Great TV news video: Grand Rapids Starbucks employee firing triggers global protests

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8620744&nav=0rcejbpb

Posted: July 4, 2008 01:06 PM

Updated: July 5, 2008 09:34 PM



Kentwood, Mich. (WOOD) - Western Michigan is in the center of a series of global demonstrations against Starbucks after a local employee was fired for union activity.

Workers picketed a Kentwood Starbucks store Saturday afternoon in response to two union related firings by the coffee giant, one in Spain, and one right here in West Michigan.

Video: http://video.woodtv.com/wvx.php?video_id=12830&ad_id=140

Cole Dorsey, an East Grand Rapids barista, worked for the company for two years, and was considered a stellar employee, until he was fired the day Starbucks discovered he was in a union.

Starbucks would not reveal any specifics about why Dorsey was fired.

Leaders of the protest say Starbucks has been firing outspoken union baristas ever since the start of the International Workers of the World Starbucks Workers Union in 2004.

FULL story at link.

[Deja Q]

1. And they all say union workers are bone-idle lazy...

Hmmm, maybe non-union workers should be lazy and reverse some stereotypes.

:crazy: