STARBUCKS ANTI-UNION ACTIVITIES BECOME LEGAL ISSUE

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PR WATCH - On August 6, "when opening statements are set to begin in the
trial over Starbucks' anti-union operation, in some ways corporate
social responsibility itself will be on trial," writes Daniel Gross [in
Counterpunch]. The case, before the National Labor Relations Board in
New York, deals with a number of union busting activities by Starbucks,
such as the firing of three baristas who were organizing a union,
including Gross himself. "Why are workers organizing at this darling of
the corporate media?" he asks. "Starbucks workers struggle to make ends
meet with a poverty wage of around $7 or $8 per hour. . .  The total
number of full-time hourly café employees at Starbucks is zero. . . 
The company boasts about its health care plan but its own data reveal
that it insures a lower percentage of employees than Wal-Mart."

http://www.prwatch.org/node/6322

DANIEL GROSS STORY
http://www.counterpunch.org/gross08042007.html

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