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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="AGaramond-Bold, serif"><font style="font-size: 41pt;"
size="7"><b>Barista
Fight-Back:</b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="AGaramond-Bold, serif"><font style="font-size: 30pt;"
size="6"><b>The
Struggle to</b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="AGaramond-Bold, serif"><font style="font-size: 30pt;"
size="6"><b>Unionize
Starbucks</b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="AGaramond-Semibold, serif"><font style="font-size: 21pt;"
size="5">Join
us as Starbucks organizer/barista,</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="Futura-CondensedExtraBold, sans-serif"><font size="2"><font
face="AGaramond-Bold, serif"><font style="font-size: 21pt;"
size="5"><b>Anja
Witek</b></font></font><font face="AGaramond-Semibold,
serif"><font style="font-size: 21pt;" size="5">,
discusses the truth about</font></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="AGaramond-Semibold, serif"><font style="font-size: 21pt;"
size="5">life
behind the counter at Starbucks!</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="AGaramond-Regular, serif"><font style="font-size: 15pt;"
size="4">She
explains how innovative solidarity unionism</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="AGaramond-Regular, serif"><font style="font-size: 15pt;"
size="4">organizing
has enabled the Starbucks Workers</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="AGaramond-Regular, serif"><font style="font-size: 15pt;"
size="4">Union/Industrial
Workers of the World (IWW) to</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="AGaramond-Regular, serif"><font style="font-size: 15pt;"
size="4">establish
a foothold in an industry with the lowest union</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="AGaramond-Regular, serif"><font style="font-size: 15pt;"
size="4">density
in the United States. She discusses strategies</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="AGaramond-Regular, serif"><font style="font-size: 15pt;"
size="4">behind
the recent organizing at fast food franchise Jimmy</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="AGaramond-Regular, serif"><font style="font-size: 15pt;"
size="4">John’s
sandwich shops in Minneapolis.</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="Futura-CondensedExtraBold, sans-serif"><font size="2"><font
face="AGaramond-Regular, serif"><font style="font-size:
15pt;" size="4">Begun
in 2004 by Starbucks workers </font></font><font
face="AGaramond-Italic, serif"><font style="font-size:
15pt;" size="4"><i>for
</i></font></font><font face="AGaramond-Regular, serif"><font
style="font-size: 15pt;" size="4">Starbucks</font></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="AGaramond-Regular, serif"><font style="font-size: 15pt;"
size="4">workers,
the Starbucks Union is a worker-run democratic</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="AGaramond-Regular, serif"><font style="font-size: 15pt;"
size="4">union
dedicated to organizing on the job. Working</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="Futura-CondensedExtraBold, sans-serif"><font size="2"><font
face="AGaramond-Regular, serif"><font style="font-size:
15pt;" size="4">together,
we have won </font></font><font face="AGaramond-Semibold,
serif"><font style="font-size: 15pt;" size="4">improvements
in wages </font></font><font face="AGaramond-Regular,
serif"><font style="font-size: 15pt;" size="4">and</font></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="Futura-CondensedExtraBold, sans-serif"><font size="2"><font
face="AGaramond-Semibold, serif"><font style="font-size:
15pt;" size="4">working
conditions </font></font><font face="AGaramond-Regular,
serif"><font style="font-size: 15pt;" size="4">and
</font></font><font face="AGaramond-Semibold, serif"><font
style="font-size: 15pt;" size="4">remedied
individual grievances</font></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="AGaramond-Regular, serif"><font style="font-size: 15pt;"
size="4">with
management. Despite a vicious union-busting</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="AGaramond-Regular, serif"><font style="font-size: 15pt;"
size="4">counter-offensive
initiated by Starbucks CEO Howard</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="AGaramond-Regular, serif"><font style="font-size: 15pt;"
size="4">Schultz,
the workers’ movement continues to gain</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="AGaramond-Regular, serif"><font style="font-size: 15pt;"
size="4">strength
as workers around the world join the campaign.</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="AGaramond-Bold, serif"><font style="font-size: 21pt;"
size="5"><b>7:00
pm, Tuesday, November 16</b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="Futura-CondensedExtraBold, sans-serif"><font size="2"><font
face="AGaramond-Semibold, serif"><font style="font-size:
21pt;" size="5">Encuentro
5, 33 Harrison Ave., 5th floor, Boston </font></font><font
face="AGaramond-Regular, serif"><font style="font-size:
17pt;" size="5">(Chinatown)</font></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="AGaramond-Italic, serif"><font style="font-size: 19pt;"
size="5"><i>Near
Chinatown stop-Orange Line and Boylston stop-Green Line</i></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="AGaramond-Italic, serif"><font style="font-size: 19pt;"
size="5"><i>For
information call 617-469-5162</i></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="AGaramond-Regular, serif"><font style="font-size: 13pt;"
size="3">Talk
sponsored by the</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="AGaramond-Regular, serif"><font style="font-size: 22pt;"
size="6">Industrial
Workers of the World</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="AGaramond-Regular, serif"><font style="font-size: 15pt;"
size="4">Boston
General Membership Branch</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="AGaramond-Regular, serif"><font style="font-size: 15pt;"
size="4">PO
Box 391724</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="AGaramond-Regular, serif"><font style="font-size: 15pt;"
size="4">Cambridge,
MA 02139</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="AGaramond-Semibold, serif"><font style="font-size: 15pt;"
size="4"><i><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bostonswu@yahoo.com">bostonswu@yahoo.com</a></i></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font
face="Futura-CondensedExtraBold, sans-serif"><font size="2"><font
face="AGaramond-Italic, serif"><font style="font-size:
13pt;" size="3"><i>For
more information about the organizing campaign at
Starbucks go to
</i></font></font><font face="AGaramond-Bold, serif"><font
style="font-size: 15pt;" size="4"><i><b><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.starbucksunion.org">www.starbucksunion.org</a></b></i></font></font></font></font></p>
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