IN National and International News Teavana is Putting over 300 Stores Out of Business (tags)
Teavana owned by Starbucks is putting the "out of business " sign on over 300 locations in the USA. Starbucks office says it was due to low sales, profits and customer traffic.
STARBUCKS COFFEE ALLOWS MISTREATMENT OF HOW MANY OF THEIR CUSTOMERS ? (tags)
There comes a day when Corporate STARBUCKS at times goes a little to far ! Today my limit was pushed to the max with their Corporate denial of improper employee behavior in one of their Venice CA Corporate Stores !
STARBUCKS ALLOWS MISTREATMENT OF THEIR CUSTOMERS ? (tags)
There comes a day when Corporate STARBUCKS at times goes a little to far ! Today my limit was pushed to the max with their Corporate denial of improper employee behavior !
EFCA: BIG BUSINESS Talks Compromise after WSJ reports EFCA Doesn't Remove "Secret Ba (tags)
Employee Free Choice Act: "We have had conversations with like-minded companies and are open to exploring alternative solutions to the legislation as it is currently written," Starbucks spokeswoman Deb Trevino said.
Starbucks plans to settle another labor complaint one more reason why we need the EFCA NOW (tags)
Starbucks has reached a settlement in principle over a Michigan barista whom the National Labor Relations Board said was fired in June because of his union activities. " By Poster: This is One More Reason WHY WE NEED THE EMPLOYEE FREE CHOICE ACT NOW!" www.employeefreechoiceactnow.org/
San Diego Tips Decision Sparks Suit in NYC (tags)
The Starbucks decision in San Diego has spurred a lawsuit for baristas in New York.
Building Bridges Radio: Barbara Ehrenreich Covering the Class War; I.W.W. vs Starbucks (tags)
WBAI'S Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report presents this 27.5 minute radio program. TO LISTEN CLICK ON WEB LINK BELOW
STARBUCKS INFAMY: IWW Organizer Daniel Gross Terminated for Union Activity! (tags)
TAKE ACTION NOW! The Starbucks "investigation" of IWW member Daniel Gross concluded today with his termination after more than three years of organizing at the company.
Building Bridges Radio: IWW Wins Victories vs Starbucks; Argentineans Fire the Boss (tags)
Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report presents this 28 minute radio program. TO LISTEN CLICK ON WEB LINK BELOW.
Reenact Rev Billy's Crime Against Starbucks (tags)
Well, Reverend Billy finally got put on trial...in Los Angeles no less. So, while he's stuck in court, throw on a collar and white blazer, slick your hair back, and rise up as part of the Reverend Billy Mutant Clone Army of Oddness.
Rev Billy to Fight Starbucks in LA Court (tags)
Reverend Billy, aka Bill Talen, will go to court against Starbucks as the coffee giant accuses him of destruction of property. The Reverend says Starbucks' profiteering off of labor and human rights abuse is the real crime.
LA Superior Court has enjoined "Reverend Billy" from "disturbing, annoyed, or sexually harassing the cash registers of Starbucks in California."
Building Bridges Radio-Reagan the Liberal and I.W.W. vs Starbucks (tags)
Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report presents this 28 minute radio program. TO LISTEN CLICK ON LA INDYMEDIA AUDIO LINK
CHANGELLUJAH! Comes to Cal State L. A. (tags)
Reverend Billy and ”The Church of Stop Shopping" Tour was in the Los Angles area last weekend. What transpired was performance activism both in theatre and on the streets.
CHANGELLUJAH! Comes to Starbucks (tags)
April 23, 2004 Reverend Billy and ”The Church of Stop Shopping" Tour was in the Los Angles area last weekend. What transpired was performance activism both in theatre and on the streets.
Found notes may show Bush plan on Clarke (tags)
The Starbucks customer who found them gave them to the liberal advocacy group the Center for American Progress, which published them on its Web site Wednesday. Included in the notes was a hand-drawn map to Rumsfeld's house, which is largely blacked out on the Web site for security reasons.
BTL:Rev. Billy Takes his Gospel of 'Stop Shopping' to Stores that... (tags)
...Sell Products Produced by Sweatshop Labor. Interview with the Rev. Billy, Church of Stop Shopping, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
Starbucks sues tiny indigenous-owned coffeeshop for "trademark infringement" (tags)
Three years ago, Darin Swanson and his partners christened their HaidaBucks cafe. Now the coffee shop in the Queen Charlotte Islands (British Columbia, Canada) is being sued by the Starbucks company, which says the name is too familiar to their own. "I guess they have a problem with the word 'bucks' in our name. They're letting us use the word Haida -- nice of them," Swanson said. Swanson and his partners -- all members of the Haida Nation -- insist they have aboriginal rights to the name and will not be ground down. Swanson had never set foot in a Starbucks coffee shop.
Boycott of American Goods Over Iraq War Gains (tags)
Europeans are boycotting American products in protest against the war. Maybe it's time for Americans to issue a call for foreign tourists not to visit the US, until we get our democracy back.
Anti-GMO, Pro-Fair Trade Coffee Protest at Starbucks (tags)
Members of the Coastal Convergence Society and Liberate Orange County protest against Starbucks' use of GMO products and its refusal to brew and promote Fair Trade Certified coffee as their coffee of the day. This protest was at one of the Huntington Beach Starbucks.
Starbucks charged rescuers for water (tags)
"It was a misunderstanding with Starbucks," said Mr Rapisarda
Despite six months of protests and meetings and pickets Starbucks has ignored the people and this last Saturday the they had their grand opening
Starbucks Get Out of OB! (tags)
Approximately 250 community activists and concerned citizens staged a kickass demonstration against Starbucks in Ocean Beach this evening. They danced, drummed, sang and chanted their way through downtown Ocean Beach stopping along the way to cheer independent coffee shops. They're in the midst of a campaign to keep Starbucks from opening a store on Newport Ave.
The protest outside the Starbucks at 600 W. Broadway in Downtown San Diego on 6/26. Note bored policeman at center.
OB Protest Starbucks with Street Theatrics! (tags)
May 19th protest at Starbucks in Point Loma, San Diego
No More Starbucks! Protest in Point Loma, SD(today) (tags)
May 19th, 2001 11am Point Loma Starbucks, 3305 Rosecrans