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US: Workers score big victory against Starbucks at Labour Board

Submitted by libcom on Mar 9 2006 13:02

New York, NY - The Industrial Workers of the World Starbucks Workers Union won a watershed victory yesterday...

Lend a hand: Starbucks engaging in religious persecution of IWW barista

Submitted by Steven. on Feb 10 2006 10:24

For the second time in as many months, Starbucks management has kicked Starbucks Workers Union member Suley Ayala out of the workplace for wearing her modest Pentagram necklace.

IWW: Union victories at NYC Union Square Starbucks

Submitted by Steven. on Feb 4 2006 10:50

On Friday Nov. 18, Starbucks workers at Union Square publicly declared their membership in the Starbucks Workers Union.

Workers at third US Starbucks go union

Submitted by Steven. on Jan 22 2006 10:25

In New York City at the end of last year Starbucks baristas and supporters wearing union pins and hats surrounded the store manager at the Union Square location in Manhattan tonight to announce their membership in the IWW Starbucks Workers Union.

Vietnam: Wildcat strikes win pay hike

Submitted by Steven. on Jan 18 2006 11:22

More than a dozen strikes by more than 40,000 workers in Ho Chi Minh City's export processing zones have forced the Vietnamese government to raise the country's minimum wage by nearly 40 percent.

First starbucks strike in the world!

Submitted by Steven. on Nov 23 2005 10:23

It was bound to happen eventually -- and it happened today in New Zealand. Low-paid Starbucks workers walked off the job and formed a picket line.