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Wednesday, May 17, 2006

IWW Branches Out In Bid To Recruit Starbucks Baristas

Dow Jones: IWW Branches Out In Bid To Recruit Starbucks Baristas
Source: IWW
The union trying sign up Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) workers sought to give its organizing campaign a jolt by sending union members to more than 100 of the coffee chain's stores in about a dozen cities to persuade more baristas to join the union. The Industrial Workers of the World said it sent organizers to Starbucks stores in Boston, Portland, Atlanta, Grand Rapids, Mich., and Salt Lake City, among others. IWW members in several cities in Canada and the United Kingdom also participated in the coordinated effort.

 



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