Wobbly Barista Isis Saenz Fired by Starbucks For Union Activity

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.iww.org/en/node/2983

Wobbly Barista Isis Saenz Fired by Starbucks For Union Activity
Submitted by intexile on Thu, 11/02/2006 - 4:12am.

Sister Worker Isis Saenz was fired today by Starbucks for participating in a protest Thursday evening against the company's union-busting <http://starbucksunion.org/node/1094>.

The company claims that Isis acted inappropriately towards Regional Director Jim McDermott at the protest. Isis's principled stand for the right to join a union free of coercion apparently didn't comport with Starbucks' "guiding principles"



As in the case of Daniel Gross, Starbucks has fired an IWW barista for engaging in a union protest. Clearly, Starbucks is attacking the heart of the SWU's Direct Action strategy.

This crude maneuver must not stand. In the coming days, IWW baristas will issue a global call to action on behalf of Isis and the four other fired union baristas.

[longship]

1. I *hate* Star*ucks.

Their coffee sucks anyway. Burnt coffee tastes like shit.

[provis99]

2. aren't Starbucks on the DLC good guy list?

sure, they give money to cultural liberal Democratic politicians, but when their own pocketbooks are threatened by unionization, notice how quickly they turn into clones of Republican corporations like evil Wal-Mart