From the daily archives:

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Starbucks Tale

April 1, 2008

One Starbucks insider tells MNB that CEO Howard Schultz has been almost apoplectic about McDonald’s getting any sort of credibility in the coffee arena. “They primarily serve fried, greasy slabs of meat, and somehow have gotten the reputation for having decent coffee,” Schultz reportedly said at a recent staff meeting. “Well, I’ve had it. Not [...]

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Change To Win Testifies Before Congress on Dangerous Patterns of Abuse by Large Corporate Employers

April 1, 2008

Part of the on-going labor rhetoric for this election year. One of many special interest groups vying for attention and setting their go-forward agenda. Change To Win Testifies Before Congress on Dangerous Patterns of Abuse by Large Corporate Employers Safety Expert and Poultry Worker to Address Failures of LargeCorporations to Protect Health and Safety of [...]

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NLRB Refuses To Allow Employers Cameras w/o Negotiation

April 1, 2008

Installation of surveillance cameras is a mandatory subject of bargaining.31 March 2008Article by Bill Trumpeter When an employer has a collective bargaining obligation with a Union, it may not unilaterally change a term and condition of employment without bargaining with the Union unless the Union has expressly waived its right to bargain about the particular [...]

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