IWW

Supporters Rally for the Right to Organize outside the Republican National Convention

Press Conference and Public Rally: 1pm August 31, Lake and Hiawatha, Minneapolis

The Circus Before the Circus!

Saturday, August 31st the Welcoming Committee and the Anti-Capitalist Bloc cordially invite you to come get your circus on! Guaranteed to be a better show than the monkeys in business suits featured throughout the RNC...join us for a night of marching band mayhem, all brass shenanigans, DJ Carnie dropping Brazillian beats and a special treat straight from the Minnesota State Fair! (nope, it's not crop art or butter heads...aww.)

IWW Delivers Cake to MOA Starbucks Workers
Saturday June 26 was like any other busy Saturday at the Mall of America 1 Starbucks. A barista had called in sick during the morning shift, another had walked out in disgust the weekend prior. A Manager from another store was covering the shift of a barista who had been fired for union activity two weeks before. The store was shortstaffed, and the lines of customers were long.

(This interview is republished from www.rhubarbarism.com and can be viewed in its original format at http://rhubarbarism.com/2008/07/from-coffee-factory-interview-with-iww.html)

The Mall of America Starbucks IWW unionization effort was announced Monday by delivery of a letter to store management. The unionization effort at Starbucks in the Twin Cities is still relatively new. The IWW is open is open to contacts from other Starbucks workers who want to join, or people in the community who want to support them. They can be reached at tcsbuxunion@gmail.com.

Coordinated Actions Across the U.S., Europe, and Latin America Could Be Largest Ever Against Coffee Chain

For Immediate Release:

IWW Starbucks Workers Union, StarbucksUnion.org

Grand Rapids firing comes in the midst of Unfair Labor Practice charges being investigated by the NLRB against Starbucks.