National Lawyers Guild Condemns Starbucks Over Unlawful Termination BOYCOT

[Omaha Steve]

FULL story: http://www.iww.org/en/node/2787



National Lawyers Guild Condemns Starbucks Over Unlawful Termination of Union Co-Founder Daniel Gross
Submitted by intexile on Tue, 08/15/2006 - 1:47pm.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, August 14, 2006

Contact:
Heidi Boghosian, NLG Executive Director, 212-679-5100, ext. 11
Michael Avery, NLG President, 617-573-8551

NLG Supports Boycott of Starbucks Until All Fired Union Members Are Reinstated

New York, NY- The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) strongly condemns Starbucks’ retaliatory firing of Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) organizer and NLG member Daniel Gross. Mr. Gross was fired after an investigation into his participation at a union rally in support of another IWW barista, Evan Winterscheidt. While Starbucks contends that Gross engaged in threatening conduct on the picket line, multiple eyewitnesses attest that he merely asserted solidarity with Mr. Winterscheidt to a district manager walking into the store. Mr. Gross is the fourth IWW barista terminated for union activity in less than a year. In response to the continued violation of labor rights by Starbucks, the NLG calls for a boycott of the company’s products until all fired IWW baristas are reinstated.



“The Guild is proud to stand in solidarity with the IWW baristas at Starbucks in their fight for a living wage and an independent voice on the job,” said Heidi Boghosian, Executive Director of the National Lawyers Guild. “Starbucks should ashamed to be cashing in on a socially responsible image when the company is in reality a serial violator of labor rights.”

[Sherman A1]

1. Well, I will boycott Starbucks

but, that is pretty easy for me to do as we have a very nice place in town called St. Louis Bread Company and it's much closer to my house.

[bluerum]

2. They severely over-roast their beans too.

[tsuki]

3. I asked for coffee at an airport once. Starbucks. Tasted like burnt

beans. Not difficult to boycott.

[melnjones]

4. I'll still support them gladly...

They offer their part time workers fantastic benefits and support sustainable agriculture in the coffee farms from which they get their beans. I worked as a barista in a locally owned coffee shop and made minimum wage, never got the raise I was promised, and all of this AFTER I already had my bachelors degree... I'll support Starbucks anyday over some of these other places, even if they over-roast their beans.

[Ian David]

5. Dunkin Donuts is worse. Owned by Mitt Romney and Carlysle Group