Submitted on Mon, 10/09/2006 - 9:16am
As a sister campaign to the Starbucks Workers' Union in the US, wobblies in the UK have created an IU 660 website devoted to coffee shop workers.
Visit www.baristasunited.org.uk for more information
Submitted on Fri, 10/06/2006 - 7:07pm
To: Howard Schultz, Starbucks Chairman
We support the IWW Starbucks Workers Union and we have organized our law office and other colleagues in downtown Brooklyn to boycott the Starbucks across the street. We used to spend a lot of money there daily, but not anymore. Cease and desist from your anti-union policies and reinstate Daniel Gross now.
Marie A. Tatro, Esq.
Member UAW Local 2320, NOLSW, Legal Services Staff Association
Brooklyn, NY
Submitted on Thu, 10/05/2006 - 3:17am
By Mischa Gaus - In These Times, October 4, 2006
When Joe Tessone and his fellow Starbucks baristas walked into a pep rally with management at their store in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood in August, the bosses were ready.
A trio of higher-ups passed around copies of the preamble to the constitution of the Industrial Workers of the World and warned the hourlies against the radicalism of the old anarchist-socialist One Big Union.
The managers told the “partners”—the company’s sobriquet for a workforce that baristas say is entirely part-time—that the CEO and chairman carry the same benefits package as the baristas.
Submitted on Sat, 09/23/2006 - 12:04am
Mark Damron, spokesman for Industrial Workers of the World, said the prospects for unionizing fast-food employees are encouraging because older people are taking service industry jobs that were traditionally held by younger workers.
“As these people move into those jobs, they have higher expectations. You are going to see more agitation and expectations among middle-aged men who have been downsized and are now working as baristas or short-order cooks,” he said.
Associated Press - Updated: 2:34 p.m. PT Sept 22, 2006
PENSACOLA, Fla. - Eleven Domino’s employees hoping to make a little more dough and get a bigger slice of the profits have formed the nation’s first union of pizza delivery drivers.
The American Union of Pizza Delivery Drivers won recognition from the National Labor Relations Board over the summer as the bargaining agent for drivers at a Pensacola franchise.
Submitted on Fri, 09/15/2006 - 4:23pm
The DC IWW held a picket Monday, September 11, 2006 of Adams Morgan Starbucks from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.
IWW members passed out 300 flyers and collected approximately 75 signatures for a petition demanding that the four fired workers (IWW Members Daniel Gross, Evan Winterscheidt, Joe Agnis Jr and Charls Fostrom) be rehired.
About 8 or 9 IWW members and supporters attended the picket and generally speaking a good time was had by all. The DC IWW is planning to picket another Starbucks in two weeks.
