Comments on: Starbucks faces trial on union-busting charge

By: EFCANOW

EFCANOW — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:36:15 +0000

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By: EFCANOW

EFCANOW — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:36:15 +0000

By: EFCANOW

EFCANOW — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:36:15 +0000

By: swattles

swattles — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:43:33 +0000

Interesting that Starbucks is consistently recognized as a “Best place to work” by various associations and media. I'm not against unions, but what else do employees expect a union to bring when they already work for one of the best employers that offers some of the broadest and most interesting benefits already? It will be interesting to see where Starbucks stacks up in these rankings if a large percentage of retail employees decide to organize. Before any accusations come out, I'm not currently and never have been employed by or associated with Starbucks- I don't even like their coffee.

By: Week in review « Craig W. Wright

Week in review « Craig W. Wright — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:00:10 +0000

[...] unions are busting Starbucks in [...]

By: Gasman

Gasman — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:20:19 +0000

I sure do not need to tell anyone of the rough times most of us face. I will tell you I was raised in a union family and a union is only as good as it's members. I have been involved with way to many free loaders in a union job. People who believe the union will protect them. Well thats a bunch of bull. When your co-workers take short cuts of anykind like stealing time at lunch or breaks or using sick leave when there not sick they are really hurting the union brothers and sisters and the company they work for. As a union member you have a right to approach the guilty one or report them to a union offical . The union has to protect themselves and there jobs and members from union busting tatics in front of the company.
If the company and the union can work together both sides will benefit much more than by themselves. The union can and has the ability to save the company a boat load of money , if the company want's them too.
Our framers knew this and were smart enough to enact laws protecting the right to orginize and to assemble and those rules are as important as the Bill of Rights and our Constitution that we have fought for threw the numerious wars in our nations history , and any violation should be met with the same amount of force as any war to protect each and everyone of us wether a CEO or Laborist. Thanks and pardon my spelling.
Gasman