Submitted by cherriefreeze33 on October 27, 2007

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Starbucks

Starbucks Coffee Company is one of the fastest growing companies in recent US history. There are approximately 10,000 stores and opens an average of 20 stores per month. Starbucks has several disconcerting qualities in regards to how its employees, also known as baristas, are compensated. For example, baristas are not guaranteed hours; full-time status is only available to management; and a need for increased pay and a safer, healthier work environment are issues that have lead to the formation of the Starbucks Workers Union, a branch of the well known Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
Global Communications relates to Starbucks due to the fact that they are both dealing with...

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