Tag: starbucks
Starbucks CHALLENGES Govt Ability To DEFEND Worker Rights, SCOTUS To Decide
Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave discuss Supreme Court hearing a case between Starbucks and the National Labor Relations Board. #laborunion #starbucks About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks…
Seattle Buckles Under Corporate Pressure, Repeals ‘Amazon Tax’ to Fight Homelessness
Socialist City Councilwoman Kshama Sawant says that as long as corporate Democrats run government, we should expect them to buckle under Amazon’s and Starbucks’ pressure Visit http://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work…
Why Starbucks workers are unionizing around the US
The rank-and-file effort to unionize Starbucks stores around the United States is one of the most head-spinningly historic worker-led movements in our generation. Since the Elmwood Avenue store in Buffalo, New York, made history by…
Starbucks escalates war on unions with store closures
The union wave is hitting coffee chains big and small, but the bosses aren’t going down without a fight. In June, after workers there voted overwhelmingly to unionize, Starbucks permanently closed the popular College Ave….
Workers at Amazon, Starbucks, Home Depot, etc. share strategies for unionizing your workplace
We hosted another Working People live show on Feb. 22 in New York City, in collaboration with the Action Builder / Action Network team and The People’s Forum. In this panel discussion, introduced by Amazon…
Why you should unionize your workplace
Unionizing—it’s so hot right now. Whether you’re a barista, a warehouse worker, or a package car driver, whether you work in Hollywood or higher education, the voracious corporate greed and exploitation workers across sectors are…
Philly Police Commissioner Bows to Political Pressure
At first Commissioner Ross supported the completely calm and appropriate actions of his officers and then suddenly backpedals and says he should NOT have said his officers did nothing wrong. Which is it sir? Whose…
We Survived an Earthquake Ranting About Starbucks
In this episode of Off the Cuff podcast: Mike, Dave and the UPP survived an Earthquake (thanks Canada) during our recording of the show where we try to eventually get to the point of mocking…
7 Reasons Donuts Are Better Than Women
What would you add to the list? Here are seven reasons some people may find donuts to be better than women..or at least women that don’t live up to the hype of donuts anyway. Maybe…
Cop Defends Starbucks??
A plea for consistency and common sense reactions we have even with those we ideologically disagree with sometimes or all the time! Want to be able to express your opinions or make posts free of…
