Grand Rapids Starbucks Union and Spanish CNT Announce a Global Day ...

Industrial Workers of the World - News - All Departments and Unionshttp://www.iww.org/en/node/4200 [Industrial Workers of the World - News - All Departments and Unions] The treatment ofMonica in Spain by Starbucks is similar to the charges of anti-uniondiscrimination being investigated by the National Labor Relations Boardin Grand Rapids, Michigan. This new Grand Rapids investigation comesless than a year since Starbucks signed a settlement agreement with theNLRB claiming they would end intimidation against baristas interestedin joining the Starbucks Union.

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mediamouse.org: Grand Rapids, Michigan News and Independent Mediahttp://www.mediamouse.org/briefs/061208starb.php [mediamouse.org: Grand Rapids, Michigan News and Independent Media] Starbucks Firing Typical of Anti-Union Efforts in the US: Mediamouse.org is a left and progressive website providing independent news, media, analysis, and commentary covering Grand Rapids, Michigan and beyond. We aim to inspire grassroots activism to transform our community, our lives, and our world.

Philadelphia Independent Media Center - Passionate and Accurate Tellings of Truthhttp://www.phillyimc.org/en/node/68842 [Philadelphia Independent Media Center - Passionate and Accurate Tellings of Truth] Starbucks Fires Michigan Barista for Union Activity: Grand Rapids, MI (06/06/2008)- Starbucks terminated a barista active in the IWW Starbucks Workers Union today as part of its ongoing effort to combat a growing movement of employees pushing for a living wage and secure work hours. The barista, Cole Dorsey, was fired after two years of service while he was coordinating a union recruitment drive at Starbucks stores in Grand Rapids.

Indybay newswirehttp://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/08/18505276.php [Indybay newswire] Grand Rapids Starbucks Union and Spanish CNT Announce a Global Day ...: The treatment of Monica in Spain by Starbucks is similar to the charges of anti-union discrimination being investigated by the National Labor Relations Board in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This new Grand Rapids investigation comes less than a year since Starbucks signed a settlement agreement with the NLRB claiming they would end intimidation against baristas interested in joining the Starbucks Union.

Latest Activity on Grand Rapids hiphop[Latest Activity on Grand Rapids hiphop] Cole added the blog post 'Starbucks Fires Grand Rapids Barista for ...: Cole Cole added the blog post 'Starbucks Fires Grand Rapids Barista for Union Activity!'

mediamouse.org Grand Rapids, Michigan News and Independent Mediahttp://www.mediamouse.org/briefs/060308grand.php [mediamouse.org Grand Rapids, Michigan News and Independent Media] Grand Rapids Starbucks Union and Spanish CNT Call for Global Day ...: The unions are highlighting the fact that Starbucks intimidation efforts aimed at union organizers are similar across borders. On April 24, 2008, a barista was fired at a Starbucks in Sevilla for union activity.

The Real Quixtar Bloghttp://feeds.realquixtarblog.com/~r/RealQuixtarBlog/~3/307375928/Airports.aspx [The Real Quixtar Blog] Airports: free WiFi and a Starbucks .it's OK that I'm still sitting here waiting for the airline that has charged us a pretty penny to fly like cattle in steerage to get me on a .

A 21st Century Dad's Webloghttp://21stcenturydad.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/planes-trains-and-automobiles/ [A 21st Century Dad's Weblog] Planes, Trains, and Automobiles:   You bet.  It was going to work.  Meeting downtown Chicago from 10:00 ’til 11:00 a.m.  American Eagle had a flight leaving Chicago O’Hare at 12:20 p.m., arriving back to Grand Rapids at 2:00 p.m.  Michael’s science experiment was to begin at 2:30 p.m.  Piece of cake for the 21st Century Dad traveler extraordinaire.  And all of the rest of Chicago would stop for me, clear traffic from the expressways, and magically make all the subways trains run right on time so I could get from downtown Chicago out 17 miles to O’Hare in 20 minutes (a trip that normally takes 40 minutes, according to my taxi driver later!), at which time of course O’Hare security check and screening would be empty of lines, or at least clear the way for me, since my travel plans and needs were so much more important than the rest of the 25,000 or so people bustling around O’Hare at that hour.  After all, Michael was going to demonstrate for his science experiment how trapping a teaspoon of water in a little film canister with an Alka Seltzer tablet would quickly cause the canister to rocket in to the sky in a fizzy little explosion.  Ahhh, the wonders of modern science!

New technology Blog[New technology Blog] New Orleans schools chief chips away at big issues NEW ORLEANS ...: iPhone and free Starbucks Wifi. As you all know, starbucks and at&t now offer 2 hours of free wifi if you buy a card and register it.

Untitledhttp://web.mac.com/iajukes/thecommittedsardine/BLOG/Entries/2008/5/17_Nomadism_Changes_Buildings,_Cities,_Traffic.html [Untitled] Digital Nomadism Changes Buildings, Cities, Traffic: Bizarre new patterns were cropping up, such as a reverse commute in Seattle as lots of male computer scientists at Microsoft in the suburb of Redmond raced downtown to find females a weekday ritual called the running of the programmers.

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