<font size="2">Dear All,<br><br>This Friday, 4/1/11, Union-busting CEO Howard Schultz of Starbucks Coffee will speak at the Harvard
Business School. For years the corporation has retaliated against Starbucks Workers' Union activists, illegally targeting, interrogating, harassing and firing them. Starbucks workers make poverty pay. They must make themselves available 80 hours out of any week but are guaranteed no hours whatsoever. Last summer, after raking in $977.2 million in the previous 4 quarters, the company doubled the cost of health insurance, slashed staffing, and cut hours while demanding even more work from employees. A pervasive authoritarian management culture has led to abuses against workers like barista Kati Moore, who was repeatedly raped by her supervisor, and then subjected to vicious intimidation tactics by Starbucks's lawyers.<br>
<br>Let's not allow Schultz to pretend that his company is "socially responsible!!" This Friday, starting at 12 noon, we will picket, joined by Barista/Organizers including Anja Witek from the Twin Cities and Liberte Locke from NYC. Please come join us in front of Harvard's Spangler Hall!</font><font size="2"><span><br>
<br>Spangler Hall is located 1 block from the
intersection of Soldiers' Field Road and Western Ave (3 min by car or
about a 15-minute walk from Harvard or Central Square). From Harvard
Sq, take JFK Street, cross the Charles river and turn left on Gordon
Rd. which will take you directly to Spangler Hall. From Central Sq, take Western Ave, which runs right in front of the building. Here's the <a href="http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=42.364003&lon=-71.120169&zoom=17&q1=western%20ave%20and%20east%20drive%2C%20allston%20ma" target="_blank">map</a></span></font>. You can easily get to Spangler Hall on bus routes which include the 66, 70, and 86 MBTA buses. <br>
<br>A flyer is attached with more information. Please forward this email as widely as possible! Facebook event is <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=160406997351640" target="_blank">here</a>. <br><br>In Solidarity,<br>
<br>Geoff Carens<br>Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)<br>