Submitted on Tue, 01/01/2008 - 3:01pm
Starbucks' Communique Followed by the Statement of the IWW Starbucks Workers Union
Thank you for contacting Starbucks Coffee Company. We appreciate your writing to us with your concerns about holiday pay for our partners (employees) working on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Submitted on Fri, 12/28/2007 - 9:47pm
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Submitted on Fri, 12/28/2007 - 9:47pm
Contact: George Mann
email: [email protected]
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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
