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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:06 AM Original message |
Democrats MUST stand with Labor! FIGHT STARBUCKS! |
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Stargleamer (636 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. Is Peets OK? Where am I to go for java? n/t |
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katsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
29. A small entrepreneur who roasts his own in CT: |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
38. Peets coffee is MUCH better than Starbucks |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
2. Pardon my ignorance. I've never been to a Starbucks. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. There's always a tip jar on the counter. nt |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:16 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. That's what I guessed. So, is it possible they take in more than |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Are you for the Corporation or the Worker? |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:45 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. CALM THE HELL DOWN, and can your melodrama. |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:48 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I thought my question was justified. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 06:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
48. It's called fact-checking, to get the whole story. You may want to |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. That attitude |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:05 AM Response to Reply #7 |
31. My brother works there |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Howard Shultz HATES the idea of tips - |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:31 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Yet, HE'S a billionaire |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. which matters why? |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:34 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Well said! -nt |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:41 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. hmmm, I wonder if that's Howard Shultz's reasoning when he stiffs his waiter? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:44 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Oh, that was just in reference to wages |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:36 AM Response to Reply #22 |
34. Are you kidding!!? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:55 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Here's the story |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:59 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. "and thunk thunk thunking people right in the head" |
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seriousstan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. organized labor is in SERIOUS trouble..ain't that the truth. |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
5. Well I hated Starbucks from its inception but okay.... |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
6. I ain't gonna pay $3 for a cup of coffee. Count me in! |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
8. I am interested to see what happens |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
9. How do Starbucks wages compare to other coffee vendors? |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:35 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. That would be hard to survey |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Exactly - PLUS, the hours make health benefits almost impossible |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:48 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. McDonalds employees start at $5.65/hour with no tips |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:56 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. It's not a matter of "starting" anywhere....the thing is |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:58 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Who says I didn't start there? |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:04 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Amen, brother. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:09 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Sounds more like a minimum wage/antimonopoly debate |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
12. No More Dark Roast Ventis for ME!! |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:10 AM Response to Reply #12 |
33. You actually use the word "venti"? |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 11:40 AM Response to Reply #33 |
45. I didn't think the baristas would know what 'large' meant. |
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PsN2Wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
17. The Democrats quit siding with labor, |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:43 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Everyone makes mistakes |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:01 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Remember Ross Perot's "Giant sucking sound?" |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:13 AM Response to Reply #28 |
40. If Bush had invested in energy technology |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 04:46 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Wow - That's the real world. You are right, what ARE we doing? -nt |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:10 AM Response to Reply #20 |
39. What? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:15 AM Response to Reply #20 |
42. Clinton wanted to share our "good life"? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 11:46 AM Response to Reply #17 |
46. The democrats pick and choose *which* workers we should support |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 03:03 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. And whose campaign coffers are being filled -nt |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
18. Have you seen the DU thread on Starbucks/China? |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:50 AM Response to Reply #18 |
35. I was aware of that and have already e-mailed |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 02:14 AM Response to Original message |
41. if not for labor, do it for yourself. Starbucks coffee sucks |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 10:29 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. To each his/her own, but |
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