The IWW Starbucks Union has been fighting Starbucks for a very long time now. I’m glad to see that Brave New Films has joined in on the fight.

After trying to organize a Starbucks union at his Mall of America branch store, Erik Foreman was fired by his district manager. In response, Foreman filed a complaint against the coffee company stating they violated the National Labor Relations Act. Foreman’s complaint and many others have underscored Starbucks claim of social consciousness and brought another high-profile player into the debate on the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act.

Read more about the campaign to stop starbucks here.

–Gabriela Resto-Montero

Brave New Films has set up a website for their campaign called Stop Starbucks. They’ve taken on Wal-Mart so why not go after the nation’s largest coffee chain?

I’d also like to go back and highlight a letter written by the Starbucks Union on their fifth anniversary.

While Starbucks used the economic crisis as a pretext for an all-out assault on our already meager standard of living, our struggle gained momentum this year amidst a stark decline of the company’s brand and widespread store closures. Baristas around the country and around the world made the decision to organize and fight back against severe cuts in work hours, chronic under staffing, and a new "Optimal Scheduling" program which forces many workers to be available to Starbucks for over 80 hours a week without being guaranteed a single work hour.

Looks like Starbucks (@starbucks on Twitter) is going to get a lot more press on their anti-worker tactics whether they like it or not.