As part of its ongoing solidarity campaign with sacked Starbucks workers in the US the Solidarity Federation, ex-loafers and London IWW held a picket of Greenwich and Blackheath Starbucks on Sat 20th Jan 2007.
Starbucks in South East London and the City will be picketted every fortnight thereafter. As a call is made for an end to the anti-union campaign waged by Starbucks and for the reinstatement of all unlawfully fired workers. In addition they are calling on Starbucks to give Ethiopia control over it's coffee.
They will be encouraging Starbuck workers to organise to make their jobs better and finally have a real independant voice at work. By organising a union, baristas in the US have seen wages increased, schedules stabilised and respect from the bosses.
Starbucks have consistently responded to workers organising with threats, intimidation, harassment and illegal firings and since Dec 2005 five workers in NYC have been sacked for engaging in protected union activity.
http://www.nosweat.org.uk
http://www.iww.org.uk
http://www.solfed.org.uk
They will be encouraging Starbuck workers to organise to make their jobs better and finally have a real independant voice at work. By organising a union, baristas in the US have seen wages increased, schedules stabilised and respect from the bosses.
Starbucks have consistently responded to workers organising with threats, intimidation, harassment and illegal firings and since Dec 2005 five workers in NYC have been sacked for engaging in protected union activity.
http://www.nosweat.org.uk http://www.iww.org.uk http://www.solfed.org.uk 
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wow nice!, any flyers
21.01.2007 14:07
are there any flyers you can send to Nottingham please?, I dont think there are any copies to print off from the web which would be nice
Iam a nottingham IWWobbly, Rob in Leicester has my address
starbucks barristas video,probably made before this dismissal, but inspiring & the fight isnt over
Joni