Submitted on Sun, 09/03/2006 - 4:18am
SEIU Local 707 representing 6500 public sector workers of Sonoma and Mendocino Counties brought the recent issues to the SEIU Local 707 Board of Directors who voted to support by resolution;
1. The organizing of Starbucks workers.
2. Boycott Stabucks until fired organizers are reinstated and IWW is recognized with full legal status for workers.
Hereby recorded August 9, 2006, Santa Rosa California.
From: John Morrison, President SEIU707
Submitted on Thu, 08/31/2006 - 2:25am
On August 28th, 5 members of the Washington DC Industrial Workers of the World (DC-IWW) and several local supporters met at Dupont Circle to stage an informational picket of the nearby Starbucks. Under stenciled picket signs emblazoned with "Starbucks: Rehire Fired Union Organizers!" and "Support the Starbucks Union," they handed out 300 flyers to a very sympathetic public, and distributed more than 20 CDs featuring Noam Chomsky's "Class War" lecture, and anarchist texts from Rudolph Rocker, Ricardo Flores Magon, Petr Kropotkin, and Mikhail Bakunin. Passersby and customers of the shop were asked for their signatures on a consumer petition demanding the rehiring of fired IWW union organizers Dainel Gross, Evan Winterscheidt, Joe Agins Jr., and Charles Fostrom. In 90 minutes, the DC-IWW obtained over 50 signatures. All in all, the event attracted the attention of hundreds in the DC area to the union-busting practices of the largest coffee chain in the world and demonstrated the committment of the Industrial Workers of the World to unionizing for the interests of the working class against arbitrary bosses.
The Dupont Circle Starbucks was selected for its location in one of the richest neighborhoods of DC, its numerous clientele, and the dense foot traffic of DuPont Circle, which ensured the highest number of persons engaged by the demonstrators. Before the picket, two members of the DC-IWW informed store workers of the impending protest. They responded positively, one worker chiming, "We support you."
Submitted on Thu, 08/31/2006 - 1:54am
First Group of Baristas Outside of New York City Joins the IWW Starbucks Workers Union
Chicago, IL- Baristas at Chicago’s Logan Square Starbucks store announced last night their membership in the IWW Starbucks Workers Union (www.starbucksunion.org), becoming the first U.S. workers outside of New York City to declare union membership at the world's largest coffee chain.
Workers served Starbucks management at the café, located on 2759 W Logan Blvd., with a declaration of union membership and a set of demands including a living wage, guaranteed work hours, reinstatement of IWW baristas fired for organizing activity, and respect for an independent voice on the job through union membership.
Submitted on Wed, 08/30/2006 - 2:08pm
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO -- A union claiming to represent Starbucks Corp. workers at a handful of coffeehouses said Wednesday that employees of a Chicago store have declared their membership, becoming the first outside New York City to do so.
The baristas at the Logan Square Starbucks store joined the IWW Starbucks Workers Union Tuesday night, the union said. They issued a set of demands that included a living wage, guaranteed work hours and the reinstatement of IWW baristas fired for organizing activity.
Starbucks, the world's largest specialty coffee maker, often is lauded for offering generous benefits that include health insurance for part-time workers. But the two-year-old union, which has members at seven Starbucks locations, contends that workers face low wages and barriers to health care and other benefits.
Submitted on Tue, 08/29/2006 - 4:26pm
140 Tage im Streik
DIE BESCHÄFTIGTEN NEHMEN DIE PROTESTE MIT EINER DEMONSTRATION AM MITTWOCH DEN 9. AUGUST WIEDER AUF
Mitglieder des Ständigen Sekretariates der CNT gelangten mit dem Generaldirektor der Personalleitung und dem Direktor für Arbeitsangelegenheiten von Mercadona am Samstag, den 5. August in Madrid zu einer prinzipiellen Einigung. Diese sollte am 7. August in Sevilla unterschrieben werden, um so den Streik zu beenden. Jedoch machte Mercadona an diesem Tag einen "spektakuläre Wende", um sich die Entlassung für 300.000? aller Streikenden zu erkaufen.
Am 8. August hatten der Generalsekretär und der Sekretär für Gewerkschaftsaktion des Nationalkomitees der CNT, Rafael Corrales beziehungsweise Antonio Baena, im Hotel "AC Santa Justa" in Sevilla ein neues Treffen mit dem Generaldirektor der Personalleitung und dem Direktor für Arbeitsangelegenheiten von Mercadona (José Antonio Jiménez und Antonio Muñoz), um die am vorherigen Samstag im Hotel "NH Nacional" in Madrid erreichten Einigungen zu einem Ende zu bringen. Die Einigung sah eine akzetable Lösung für die seit dem 23. März sich im Streik befindenden Arbeiter des Logistikzentrums von Mercadona in Sant Sadurni D'Anoia (Barcelona) vor.
