Baltimore Starbucks Protest by IWW Members, Supporters

BALTIMORE, MD -- Several hundred flyers were delivered to potential Starbucks customers about Starbucks' unfair labor practices in Michigan, Spain, New York, and other locations on July 5, 2008 as part of the Global Day of Action in support of Starbucks workers.  Baltimore GMB members, supported by IWWs in town from Pittsburgh, Providence, and other cities, were invovled in the action, along with members of NEFAC, and several other organizations.  Free coffee was distributed from Red Emma's coffeehouse and bookstore, an IWW job shop, while the police looked on.  

Two IWW members entered the store, well in advance of the informational leaflet, and explained that Starbucks workers were coming together in other cities to improve their working conditions, and that we were here to stand with those workers who struggle for a better life.  We also left a large tip to cover all the business lost at Starbucks that day.  We thank all the potential customers who declined to enter Starbucks in solidarity with the workers who are organizing, and most of all, the Starbucks workers in Baltimore who were gracious with their understanding that an injury to one is an injury to all.

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