouted with impunity as Starbucks is doing.
I demand that Starbucks does not fire Daniel Gross and respects the right of every worker to join the IWW Starbucks Workers Union. I further demand that all the IWW members fired from Starbucks for union activity who have not yet been reinstated- Joe Agins Jr., Charles Fostrom, and Evan Winterscheidt- get their jobs back immediately.
In any event I am sure that our 55,000 members will want to know about your labour practices and act accordingly. I will sure to let them know should this not be resolved.
Please rectify this transparent injustice immediately.
Sincerely,
Dave Bleakney - National Union Representtaive - Canadian Union of Postal Workers