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<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>
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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>
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<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>
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<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>
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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 href="mailto:bostonswu@yahoo.com" target="_blank">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 href="http://www.starbucksunion.org" target="_blank">www.starbucksunion.org</a></b></i></font></font></font></font></p>
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