The FAU-IWA organized information pickets at a total of 40 Starbucks in 16 towns all over Germany. The customers reactions were very positive in general, many people not entering or even leaving the Starbucks once they heard about the working conditions and the union busting attempts of Starbucks. There was as well lots of sympathies from many baristas, though some others were inimitated by the presence of their bosses and team leaders. We will see wether Starbucks understands what will happen to them, once they do not re-instate Monica and Cole and stop the repression against other workers and their unions. The FAU locals are very motivated by the experiences they made during this Glocal day of action and will return to the streets whenever solidarity is needed.

The local federation of the FAS Vienna took part in the Global Action Day
against Starbucks. At 8 stores in Vienna, groups of comrades distributed
info material to the workers and costumers.

Organise! and members of the WSM picketed Starbucks in Belfast city centre today from 12 to 1 pm. Despite the miserable weather around 12 people joined the picket and leafleted passers by and potential customers outside the coffee shop. At the start of the picket 3 people had gone inside to leaflet customers and staff. One person was falsely accused of assaulting a Starbuck's member of staff after leafleting staff and customers inside.

At 1100 AEST (0100UTC) a solidarity action commenced in support of starbucks workers. About 25 picketers and 10 police and a security guard were in attendance the presence of which emptied the starbucks cafe. Leaflets were handed out and speeches were made by megaphone. The action ceased at 1230 AEST (0230UTC).

Today London Solidarity Federation joined with London IWW to picket starbucks in support of their sacked members in Spain and America. Organising a union, like these CNT and IWW comrades did, imroves your pay and conditions - and that is the last things Starbucks want to see. Poor pay and apalling contracts goes hand in hand with a policy of aggressive expansion, so more and more people will be forced to work these McJobs.

In the night to 5 July, a group of anarcho-syndicalist activists glued over with big stickers the outside of Starbucks cafe in one of Moscow`s central streets Arbat.

Friends and Supporters,
Beltran Martinez (CNT-Sevilla) and Cole Dorsey (IWW-Grand Rapids) were interviewed by Pacifica Radio (KPFK) in Los Angeles. Text and the audio of the interview can be seen and heard here:
http://uprisingradio.org/home/
http://ia311330.us.archive.org/0/items/DailyDigest-070308/2008_07_03_sta...

On Tuesday 7/1/2008 the Wroclaw section of the Union of Syndicalists, Poland (ZSP) held an a solidarity in support a fired activists of IWW and CNT in front of AmRest (American Restaurants) - KFC, Pizza Hut and Starbucks restaurant operator in Central and Eastern Europe.

Starbucks marketing presents them as a trendy, ethical corporation. However, when it comes to their own workers they are ruthless union-busters determined to stop their employees from organising.

Grand Rapids firing comes in the midst of Unfair Labor Practice charges being investigated by the NLRB against Starbucks.