Coming Soon: The Truth About Starbucks

A new campaign exposing Starbucks' history of terminating, harassing, intimidating, and discriminating against employees attempting to unionize.

Less than 42 percent of Starbucks' 127,000 baristas in the U.S. are insured by the company, whereas Wal-Mart insures 47 percent of its employees. To make matters worse, Starbucks offers its workers wages similar to those earned by Wal-Mart employees, and Starbucks does not guarantee workers set hours. Instead, the company follows an Optimal Scheduling policy that requires baristas to make themselves available 70 percent of open store hours just to work ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - May 19, 2009 - 10:15 PM PDT
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - May 19, 2009 - 10:15 PM PDT

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by Dwight Rousu - May. 19, 2009

Heller pulls up the Starbucks anti-worker history and launches a campaign to change them.

Perhaps we could picket Schultz's corporate jets.

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