Starbucks leaflet

Starbucks
Starbucks
... why not print this flyer, run a pile of copies off, get a group of your friends and picket Starbucks on 18 August.

http://www.nosweat.org.uk/node/536



Starbucks -abusing workers'rights

Starbucks is one of the sickly-sweet faces of global capitalism. Worldwide it runs over 12,000 coffee shops and has an annual turnover of nearly £4bn. In Britain, it has over 500 outlets employing 5,000 workers.

The firm exploits workers all the way down the supply chain. In coffee shops, a Starbucks barista earns a little over the minimum wage but often doesn't get enough hours each week to make a decent living. In the UK its top executive earns nearly £500,000.

Workers might be called "partners" but in reality they suffer repetitive strain injuries, burns and persistent bullying from managers.
Starbucks pays farmers a pittance. According to the Guardian, growers receive little more than 50p for a pound of coffee, which is then sold for £80.
Starbucks is also anti-union. In the US it has faced legal action for victimising workers who tried to organise to improve their conditions.

But Starbucks isn't getting everything its own way. In New Zealand, Starbucks workers organised a strike to protest at their pay and conditions. The Starbucks Workers Union in the US has successfully organised in some stores and won improvements in pay, hours scheduling and on safety. An Oxfam campaign this year forced the firm to concede better terms to Ethiopian farmers.
Starbucks workers in the UK are also standing up for their rights. No Sweat is helping them to organise a union. Join us, get involved!
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