Submitted on Wed, 03/21/2007 - 5:59pm
By CRAIG HARRIS - Seattle Post Intelligencer, March 20, 2007
Like other investors in Starbucks Corp., Elizabeth Moon hasn't been thrilled with the company's traditionally high-flying stock taking a considerable slide this year.
Yet the retired Seattle insurance adjuster views the 11 percent drop since the end of 2006 as a blip in the road and says she's looking forward to today's annual meeting in McCaw Hall.
"The stock has gone up the past couple three days, and that is good, because we had a down trend for a while," said Moon, whose investment in the past six years has increased more than 200 percent. "But I think it's a well-run company and one of the things that impresses me is that it treats its employees well."
Submitted on Tue, 03/20/2007 - 3:22pm
Deux mots sur l’auteur :
Né à Chicago en 1943, poète, auteur et éditeur de nombreux ouvrages - essais et anthologies sur le radicalisme ouvrier U.-S. sous toutes ses formes - Franklin Rosemont découvre l’IWW à la fin des années 50 et empoche sa carte rouge en 1962, puis écrit dans la foulée à André Breton, qu’il rencontre à Paris en 1965 pour fonder l’année suivante avec sa compagne Penelope le Mouvement surréaliste aux Etats-Unis.
Co-directeur des éditions surréalistes Black Swan Press, Franklin Rosemont contribue également à la seconde jeunesse de la vénérable Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company depuis les années 1970.
Submitted on Mon, 03/19/2007 - 11:39pm
Article by Vincent Quan; Photo by Alex Chan, Daily Californian, Monday, March 19, 2007.
Singing songs of solidarity and workers’ rights, more than 80 Shattuck Cinemas employees, union members and residents rallied Friday evening to draw community support for the employees as they attempt to unionize and renegotiate their contract with Landmark Theatres.
The rally, which took place outside the Shattuck Cinemas in Downtown Berkeley, marks workers’ latest attempt to promote their eight-month effort to gain an expanded health care plan, seniority privileges and excused sick days.
The Berkeley City Council voted to support the workers in February.
Submitted on Mon, 03/19/2007 - 11:30pm
For Immediate Release: IWW Starbucks Workers Union, StarbucksUnion.org March 15, 2007 Contact: [email protected] Press Conference: Baristas and Coffee Farmer Advocates to Speak Out Before Starbucks Annual Meeting Protest
Campaign Will Release Short Film on Starbucks Barista Delegation to Ethiopian Coffee Farms and "2006 Starbucks Corporate Irresponsibility Report"
WHO: Starbucks baristas, Ethiopian coffee farmer advocates, labor unionists, and community supporters with signs and banners.
WHAT: A press conference previewing the IWW Starbucks Workers Union and Justice from Bean to Cup! protest the next day at the Starbucks Shareholders Meeting. Current and former Starbucks employees and coffee farmer advocates will tell the true story behind the Starbucks brand; a vastly different picture than the company's socially responsible image it will showcase at the Annual Meeting.
Submitted on Wed, 03/14/2007 - 7:48pm
“Made in the USA” and double-breasted baseball apparel manufacturers
