Workers Unite
Bulletin from the NewsDesk
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RED FOR BREAD
Back in Action
Now through Christmas Eve
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Northwest Arkansas Activists
Rally in Solidarity
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‘Give Us Dignity’
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So Say The Baristas
To Corporate Starbucks
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Why Is It
So Difficult
For Corporate Bosses
To Hear?
Activist William Cichy,
street-wise and fearless,
sends another red hot report
from the Bite-Back Coalition,
telling us about baristas
engaged in an urgent quest
for economic justice
and workplace dignity
in a land of corporate plenty.
Employed by the USA's mega-coffeeshop chain Starbucks, baristas are seeking:
⚵ a safe, respectful workplace
⚵ affordable health insurance
⚵ a living wage
⚵ a sensible work schedule &
⚵ recognition to be seen.
The Others are always invisible to the Corporate State.
That's our interpretation of the issues on this cold 'n sunny day of preparation in the rural highlands of the Ozark Mountains,
the far west of Arkansas,
the borderlands —
freedom gained, freedom lost.
As for Social Justice,
the borders are an illusion.
William writes:
Starting Friday, Dec. 20, Starbucks Workers United baristas will begin escalating strikes through Christmas Eve beginning in 3 of Starbucks’ most important markets: Seattle, LA, and Chicago.
Baristas are making the brave decision to strike because Starbucks backtracks on the path forward.
We’re protesting Starbucks’ failure to bring viable economic proposals to the bargaining table and to resolve hundreds of outstanding unfair labor practice charges.
Starbucks has lost its way.
We know that because we see it every day in our stores.
We also know that because this year Starbucks gave Brian Niccols a compensation package of $113 million.
For baristas on the far side of $133 million? Paltry raises — which for most workers are the equivalent of 30-to-50-cents-an-hour. It is insulting and shows their failing to value the people who earn their profits and run their stores.
On other frontlines of activism, hundreds of fellow workers are already on strike against Amazon. Today hundreds more from Starbucks Workers United will join them!
As allies, Bite-Back Coalition will be joining the picket in solidarity by continuing to flyer at multiple, not-yet unionized locations across Northwest Arkansas.
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On 9 December — not too long ago — The Other Oz News Desk published an analysis of the Red for Bread campaign during a week-long action at Starbucks locations in Northwest Arkansas. Included in the narrative is a missive from Lilly Daigle, a prominent champion of Starbucks Workers United. Her report tells much about goals, tactics, and challenges in the struggle against corporate Starbucks.
The chainlink below goes directly to the permanently archived narrative. Here's the headline:
Baristas & Allies
Show Starbucks
The Customers Count
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Union Victories
At the Bargaining Table
Encourage More Action
In Solidarity
The Other OZ Stands
We invite you to The Other OZ landing page on the World Wide Web.
Woven throughout & ending with The Hand Of Glory is the ever-changing draft of a Manifesto for Universal Justice
& also
text and graphics about Social Justice issues, activists, and coalitions.
As forever, we are a work in progress. Here is the hyperlink: