Starbucks Blues
Lean times and labor pains are tarnishing the coffee giant’s image.
By Liza Featherstone, Slate Magazine
October 29, 2008
Fall is pumpkin-latte season for those who can still afford to indulge, but for some Starbucks workers, it's been a season of discontent. The coffee giant has recently responded to hard times with scheduling changes that are likely to inflict misery on its employees. These policies seem sharply at odds with Starbucks' reputation for social responsibility but make sense in the context of the company's record as an employer. Curiously, the coffee retailer's benevolent image seems most fragile at the moment that the company's best days seem to be receding into the past...
Read full article: http://www.thebigmoney.com/articles/saga/2008/10/29/starbucks-blues?page=0,0
Daniel Gross
Organizer
IWW Starbucks Workers Union
www.StarbucksUnion.org
Ph:(917) 577-1110
Fx:(917) 591-6128
dgross@iww.org
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