CWA v SBUX

[Brad DeLong]

>May 15, 2002
>
>Dear Friends:
>
>CAW Starbucks UnStrike for Justice and Dignity
>
>UnStriking Starbucks workers want and need your solidarity and 
>assistance to help 'Send Starbucks A Message'. You are receiving 
>e-bulletin because of your progressive history of advocating for 
>social justice issues. Please forward this message to your own 
>networks as broadly as possible. We apologize for the inevitable 
>cross-posting. Please don't be annoyed. Take pride in your multiple 
>connections!
>
>On May 13, 2002 140 Starbucks Baristas and Shift Supervisors at 10 
>Starbucks outlets in Vancouver, British Columbia, members of the 
>Canadian Auto Workers - CAW Canada Local 3000 - began our CAW 
>Starbucks UnStrike for Justice and Dignity. 'UnStrike?', what the 
>heck is an 'UnStrike' you ask. An UnStrike is a legal strike method 
>under B.C. labour law. Our CAW Starbucks UnStrike for Justice and 
>Dignity is a necessary tactic borne out of an unequal balance of 
>power. It is designed to attack Starbucks corporate image as well as 
>exercise economic pressure on the world's largest coffee 
>corporation. We are asking the trade union movement and progressive 
>people across Canada and internationally to cease purchasing at all 
>Starbucks outlets except our 12 units...

Well this is a new one. What do the workers at "all Starbucks outlets 
except our 12 units" think of this?

Brad DeLong