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	<title>Comments on: Starbucks union-busting complaints brewing</title>
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		<title>By: Mark</title>
		<link>http://minnesotaindependent.com/22630/starbucks-union-busting-complaints-brewing/comment-page-1#comment-27549</link>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey supervisor at franklin store. why should we beleive a company suck pump over a real person.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey supervisor at franklin store. why should we beleive a company suck pump over a real person.</p>
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		<title>By: supervisor at Fanklin Store</title>
		<link>http://minnesotaindependent.com/22630/starbucks-union-busting-complaints-brewing/comment-page-1#comment-24359</link>
		<dc:creator>supervisor at Fanklin Store</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As an employee at the Franklin and Nicolette Starbucks i feel it is important that readers of this article are aware that well less than half of the employees at out location support this union&#039;s action. Most of us feel forced into an awkward and tense middle-ground between 2-3 of our co-workers and our district manager. We also feel that many of the tactics employed by the union have been unethical and sometimes damaging to our well-being.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As an employee at the Franklin and Nicolette Starbucks i feel it is important that readers of this article are aware that well less than half of the employees at out location support this union&#8217;s action. Most of us feel forced into an awkward and tense middle-ground between 2-3 of our co-workers and our district manager. We also feel that many of the tactics employed by the union have been unethical and sometimes damaging to our well-being.</p>
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		<title>By: Employee Free Choice Act Now .Org</title>
		<link>http://minnesotaindependent.com/22630/starbucks-union-busting-complaints-brewing/comment-page-1#comment-23229</link>
		<dc:creator>Employee Free Choice Act Now .Org</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Employee Free Choice Now . Org 
Educating The World on The EFCA.

Myth vs. Reality: The REALITY is the Employee Free Choice Act Helps American Workers and their Families. 
 
Despite the need for reform, critics of EFCA continue to misinform the public about the bill and hide the serious shortcomings of current labor law.  Democrats are committed to setting the record straight and passing this important legislation on behalf of American workers and their families. 
 
MYTH:  EFCA will prevent the use of secret-ballot elections.
 
REALITY:  EFCA does not strip workers of their right to choose a secret-ballot election to decide whether to select -- or not to select -- a union representative.  EFCA simply gives workers the additional option of selecting a union representative by majority sign-up.  
 

For More Information on EFCA please visit our website and blog 
 
http://www.employeefreechoiceactnow.org
 
http://efcanow.blogspot.com/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Employee Free Choice Now . Org<br />
Educating The World on The EFCA.</p>
<p>Myth vs. Reality: The REALITY is the Employee Free Choice Act Helps American Workers and their Families. </p>
<p>Despite the need for reform, critics of EFCA continue to misinform the public about the bill and hide the serious shortcomings of current labor law.  Democrats are committed to setting the record straight and passing this important legislation on behalf of American workers and their families. </p>
<p>MYTH:  EFCA will prevent the use of secret-ballot elections.</p>
<p>REALITY:  EFCA does not strip workers of their right to choose a secret-ballot election to decide whether to select &#8212; or not to select &#8212; a union representative.  EFCA simply gives workers the additional option of selecting a union representative by majority sign-up.  </p>
<p>For More Information on EFCA please visit our website and blog </p>
<p><a href="http://www.employeefreechoiceactnow.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.employeefreechoiceactnow.org</a></p>
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		<title>By: Wade Hannon</title>
		<link>http://minnesotaindependent.com/22630/starbucks-union-busting-complaints-brewing/comment-page-1#comment-22772</link>
		<dc:creator>Wade Hannon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good for our fellow workers at Starbucks! It is time that working people begin to stand up for ourselves and demand to be treated fairly, justly and with respect.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good for our fellow workers at Starbucks! It is time that working people begin to stand up for ourselves and demand to be treated fairly, justly and with respect.</p>
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