For this week, I found an older article that discusses Starbucks unionization techniques dating back to 2007. While this article is not as current, I am familiar with these techniques as my coworkers and I worked with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) when we attempted to organize our store, which was a part …
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This week, I chose to review “Not going to Starbucks: Boycotts and the out-scouring of politics in the branded world” (2011) by Bryant Simon. In feedback on my potential committee, Simon was recommended as a potential committee member based on his previous writing about unions and Starbucks specifically. Because I am unfamiliar with Simon’s work, …
This week, I decided to watch the documentary “Finally Got the News…” (1970), which is a documentary about League of Revolutionary Black Workers, an organization of Black auto workers in Detroit, MI. I was initially interested in watching this not only because of how it relates to my topic, unions, but because it also takes …
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For my project, I’m interested in doing a documentary or something similar telling the story of how Philadelphia Starbucks baristas unionized. This is close to my heart for a few reasons. I spent a lot of my twenties as a barista and have seen firsthand how little protections are given to service workers. I spent …