Americas biggest problem company, If the U.S could get them to pay people a decent wage we might be okay. They make billions of dollars a year off of slave wages, cutting workers hours, and using government money for their "Health care plan" which is simply telling employees to go get on welfare! Fuck Walmart! I hope they burn in hell!
One day I was bored & decided to estimate SB operations of a single store & how much money they made in sales on a given day. From my estimates, they could be fully staffed, send 50% of the profit to corporate & still pay each & every store employee $15 to $20/hr.
When will these fat cats learn, that without brick & mortar employees, there IS NO $tarbucks & that a well paid public leads to a vibrant & active economy? The greed of the few at the expense of the many will be the downfall of the US.
@eyeammi yeah ok.. and rent electricity gas water security stock multiple manager salary? They are pouring coffee in a cup, they can make their 15 by doing a good job and adding a tip cup. they should not be getting anywhere close to 20 dollars an hour for making a cup of coffee.. if you work at a place like that, Buks dunks BK etc. you know what you are getting into. That's the problem with America and unions today They feel like they are owed something and deserve more.For shit work
@Goodmusicvideos I took into account rent & utilities, not the stock multiple though. The point is not that the bottom of the barrel wages go up, but that wages could rise across the board. Market prices define whats available for labor wages, but the ceo's greed defines their own wages independent of demand. They take whatever they want by reducing wages or hrs with no regard for the people that really keep the business going, If no one is slinging joe, there is no dough.
Unions are a good idea, else we have Americans working in sweatshops like it's the damn 3rd-world here. Amazon has 1000s working in warehouses w/o AC. Sweat in 110 degrees or get fired.
Deplorable conditions Amazon's workers suffer through b/c Amazon can take advantage of their desperation.
This goes on, gradually getting worse. Amazon does nothing to fix it. Soon you realize: anti-union = lunatics.
"To sum it up: You know how when anyone brings up unions and they are shouted down because conditions aren't as bad as they used to be so we don't need unions anymore? Yeah." -the wise DU.
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ony one of the employees there at starbucks can start a coffee shop and sell a strong cup of coffee at a lower price than 2.24, or what ever it is now, I just buy one do my hw and go on about my business. thats what gets customers hooked, the caffiene. just brew it strong and youre in business. congratulations starbucks heads, u have my continued support. i even buy a wsj and sometimes a scone or apple fritter. two thumbs up. u deserve a tax break!.
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in new york a union laberor will cost a contractor close to $100 per hr and the unions dont know why compies are going non union read online "the failure of the liuna internal reform"
@MyEspresso911 With the bargaining power of the union, a man or woman get fair wages, benefits, pension, worker protection, paid vacation, and more; Without collective barganing, which was not needed when Sam Walton started his business, you get squat. In Europe, people get four to five weeks paid vacation the first year, that is what happens when the workers work hard for their employer,
@MyEspresso911 With the bargaining power of the union, a man or woman get fair wages, benefits, pension, worker protection, paid vacation, and more; Without collective barganing, which was not needed when Sam Walton started his business, you get squat. In Europe, people get four to five weeks paid vacation the first year, that is what happens when the workers work hard for their employer, in Europe, four to five weeks of paid vacation the first year, welcome to nazi facist America.
@badattitude77769 this is true, walmart used to offer raises and bonuses to stores and individuals that performed well. now they have taken all that away while still making ridiculous profits. wal mart is #10 behind all the oil companies they can afford to pay a real wage and bring back those things sam walton put there.
@MyEspresso911 -- The union helps the employees, who are a significant *part* of the company. How does treating people like human beings help the company? If you're talking about the Soylent Corporation, I guess you have a good point.
Unions don't exactly work for the same reason communism doesn't, both look great on paper and have good goals, but the lazy people who ride the system ruin it; since unions have been around so long and everyone knows they can do this, the laziness is widespread, so I don't support Starbucks for any harassment, but if I owned a company, I wouldn't want to pay people more money to do less work either
@PlanGStudio -- Over-compensated lazy people are a problem, sure, but so is over-compensated, self-dealing, oligarchical upper-management.
And when not counterbalanced by organized labor, management has a structural advantage that leads/allows them to reduce labor to poverty.
If union workers were all angels, we wouldn't need management. If management were all angels, we'd need no unions. There's no free lunch outside of Eden.
@PlanGStudio actually communism works fine as long as it is communism. the russians and he other examples you might use weren't communists they were industrial collectivists.
We have to acknowledge that to some extent, that prosperity was due to unions. On the other hand, whatever "anti-growth" effects unions may have had didn't seem to be that big a deal back then, a time when the economy was much smaller, and less people were in the labor force. If they could handle mass unionization back then, our economy could easily handle it now, at least when it gets out of this damn recession (whenever that is).
Say what you want about unions and whatever mistakes they may have made in the past or present, but for LARGE companies with so much in profit to work so hard to prevent their OWN WORKERS from holding them accountable in this way really shows a serious disdain for anything BUT making more money. I mean, what does Starbucks have to fear from a little unionization?? In the era of most unionization in America, we also had some of the best prosperity in this nation's history.
Firing employees even for just TALKING about unions or unionizing?? That's just sick! What are they so afraid of? A level playing field? Being held accountable?
Unions suck, they are extortionists, they use strong arm tactics to get to force companies to pay more then prevailing wage. Unions are one of the worst lobbiests. Your serving coffee, what do you think you should get for that.. No one is forcing anyone to work there. If they are so bad go work Santa
@jerwgar -- if you accept that The Market is an infallible Oracle of Truth, and that labor organization is not something that The Market produces as a side-effect, and which legitimately influences the Great Oracle's proclamation, then you are a man of great faith. My condolences.
If you think a deal between your puny self and a gazillion-dollar chunk of money with some suits out in front of it is the same as buying potatoes from a farmer in the village square, the propaganda has taken effect.
@jerwgar -- if you accept that The Market is an infallible Oracle of Truth, and that labor organization is not something that The Market produces as a side-effect, and which legitimately influences the Great Oracle's proclamation, then you are a man of great faith. My condolences.
If you think a deal between your puny self and a gazillion-dollar chunk of money with some suits out in front of it is the same as buying potatoes from a farmer in the village square, the propaganda has taken effect.
@jerwgar -- if you accept that The Market is an infallible Oracle of Truth, and that labor organization is not something that The Market produces as a side-effect, and which legitimately influences the Great Oracle's proclamation, then you are a man of great faith. My condolences.
If you think a deal between your puny self and a gazillion-dollar chunk of money with some suits out in front of it is the same as buying potatoes from a farmer in the village square, the propaganda has taken effect.
@TheStanglx I ignored the tower 7 part because I'll admit I know little about that building itself. This isn't a conversation appropriate for this video really and I apologize for bringing it up. I'd produce a counter argument but like I said, this isn't the place, nor am I in the mood, so let's just agree to disagree.
@TheStanglx It's a question answered by simple physics and common sense. And the way they were hit might be the most likely way, yes, but things don't always happen the most likely way. There are many factors that we wouldn't know that could affect it unless we were up close as the building collapsed. I don't like the government any more than you do. Also, my family is Jewish. But while I have almost no faith in the government, I very much doubt they'd do that.
@TheStanglx Oh nevermind, not gonna waste any more time after this comment. You believe in 9/11 government conspiracies. 'Nuff said. Did the holocaust not happen either?
@TheStanglx Ad hominem attacks are the first resort of the person who is unable to refute the content of an argument. Arguing on youtube is clearly a losing endeavor.
@TheStanglx to answer your enthusiastic question, yes. You do need a union to serve coffee when the company you serve coffee for seeks only to exploit your labor so as to increase their profits. That's sort of the point of unionizing.
The ironically named "employee free choice act" actually takes away the right of employees to a secret ballot, thus opening the door to coercion and intimidation against those opposed to unionizing.
The fact that it's so hard to form a union just shows that they're rarely needed anymore. Maybe someday that will change again, but until it does, the government has no business propping unions up like this. I say, let the unions die.
How many union miners in Virginia go to Country Clubs you think?
know whats the death rate in union mines compared to NON union mines?not to mention health and safety standards, which can be enforced in union mines but can get you fired (and do) in non union mines for even mentioning them
Tell that to the 29 dead NON union miners in Lexington West Virginia
dont like unions, how about u give up your weekends, tell your boss to pay you pennies a day, work 14 hour shifts?
The most common argument against socialism I hear is an attitudal reason, not logical, not economic, nothing cerebral. Its "socialists just hate the rich".
I dont, at all,it proves nothing even if it were true. Projection, they assume I have the same logical inadequacies they have
these anti-union right wingers, they hate unions because they hate workers, they feel they shouldnt have a right to complain, have decent wages, live decently, they hate the common man
@TheStanglx I totally agree. Im not justifying what Starbucks did but Unions are CRAP. Why anyone would want to sacrifice their personal freedom to be part of one is beyond me.
And i dare say.. do you really deserve more than minimum wage for serving coffee?
you dont give up any personal freedom, a union is a democratic institution, each member is a voting member, collective bargaining brings workers to the tabe with management
Why shouldnt they make more than minimum? they serve the coffee, they make it, they produce the output why SHOULDNT they other than you feel spiteful towards workers for no reason?
should you really get paid to be a comedian who works 2 hours a week? on what besides emotional response do you base wages?
@SocialistaTribalista Im sorry, but i have seen unions vote to strike or not work while people who wanted to work and needed the money badly could not because the union would not let them.
What about the people who obviously couldnt go on without the strike? who couldnt go on without losing benefits or healthcare or wages? should THEY have sucked it up for a minority of the workforce?
and thats also not true, your friend obviously didnt contact the union about the issue, their are many ways to mitigate work loss in the middle of strike operations, offered by the NLRB, SEIU, and large sections of the AFL-CIO.
also, you havent responded to what I said earlier
@SocialistaTribalista The issue was about individual freedom being taken away by Unions. I have never heard a few people bullying a Union to not strike.
What about the UNions that hire part time non-unionised sit in pickiters for minimum wage? 20 hrs a week? No benefits! Talk about Pot-Kettle black. These Unions are practising the same "horrific" tactics of the employers they are trying to go after! How come they didn't offer them more than 20 hrs? What about a fair wage for standing NONstop in the 90 degree heat? Where do these "scab" (more irony.. scabs to do their pickiting for them) pickiters go to the bathroom? I rest my case. BraveNewTruth
most of those stories come from sources like The Daily Beast which are sketchy at best BUT...no one defends that, and no one HATES union corruption more than union supporters, because each time we hear a story like that it HURTS the union movement, I will be the first guy to say send corrupt union leaders to prison for LIFE.
But are u defending greedy corporate CEO's? are you saying 'if they do it why cant the rich?'
Send 'em both up to County, no need for weasels and PIGS
Honestly, there are companies that do aggregious things because of greed, we may have experienced it firsthand. Unions are not solving these problems. They are creating them. Gone are the days in the US when we had sweatshops, no BR breaks, bad lighting and ergonomics. Now if Unions did something about outsourcing to Malaysia and China, I would be a fan. They do nothing but try to raise the wages of workers that have skills that can be learned in 6 weeks or less. BravenewTruth.
I think it is time for people to take a deep look at themselves and their employer. If you work for someone that does not respect your ideas and effort, then move on. Perhaps it is you, yourself, that is not making the effort to fit in, to contribute. The idea that you can punch a clock and go home and not put anymore effort or thought into improving yourself to improve the company, and then scream at the employer for firing you after 10 years of service... ha, maybe you should thank them.
Companies hire workers who willingly choose to be employed by them for an agreed wage. True fiscal success requires personal commitment to the business, passion for your work, TIME, patience, and sometimes luck. Way too many employees bash their employers. There are no grounds for the bashing of non-union companies. Union folks go on their tangents and make as if unionization would double average wage; but non-union companies often pay equal or higher average wages. Hate your job? Quit it.
workin for starbucks has made me a miserable person they change shit every few months and add extra work for us. we work harder for the same pay they screw you over with your benefits. but it pays the bills so i will make you your non fat half caf triple venti no foam extra carmel extra hot 3 splenda latte with whip cream and drizzle with a venti extra ice water on the side. if they take our tips away im fuken quitting. all the positive comments here are probably from managers or Dm's
We've got Starfucks, and now a assWal-mart in our town and it's killing small business, Pure evil. Capitalism is killing us, they don't care about people, it's all about money to them. They don't care if the whole world becomes dirty and unfit to live on. as long as they have money and control of the people. We need to fight back. We need an October Revolution of our own.
@Thirdshiftzombie It's not capitalism that's wrong. America is no longer a free market i.e. capitalism. So the better product does not necessarily when anymore. So understanding basic economics is a start. It is fascism that is the problem. With Fascism the government does not own the business on paper, but controls it through an array of taxation and regulation. What happens is the small ''mom and pop" businesses that made America great are no more, and the monopolies like Walmart win out.
Employee Free Choice Act is the exact opposite of what it purports to be. It effectively does away with the secret ballot and increases the odds of employee intimidation by union organizers. Unions played an important part in protecting American workers for generations, until gov't regulations caught up. Now unions (for the most part) are an albatross hanging around the neck of our economy and country. Just look at how the UAW strangled the auto industry, and CA state workers are bankrupting CA.
This is rediculoius , Why would anyone think a person serving coffee should get more than minimum wage. It will only cause the cost of the overinflated price to go up , so we all pay anyway. Working at a coffee shop is not supposed to be a career way of life. A person who wantsw to do this just need to train or educate himself and get a better job or start his own business
@divinicus1001 Amen, and these anti-WalMart and anti-Starbucks movies are being backed by unions that just want a piece of the pie. If they cared about the 'workers' (What an insulting term-try calling them 'employees', maybe??), they'd emphasize job training and education, not finding a way to turn Starbucks into a life-long career.
Wal Mart & Starbucks have a MAJOR thing in common; anyone who doesn't like working there can quit! And don't let their swinging doors hit you in your ungrateful, fat asses on the way out!
I go into my local Starbucks and am promptly greeted by the SCOWL of a Urban American woman, she has tight cornrows and looks like she wants to fight me. I say "venti China Green Tips-please", she says "WHATS" as she continues to scowl at me. She finally understands my order, rings it up, overcharging me by 40 cents. She adjusts the price. I go sit down to drink my tea and this BURLY, Urban American woman is occasionally scowling at me,YIKERS. Anyone else have a similar Starbucks experience?
a few of my friends work at starbucks and none of them said it was bad. Meanwhile, the farmers who grow the coffee have it much worse than our lazy north-american asses. That's why Starbucks supports Fair Trade, so that these farmers can be treated better.
$8.00 an hour gets me to do my job. That's it. Call it lazy, but I'm not about to go above and beyond for a job that won't pay me enough to live on. Min wage has been stagnant for too long while GDP continues to rise and inequality rises dramatically. I'm not lazy, I just don't work for free.
Study unpaid labor in capitalism if you don't know what I mean.
btw Structures create evils most of the time- not individual people.
@Shineshop2008 The question is how much is starbucks earning for me spending out hours out of my day to, clean there stores, make the coffee,& serve there coffee. if your making 1 million dollars... why do i get 100 bucks of it...? without me you would'nt have a dime...
No offense. How much risk have you invested in opening, funding, staffing, operating etc the starbucks you work at? I'm willing to bet you don't own any starbucks stock so the answer is nothing. Your employer has ALL the risk hence why they reap the lions share of the rewards. Also, you are not a unique snowflake that has "special" skills that cannot be replaced at the drop of the hat. That's why you earn close to minimum wage. Be happy you have a job at all.
@Shineshop2008 I dont work at starbucks, but i have witnessed these actions. And its not so much that its some special skill, neither is playing football but people earn money for it. But its simply the fact that thay get over on there employees... And you would have won that bet because i own no, nore do i want to own any starrbucks stocks. No job on the planet has special skills that cant be replaced...
@IBloodSweatTears A football player, or any Athlete for that matter has specila skills that they have developed throughout their life through "bloodsweatandtears". Many people are born with specail talent, but the dedication and sacrifices made throughout their life to hone these talents is what makes them millionares. If you don't believe in your company's mission, or if they don'tbelieve in you... quit. Don't hire an attorney or Union to make the employer believe in you. Does that make sense?
Most employees have no idea of the real cost to the employer to employ them. Where I live minimum wage + workers comp + vacation pay + EI + CPP + paid holidays = at least $13.85 an hour not including any additonal benefits (health plan etc.). That's the MINIMUM an employee costs me plus rent/heat/hydro/accounting/advertising/phone/supplies etc before I can even think of making a profit or paying myself.
@Shineshop2008 do you make $1.1 million a year? Do you cut hours, pay and benefits to increase the amount of money you make? If not, I don't see the connection.
@Shineshop2008 -- If you were to discover that a competitor *owned* his workers as slaves, and so had much lower labor costs, would you work to be allowed to own slaves yourself, or would you work to get his slaves freed? Leveling the playing field *up* provides the same fair competition as leveling it *down*, and works a lot better for the average Joe.
@solvecoagule Markets set prices - not employees. See how well this worked out with the unions in the auto industry? Pay and benefits should be directly tied to job skill and productivity, not some imaginary figure dreamed up by union negotiators. If employees don't like it they are free to do as I did when I was unhappy with my job and compensation and leave and either get a better job or start their own business.
@Shineshop2008 -- "Markets set prices" is a statemt of faith, & works OK w/many producers & many consumers, less well when a few producers, or buyers, become big enough to fix prices. & "The Market" btw labor & management is @ a negotiating table, not @ a store. Unions don't "dream up" prices, they negotiate them. Naturally, owners would rather divide and conquer labor, & laborers naturally prefer to present a united front, unless they *enjoy* the submissive role.
I work for starbucks and they pay be an incredible amount over the minimum wage, they have better working conditions that my previous job.. i guess it's an individual thing though as my store is charitable, and very concious of the surroundings..
How can you compare Starbucks to Wal-Mart? Wal-Mart is the LARGEST employer in the US. They're the largest private corporation in the world. They've forced their suppliers to ship their operations overseas to keep their prices low, they've forced their peers to lower their employee compensation to match their low prices, and they've screwed numerous employees. Wal-Mart needs a fucking union! I say that and I'm not really even for unions!
u dont think the union has become just lik the government? they do unlawful things as well ...and the top union guys r just like ceeo's from banks ...all about ht e money...the union people i know dont work...and will do anything not to work...
@4yules True, they are lazy. But it goes both ways too. Workers get treated better by the company, workers get paid better too- raises, benefits, sick time, vaca time. Yes, workers pay their union dues, but they get so much in return. Unions are like on site lawyers for the workers. That's why companys hate them so much! They can't get away with all their crooked shit they do! Every time the co does crooked shit, they get fined.. It's a wonderful thing.
I believe 9/11 was pulled of by Zionist Companies, and Zionist Dual Citizenship people within the Government that own the banks and Federal Reserve!!!
This is the most ridiculous video ever. People have the right to free contract. They get out of hand and just want to control someone else's business. They should be outlawed and made illegal. The most ridiculous thing I have ever heard of is unionizing a retail business. People always judge the little bad companies do and ignore the good. Even if Starbucks is strict about overtime is because they probably have to control costs in order to offer GREAT BENEFITS to employees.
Unions are the biggest load of crap ever. They no longer serve a purpose. Learn about the history of unions and why they were established. We no longer have the type of working conditions that existed after WWI. Starbucks employs over 100,000 employees and they provide benefits for employees who work a minimum of 20 hours. You people just want to cut into the profits of businesses by imposing ridiculous demands on them. Get an education and get a better job.
Cut hours so you don't get benefits (which you couldn't afford in the first place, and if you were ill and missed work to use the health benefits, you would lose hours and no longer qualify!) Fortune 100 is corporate propaganda. Fortune says "most popular hourly retail position is "Coordinator 3" that pays over $30,000 per year, I hear? I wonder....
People are ridiculous. These are service jobs not manufacturing and back breaking jobs. Stop complaining about making minimum wage for a part-time job. If you want to make more money go back to school and get an education. Stop making excuses for yourself and stop insulting people who worked hard to achieve their dreams. We live in America where EVERYONE has the opportunity to make something of themselves. Unions in the service sector is the most ridiculous idea I have ever heard off.
I love when employees bitch about labor law but are the first ones to call in sick, show up late, don't do their jobs, be unproductive and whine constantly. Respect is a two way street - something employees tend to forget.
With so many people going back to school, even with govt. funding, finding "better jobs" is too competitive and is too difficult. And least in many cases (although SOME are successful). But the ILLEGAL labor practices must stop...because they are...ILLEGAL!
Cup of coffe at 4.00 bucks? or to sit with a bunch of people that are full of themselves pondering their naval and bloging about Global Warming! its just a job! Find another upcoming trendy company like. (USB wireless glow in the dark butt plugs!) and move to the Northern California Bay Area, and you all can pass the crying towel around in group! (while serviving on rice and tea!!)
people are so stupid these part time jobs were not meant to be lived off of people need to stop being lazy and go back to school there is no excuse for being lazy
With so many people going back to school, even with govt. funding, finding "better jobs" is too competitive and is too difficult. And least in many cases (although SOME are successful). But the ILLEGAL labor practices must stop...because they are...ILLEGAL!
You want to affect Corporate America, it starts with boycotting businesses. What happens if nobody wants to buy Walmart's goods or any services affiliated with them? You know exactly what happens.
I have not been to wal mart in about 2 years or more and never been to starbucks and don't go to mcdonalds or any other big corp . stopped eating meats chicken pork and i should say fish since it is mostly farm raised or to expensive to buy but if i catch one i will eat only in sea water
Remember, coming from those who did work under Mr. Hoffa, like my family, Corporate America is afraid of unionized workers. And, every educated person knows why, whether you are an "R" or a "D" or an Independent.
Take a look below the Mason Dixon Line, more unstable areas economically speaking.
Why are you afraid of the worker, the work who makes $18/hr. whose job and wage rate are protected by the union? ...cause you gotta pay labor more money, your biggest cost in business.
starbucks would not give any coffee to the troops,,they said they didnt support the war ,,,oh well the war didnt and dose not have any thing to do with the Troops,,,
Starbucks sucks anyways,Its like drinking shoe polish
This is complete and utter garbage, i work for Starbucks, and have worked for Starbucks for 3 years, and this company has been the finest company you could ever work for, employees get full benefits, with only a minimum of 20 hours a week, this company looks after it's employees and treats them very well.
Starbucks also gives to the community, just watch on YouTube just how Starbucks helped New Orleans! This video has no credibility and is just utter garbage!
The prejudice seems to have escalated from the partners belief that temps are taking their jobs (which if you seen this place a year ago, you'd see it is actually happening).
Starbucks is just another corporation, except unlike other corporations, they advertise their charity.
I work at a roasting plant. I'm not going to disclose which one. All the hire is temporary workers who are blamed for everything... They get crappy pay, they can't even afford the health benefits offered by the temp agency.
It seems that there is a pretty big prejudice between temporary partners and "full time" partners. It's like an epic battle between the two on who is more lazy... That's more of a local problem though.
Starbucks is going to hell and their taking their partners w/ em
i heard. starbucks thought they could get the aussies to join the craze and failed miserably. over priced substandard products. all people are paying for is the image.
Ictinike, I agree with you 150%. People who take the time to get educated or even work hard have a greater chance at a successful life. People who work at a Starbucks for example, should be working there while getting a higher education. It is not a job you plan on making your career. Everyone acts like it is a crie to make as money as possible. I am in the middle of starting up my own business. I work 6 day a week 12 hrs a day to make as much as possible. while in college. I hope it is worth i
I understand your point but what if that employee can't afford to get their dream education! How cant they make this a career, what choices have capitalist Gov.'s put out there? You need to take a step back and look at all the bigger picture and at why this might become a career for some one who is less fortunate...
By the way it can become one, Starbucks does need managers, ceos and other people to hold career positions! Therefor : IT CAN BE A LIFE LONG JOB!
STARBUCKS ARE THE SCUM OF THE EARTH, SO ARE THERE STUCK-UP SHIT DON'T STINK SUPORTERS. These bastards do noting to help the independent small coffee houses. Just clones of the same shit every damn place one looks. I wish they burn in HELL
Really Starbucks isn't that bad of a company to work for, I've worked at worst places such as Target and Walmart. But there are things that can be improved. Like the hours for example, one week I was only given 12 hours of work and could barely cover the cost of books I needed for college on top of tution.
As for Unions being lazy people, that's just wrong and ignorant. There will always be good unions and bad unions. You just happen to witness a bad one.
99.99% of Unions are bad. They all demand higher pay which drives up the cost of their product which contributes to higher cost of living which makes minimum wage seem meaningless. Some companies don't give that good of hrs because they then have to offer health coverage. Why should the company have to offer that? It is your responsability to meet your families needs not theirs. When a company does offer coverage then that is good too. Unions force owners to do what the workers want.
And how would you know this? Have been a member in every Union there is?
You're only 20, so I doubt it.
Business doesn't care about anything other than money, this is true. But that doesn't make it right. It's the right of the people to fix it. Everyone has a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as you said. So Unions are doing exactly that.
You must be in a union because you can't argue for yourself. You need someone else to do it for you. So all you do is put these half assed comments. Grow up dude
I never had a union job. Growing up some of my friends fathers had union jobs. These jobs were 'passed on' to my friends. I have a degree, they dont, they make more money, have better benifits and will retire at the age of 45-50 thanks to a great plan. I will work to the day I die.
If I could join a union, I would.
P.S. I also have a student loan, they dont. I will drink piss before starbucks gets a dime from me.
...and you don't see anything wrong with that? See I am starting my own business right now. I work six days a week 12 hrs a day. I will have to hire someone next Spring. Tell me why MY employees should be able to tell me what to do! I worked my ass off to make money, so I tell them what to do and pay them what I want. NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND!!!
short answer: no i don't see anything wrong with that. without employees, businesses would not be able to operate or make profit on the level that they do. In fact, in many cases, there would be no profit or even no business at all. therefore, quite often, workers are equally important (sometimes more, sometimes less) than the 'owners' or administrators of a business. Yet, in most cases, workers get a minuscule amount of the wealth that their labor creates.
when it comes to your business, i hope it goes well. but as you yourself say, you will "HAVE to hire someone next Spring" (emphasis added). It will be necessary, for the continuation of the business, that you hire someone. That means that he or she will be essential. maybe, because she put in less hours than you and didn't invest money, she is not equal in founding of the business as you. But after the point she is hired, all money taken in after that will be partly because of her.
You are right, I did say all that. Could you please explain why I should not be able to decide what I pay MY employees. The employee has nothing to do with any of my customers. I started the business and will only hire people who are good and want to pursue a better job. I started a car detail job. The only real way of making good money is to start and own it 100%! I would tell them that they will probably max out at $10/hr unless I get like three major dealerships behind me. You don't acount
for the cost of the tools and supplies I have to purchase. It is up to the employee to set up a bonus program which I would do if I could afford it. Like, an extra $60 for every new customer you bring in. It is up to me if I want to offer health insurance. I already have to pay extra to cover you while on the clock. You act like the employer has to watch out for you. It is up to you to make money and provide for your family. Live within your means. Earn your money.
fckliberalS7..part2..Your user name is really cute and childish, I don't call myself fckconservatives because I respect people that have different points of view, but I have a world of disrespect for condescending, smug, arrogant, assholes like yourself.
fckliberalS7..part1..The fact that you use all caps when describing your employees only tells me that your a condescending elitist prick. It's not about you being supposedly oppressed, it's about workers having the right to negotiate a living compensation in exchange for what they've created. You're business wouldn't long exist without workers, but you have no gratitude beyond your self-aggrandizing ego.
thrillrock86...part 1..The fact that I use all caps to describe MY employees is because people in unions and people that support unions tend to forget that they have the right and freedom to leave. If I hire you to work for me all negotiating is done before I hire you. It will usually end with MY guidelines, considering it is MY business. Now you may think that I am a condescending elitist prick but in reality I am a very generous and hard working guy.
My business is hardly working right now because I am starting college in the spring and will detail on the side. But for argument sake lets just say it takes off.I start getting six or eight cars a day. I can only do four cars a day MAX. That would mean I would hire someone. Seeing how I started doing this job to make ends meet while I was in college I would probably hire someone in college. Now, I personally know how much it takes to live while attending college so I would then pay MY
The first rule of Starbucks is, you DO NOT TALK about Unions. Second rule of Starbucks... if today's your first night, you must brew.
hotgirlsarehot 4 days ago
$7.75?! thats so much more than the average wage of US$5 an hour for baristas in Singapore.
triangledamncool 1 week ago
Americas biggest problem company, If the U.S could get them to pay people a decent wage we might be okay. They make billions of dollars a year off of slave wages, cutting workers hours, and using government money for their "Health care plan" which is simply telling employees to go get on welfare! Fuck Walmart! I hope they burn in hell!
chipstadley1 3 weeks ago
One day I was bored & decided to estimate SB operations of a single store & how much money they made in sales on a given day. From my estimates, they could be fully staffed, send 50% of the profit to corporate & still pay each & every store employee $15 to $20/hr.
When will these fat cats learn, that without brick & mortar employees, there IS NO $tarbucks & that a well paid public leads to a vibrant & active economy? The greed of the few at the expense of the many will be the downfall of the US.
eyeammi 3 weeks ago
@eyeammi yeah ok.. and rent electricity gas water security stock multiple manager salary? They are pouring coffee in a cup, they can make their 15 by doing a good job and adding a tip cup. they should not be getting anywhere close to 20 dollars an hour for making a cup of coffee.. if you work at a place like that, Buks dunks BK etc. you know what you are getting into. That's the problem with America and unions today They feel like they are owed something and deserve more.For shit work
Goodmusicvideos 2 weeks ago
@Goodmusicvideos I took into account rent & utilities, not the stock multiple though. The point is not that the bottom of the barrel wages go up, but that wages could rise across the board. Market prices define whats available for labor wages, but the ceo's greed defines their own wages independent of demand. They take whatever they want by reducing wages or hrs with no regard for the people that really keep the business going, If no one is slinging joe, there is no dough.
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MrTakeaLoadofcum 2 months ago
104 people are in upper management at starbucks
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ThePolypop 3 months ago
Unions are a good idea, else we have Americans working in sweatshops like it's the damn 3rd-world here. Amazon has 1000s working in warehouses w/o AC. Sweat in 110 degrees or get fired.
Deplorable conditions Amazon's workers suffer through b/c Amazon can take advantage of their desperation.
JLoveBomb 4 months ago
This goes on, gradually getting worse. Amazon does nothing to fix it. Soon you realize: anti-union = lunatics.
"To sum it up: You know how when anyone brings up unions and they are shouted down because conditions aren't as bad as they used to be so we don't need unions anymore? Yeah." -the wise DU.
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laloscrunk 6 months ago
ony one of the employees there at starbucks can start a coffee shop and sell a strong cup of coffee at a lower price than 2.24, or what ever it is now, I just buy one do my hw and go on about my business. thats what gets customers hooked, the caffiene. just brew it strong and youre in business. congratulations starbucks heads, u have my continued support. i even buy a wsj and sometimes a scone or apple fritter. two thumbs up. u deserve a tax break!.
rbmaserang 7 months ago
Sky high unemployment makes you a scared employee who'll put up with all kinds of abuse and nonsense.
Shukria123 7 months ago
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phobus3000 7 months ago 7
What happens if the worker was just a simple construction craft laboroer who was in a union. Well that was just nuts
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lamourlupus 8 months ago
in new york a union laberor will cost a contractor close to $100 per hr and the unions dont know why compies are going non union read online "the failure of the liuna internal reform"
Jimmy1tooth 8 months ago
Whatever...the coffee tastes like HEAVEN!
WildxLemon 9 months ago
How does the union help the company?
MyEspresso911 10 months ago
@MyEspresso911 With the bargaining power of the union, a man or woman get fair wages, benefits, pension, worker protection, paid vacation, and more; Without collective barganing, which was not needed when Sam Walton started his business, you get squat. In Europe, people get four to five weeks paid vacation the first year, that is what happens when the workers work hard for their employer,
badattitude77769 10 months ago
@MyEspresso911 With the bargaining power of the union, a man or woman get fair wages, benefits, pension, worker protection, paid vacation, and more; Without collective barganing, which was not needed when Sam Walton started his business, you get squat. In Europe, people get four to five weeks paid vacation the first year, that is what happens when the workers work hard for their employer, in Europe, four to five weeks of paid vacation the first year, welcome to nazi facist America.
badattitude77769 10 months ago
@badattitude77769 Walmart offers $1 an hour more for managers.... Their ads are twisted.
rare1walking 10 months ago
@badattitude77769 this is true, walmart used to offer raises and bonuses to stores and individuals that performed well. now they have taken all that away while still making ridiculous profits. wal mart is #10 behind all the oil companies they can afford to pay a real wage and bring back those things sam walton put there.
nesteph 7 months ago
@badattitude77769 And the European nations haven't collapsed yet....
Oh wait.... they DID...
thebig32K7 1 month ago
@MyEspresso911 -- The union helps the employees, who are a significant *part* of the company. How does treating people like human beings help the company? If you're talking about the Soylent Corporation, I guess you have a good point.
solvecoagule 10 months ago
Shop at Whole Foods :)
tropical481 10 months ago
MY COMPANY NOT THE UNIONS MINE!
Halstead2009 11 months ago
Unions don't exactly work for the same reason communism doesn't, both look great on paper and have good goals, but the lazy people who ride the system ruin it; since unions have been around so long and everyone knows they can do this, the laziness is widespread, so I don't support Starbucks for any harassment, but if I owned a company, I wouldn't want to pay people more money to do less work either
PlanGStudio 11 months ago
@PlanGStudio -- Over-compensated lazy people are a problem, sure, but so is over-compensated, self-dealing, oligarchical upper-management.
And when not counterbalanced by organized labor, management has a structural advantage that leads/allows them to reduce labor to poverty.
If union workers were all angels, we wouldn't need management. If management were all angels, we'd need no unions. There's no free lunch outside of Eden.
solvecoagule 10 months ago
@PlanGStudio actually communism works fine as long as it is communism. the russians and he other examples you might use weren't communists they were industrial collectivists.
nesteph 7 months ago
We have to acknowledge that to some extent, that prosperity was due to unions. On the other hand, whatever "anti-growth" effects unions may have had didn't seem to be that big a deal back then, a time when the economy was much smaller, and less people were in the labor force. If they could handle mass unionization back then, our economy could easily handle it now, at least when it gets out of this damn recession (whenever that is).
whoo689 1 year ago
Say what you want about unions and whatever mistakes they may have made in the past or present, but for LARGE companies with so much in profit to work so hard to prevent their OWN WORKERS from holding them accountable in this way really shows a serious disdain for anything BUT making more money. I mean, what does Starbucks have to fear from a little unionization?? In the era of most unionization in America, we also had some of the best prosperity in this nation's history.
whoo689 1 year ago
Firing employees even for just TALKING about unions or unionizing?? That's just sick! What are they so afraid of? A level playing field? Being held accountable?
whoo689 1 year ago 15
Unions suck, they are extortionists, they use strong arm tactics to get to force companies to pay more then prevailing wage. Unions are one of the worst lobbiests. Your serving coffee, what do you think you should get for that.. No one is forcing anyone to work there. If they are so bad go work Santa
jerwgar 1 year ago
@jerwgar -- if you accept that The Market is an infallible Oracle of Truth, and that labor organization is not something that The Market produces as a side-effect, and which legitimately influences the Great Oracle's proclamation, then you are a man of great faith. My condolences.
If you think a deal between your puny self and a gazillion-dollar chunk of money with some suits out in front of it is the same as buying potatoes from a farmer in the village square, the propaganda has taken effect.
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@jerwgar -- if you accept that The Market is an infallible Oracle of Truth, and that labor organization is not something that The Market produces as a side-effect, and which legitimately influences the Great Oracle's proclamation, then you are a man of great faith. My condolences.
If you think a deal between your puny self and a gazillion-dollar chunk of money with some suits out in front of it is the same as buying potatoes from a farmer in the village square, the propaganda has taken effect.
solvecoagule 10 months ago
@jerwgar -- if you accept that The Market is an infallible Oracle of Truth, and that labor organization is not something that The Market produces as a side-effect, and which legitimately influences the Great Oracle's proclamation, then you are a man of great faith. My condolences.
If you think a deal between your puny self and a gazillion-dollar chunk of money with some suits out in front of it is the same as buying potatoes from a farmer in the village square, the propaganda has taken effect.
solvecoagule 10 months ago
Support your local coffee shops who support fair trade.
underthebox 1 year ago
@TheStanglx I ignored the tower 7 part because I'll admit I know little about that building itself. This isn't a conversation appropriate for this video really and I apologize for bringing it up. I'd produce a counter argument but like I said, this isn't the place, nor am I in the mood, so let's just agree to disagree.
DamorahTalset 1 year ago
@TheStanglx It's a question answered by simple physics and common sense. And the way they were hit might be the most likely way, yes, but things don't always happen the most likely way. There are many factors that we wouldn't know that could affect it unless we were up close as the building collapsed. I don't like the government any more than you do. Also, my family is Jewish. But while I have almost no faith in the government, I very much doubt they'd do that.
DamorahTalset 1 year ago
@TheStanglx Oh nevermind, not gonna waste any more time after this comment. You believe in 9/11 government conspiracies. 'Nuff said. Did the holocaust not happen either?
DamorahTalset 1 year ago
@TheStanglx So... Someone disagreeing with you = trolling. You must be a scientologist or christian.
DamorahTalset 1 year ago
@TheStanglx Uh oh, I got blocked by the guy who considers name calling argument. Guess my life is over.
WILLIAMGARM 1 year ago
@TheStanglx Haha! Lost? Lost what? Your name calling contest? I guess I did lose that.
WILLIAMGARM 1 year ago
@TheStanglx Yawn. This is me yawning.
WILLIAMGARM 1 year ago
@TheStanglx Herp derp
WILLIAMGARM 1 year ago
@TheStanglx Ad hominem attacks are the first resort of the person who is unable to refute the content of an argument. Arguing on youtube is clearly a losing endeavor.
WILLIAMGARM 1 year ago
Ronald Reagan
carolinawenierdog 1 year ago
Ronald Reagan and the Republicans
carolinawenierdog 1 year ago
@TheStanglx to answer your enthusiastic question, yes. You do need a union to serve coffee when the company you serve coffee for seeks only to exploit your labor so as to increase their profits. That's sort of the point of unionizing.
WILLIAMGARM 1 year ago
The ironically named "employee free choice act" actually takes away the right of employees to a secret ballot, thus opening the door to coercion and intimidation against those opposed to unionizing.
The fact that it's so hard to form a union just shows that they're rarely needed anymore. Maybe someday that will change again, but until it does, the government has no business propping unions up like this. I say, let the unions die.
Pro-jobs, pro-workers, pro-community, anti-union!
mdbones008 1 year ago
@TheStanglx
How many union miners in Virginia go to Country Clubs you think?
know whats the death rate in union mines compared to NON union mines?not to mention health and safety standards, which can be enforced in union mines but can get you fired (and do) in non union mines for even mentioning them
Tell that to the 29 dead NON union miners in Lexington West Virginia
dont like unions, how about u give up your weekends, tell your boss to pay you pennies a day, work 14 hour shifts?
SocialistaTribalista 1 year ago
The most common argument against socialism I hear is an attitudal reason, not logical, not economic, nothing cerebral. Its "socialists just hate the rich".
I dont, at all,it proves nothing even if it were true. Projection, they assume I have the same logical inadequacies they have
these anti-union right wingers, they hate unions because they hate workers, they feel they shouldnt have a right to complain, have decent wages, live decently, they hate the common man
its sick, sociopathic.
SocialistaTribalista 1 year ago
@TheStanglx I totally agree. Im not justifying what Starbucks did but Unions are CRAP. Why anyone would want to sacrifice their personal freedom to be part of one is beyond me.
And i dare say.. do you really deserve more than minimum wage for serving coffee?
rowland2110 1 year ago
@rowland2110
you dont give up any personal freedom, a union is a democratic institution, each member is a voting member, collective bargaining brings workers to the tabe with management
Why shouldnt they make more than minimum? they serve the coffee, they make it, they produce the output why SHOULDNT they other than you feel spiteful towards workers for no reason?
should you really get paid to be a comedian who works 2 hours a week? on what besides emotional response do you base wages?
SocialistaTribalista 1 year ago
@SocialistaTribalista Im sorry, but i have seen unions vote to strike or not work while people who wanted to work and needed the money badly could not because the union would not let them.
rowland2110 1 year ago
@rowland2110
What about the people who obviously couldnt go on without the strike? who couldnt go on without losing benefits or healthcare or wages? should THEY have sucked it up for a minority of the workforce?
and thats also not true, your friend obviously didnt contact the union about the issue, their are many ways to mitigate work loss in the middle of strike operations, offered by the NLRB, SEIU, and large sections of the AFL-CIO.
also, you havent responded to what I said earlier
SocialistaTribalista 1 year ago
@SocialistaTribalista The issue was about individual freedom being taken away by Unions. I have never heard a few people bullying a Union to not strike.
rowland2110 1 year ago
unions, a great concept, but do they work, no.
canascot02 1 year ago 2
What about the UNions that hire part time non-unionised sit in pickiters for minimum wage? 20 hrs a week? No benefits! Talk about Pot-Kettle black. These Unions are practising the same "horrific" tactics of the employers they are trying to go after! How come they didn't offer them more than 20 hrs? What about a fair wage for standing NONstop in the 90 degree heat? Where do these "scab" (more irony.. scabs to do their pickiting for them) pickiters go to the bathroom? I rest my case. BraveNewTruth
ltsgoyanks 1 year ago
@ltsgoyanks
most of those stories come from sources like The Daily Beast which are sketchy at best BUT...no one defends that, and no one HATES union corruption more than union supporters, because each time we hear a story like that it HURTS the union movement, I will be the first guy to say send corrupt union leaders to prison for LIFE.
But are u defending greedy corporate CEO's? are you saying 'if they do it why cant the rich?'
Send 'em both up to County, no need for weasels and PIGS
SocialistaTribalista 1 year ago
Honestly, there are companies that do aggregious things because of greed, we may have experienced it firsthand. Unions are not solving these problems. They are creating them. Gone are the days in the US when we had sweatshops, no BR breaks, bad lighting and ergonomics. Now if Unions did something about outsourcing to Malaysia and China, I would be a fan. They do nothing but try to raise the wages of workers that have skills that can be learned in 6 weeks or less. BravenewTruth.
ltsgoyanks 1 year ago
I think it is time for people to take a deep look at themselves and their employer. If you work for someone that does not respect your ideas and effort, then move on. Perhaps it is you, yourself, that is not making the effort to fit in, to contribute. The idea that you can punch a clock and go home and not put anymore effort or thought into improving yourself to improve the company, and then scream at the employer for firing you after 10 years of service... ha, maybe you should thank them.
ltsgoyanks 1 year ago
Companies hire workers who willingly choose to be employed by them for an agreed wage. True fiscal success requires personal commitment to the business, passion for your work, TIME, patience, and sometimes luck. Way too many employees bash their employers. There are no grounds for the bashing of non-union companies. Union folks go on their tangents and make as if unionization would double average wage; but non-union companies often pay equal or higher average wages. Hate your job? Quit it.
JoshuaH688 1 year ago
"IN the business of filling souls" They tell on themselves,every time.
An inside joke even the CBS dude understands and can hardly hold back a smirk and pretends to be taken back by the comment.The logo says it all.
chiapetmonsters 1 year ago
I'm all for unions and all but this is a liiiiitle to commi for me lol
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GooberBoy06 1 year ago
Have you seen the Hypothetical Malachi Videos here on Youtube about United Supermarket's Off the Clock Anti-Union Meetings?
swtofflemire 1 year ago
A good cup of coffee?? Starbucks is undrinkable.
scottfree1974 1 year ago
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Canada makes USA TV Shows under Mexican hiring conditions...
NO SENORITY ? in the 3rd world .
canadastreetmedia 1 year ago
people would only realise, you cant stop target, starbucks, wal-mart,
vwgti101 1 year ago
workin for starbucks has made me a miserable person they change shit every few months and add extra work for us. we work harder for the same pay they screw you over with your benefits. but it pays the bills so i will make you your non fat half caf triple venti no foam extra carmel extra hot 3 splenda latte with whip cream and drizzle with a venti extra ice water on the side. if they take our tips away im fuken quitting. all the positive comments here are probably from managers or Dm's
chimbolo89 1 year ago
@chimbolo89
LMAO. You sound like a real go getter
Shineshop2008 1 year ago
HOWARD SHULTZ IS A GOOD GUY, AND STARBUCKS IS THE BEST JOB I HAVE EVER HAD.
alleybot 1 year ago
I work for Starbucks and its the best job I have ever had.
I get full medical and dental benefits, hours and pay that I want... and I love every day that I enter the store. This is a stupid video.
alleybot 1 year ago
We've got Starfucks, and now a assWal-mart in our town and it's killing small business, Pure evil. Capitalism is killing us, they don't care about people, it's all about money to them. They don't care if the whole world becomes dirty and unfit to live on. as long as they have money and control of the people. We need to fight back. We need an October Revolution of our own.
Thirdshiftzombie 1 year ago
@Thirdshiftzombie It's not capitalism that's wrong. America is no longer a free market i.e. capitalism. So the better product does not necessarily when anymore. So understanding basic economics is a start. It is fascism that is the problem. With Fascism the government does not own the business on paper, but controls it through an array of taxation and regulation. What happens is the small ''mom and pop" businesses that made America great are no more, and the monopolies like Walmart win out.
michaelpsalerno 1 year ago
Employee Free Choice Act is the exact opposite of what it purports to be. It effectively does away with the secret ballot and increases the odds of employee intimidation by union organizers. Unions played an important part in protecting American workers for generations, until gov't regulations caught up. Now unions (for the most part) are an albatross hanging around the neck of our economy and country. Just look at how the UAW strangled the auto industry, and CA state workers are bankrupting CA.
combatjm89 1 year ago
Starbucks also uses prison labor to make some of their cups.
LoveToday8 1 year ago
3:38 (-Howard Schultz prevents his workers from improving their lives...) uuuuhhhhhhh No, They can just leave and try to make money in other ways.
jeabreg 1 year ago
Laws don't mean shit. Everyone just does what the fuck they want.
jeabreg 1 year ago
This is rediculoius , Why would anyone think a person serving coffee should get more than minimum wage. It will only cause the cost of the overinflated price to go up , so we all pay anyway. Working at a coffee shop is not supposed to be a career way of life. A person who wantsw to do this just need to train or educate himself and get a better job or start his own business
divinicus1001 1 year ago
@divinicus1001 Amen, and these anti-WalMart and anti-Starbucks movies are being backed by unions that just want a piece of the pie. If they cared about the 'workers' (What an insulting term-try calling them 'employees', maybe??), they'd emphasize job training and education, not finding a way to turn Starbucks into a life-long career.
DevSodDribble 1 year ago
he tells a cute story though.
sndd0138 1 year ago
Wal Mart & Starbucks have a MAJOR thing in common; anyone who doesn't like working there can quit! And don't let their swinging doors hit you in your ungrateful, fat asses on the way out!
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I go into my local Starbucks and am promptly greeted by the SCOWL of a Urban American woman, she has tight cornrows and looks like she wants to fight me. I say "venti China Green Tips-please", she says "WHATS" as she continues to scowl at me. She finally understands my order, rings it up, overcharging me by 40 cents. She adjusts the price. I go sit down to drink my tea and this BURLY, Urban American woman is occasionally scowling at me,YIKERS. Anyone else have a similar Starbucks experience?
tickyul 1 year ago
a few of my friends work at starbucks and none of them said it was bad. Meanwhile, the farmers who grow the coffee have it much worse than our lazy north-american asses. That's why Starbucks supports Fair Trade, so that these farmers can be treated better.
pulsedrop 1 year ago
$8.00 an hour gets me to do my job. That's it. Call it lazy, but I'm not about to go above and beyond for a job that won't pay me enough to live on. Min wage has been stagnant for too long while GDP continues to rise and inequality rises dramatically. I'm not lazy, I just don't work for free.
Study unpaid labor in capitalism if you don't know what I mean.
btw Structures create evils most of the time- not individual people.
blueteafly 1 year ago
@blueteafly
How much do you think you should be earning to make coffee? I'm honestly interested to hear how you value this challenging and highly skilled job.
Shineshop2008 1 year ago
@Shineshop2008 The question is how much is starbucks earning for me spending out hours out of my day to, clean there stores, make the coffee,& serve there coffee. if your making 1 million dollars... why do i get 100 bucks of it...? without me you would'nt have a dime...
IBloodSweatTears 1 year ago
@IBloodSweatTears
No offense. How much risk have you invested in opening, funding, staffing, operating etc the starbucks you work at? I'm willing to bet you don't own any starbucks stock so the answer is nothing. Your employer has ALL the risk hence why they reap the lions share of the rewards. Also, you are not a unique snowflake that has "special" skills that cannot be replaced at the drop of the hat. That's why you earn close to minimum wage. Be happy you have a job at all.
Shineshop2008 1 year ago
@Shineshop2008 I dont work at starbucks, but i have witnessed these actions. And its not so much that its some special skill, neither is playing football but people earn money for it. But its simply the fact that thay get over on there employees... And you would have won that bet because i own no, nore do i want to own any starrbucks stocks. No job on the planet has special skills that cant be replaced...
IBloodSweatTears 1 year ago
@IBloodSweatTears A football player, or any Athlete for that matter has specila skills that they have developed throughout their life through "bloodsweatandtears". Many people are born with specail talent, but the dedication and sacrifices made throughout their life to hone these talents is what makes them millionares. If you don't believe in your company's mission, or if they don'tbelieve in you... quit. Don't hire an attorney or Union to make the employer believe in you. Does that make sense?
ltsgoyanks 1 year ago
@ltsgoyanks I would respond to that with my point of view... but that conversation was a 1 month & a half ago... :l
IBloodSweatTears 1 year ago
@Shineshop2008 But i do respect your point.
IBloodSweatTears 1 year ago
@IBloodSweatTears
Most employees have no idea of the real cost to the employer to employ them. Where I live minimum wage + workers comp + vacation pay + EI + CPP + paid holidays = at least $13.85 an hour not including any additonal benefits (health plan etc.). That's the MINIMUM an employee costs me plus rent/heat/hydro/accounting/advertising/phone/supplies etc before I can even think of making a profit or paying myself.
Shineshop2008 1 year ago 2
@Shineshop2008 do you make $1.1 million a year? Do you cut hours, pay and benefits to increase the amount of money you make? If not, I don't see the connection.
WILLIAMGARM 1 year ago
@WILLIAMGARM
YOU MAD
Shineshop2008 1 year ago
@Shineshop2008 I respect that, not easy out here in the real world brother.
badattitude77769 10 months ago
@Shineshop2008 -- If you were to discover that a competitor *owned* his workers as slaves, and so had much lower labor costs, would you work to be allowed to own slaves yourself, or would you work to get his slaves freed? Leveling the playing field *up* provides the same fair competition as leveling it *down*, and works a lot better for the average Joe.
solvecoagule 10 months ago
@solvecoagule Markets set prices - not employees. See how well this worked out with the unions in the auto industry? Pay and benefits should be directly tied to job skill and productivity, not some imaginary figure dreamed up by union negotiators. If employees don't like it they are free to do as I did when I was unhappy with my job and compensation and leave and either get a better job or start their own business.
Shineshop2008 10 months ago
@Shineshop2008 -- "Markets set prices" is a statemt of faith, & works OK w/many producers & many consumers, less well when a few producers, or buyers, become big enough to fix prices. & "The Market" btw labor & management is @ a negotiating table, not @ a store. Unions don't "dream up" prices, they negotiate them. Naturally, owners would rather divide and conquer labor, & laborers naturally prefer to present a united front, unless they *enjoy* the submissive role.
solvecoagule 10 months ago 2
@Shineshop2008 Starbucks retail--less than 20 hours per week. no benefits. Thus, BEYOND no living wage. What a joke! Even with "open availability"!
ticks4ticks4 1 year ago
@Shineshop2008 Quit, boycott, give out free drinks!
ticks4ticks4 1 year ago
I work for starbucks and they pay be an incredible amount over the minimum wage, they have better working conditions that my previous job.. i guess it's an individual thing though as my store is charitable, and very concious of the surroundings..
Dewidruce 1 year ago
How can you compare Starbucks to Wal-Mart? Wal-Mart is the LARGEST employer in the US. They're the largest private corporation in the world. They've forced their suppliers to ship their operations overseas to keep their prices low, they've forced their peers to lower their employee compensation to match their low prices, and they've screwed numerous employees. Wal-Mart needs a fucking union! I say that and I'm not really even for unions!
rosiechanel 1 year ago
why do you join a union?
defmouse14 1 year ago
u dont think the union has become just lik the government? they do unlawful things as well ...and the top union guys r just like ceeo's from banks ...all about ht e money...the union people i know dont work...and will do anything not to work...
4yules 2 years ago
@4yules True, they are lazy. But it goes both ways too. Workers get treated better by the company, workers get paid better too- raises, benefits, sick time, vaca time. Yes, workers pay their union dues, but they get so much in return. Unions are like on site lawyers for the workers. That's why companys hate them so much! They can't get away with all their crooked shit they do! Every time the co does crooked shit, they get fined.. It's a wonderful thing.
squid8me 1 year ago
why do coffee shop workers need to be unionised? lazy bastards just want to start going on strike.
artifactingreality 2 years ago
cause there lazy and want more money for doing nothing
WingsIGA 2 years ago
Walmart & Starbucks do have one thing in common; if their employees don't like working there, they can always quit. Problem solved.
FrankeeFraud 2 years ago
I believe 9/11 was pulled of by Zionist Companies, and Zionist Dual Citizenship people within the Government that own the banks and Federal Reserve!!!
911truthseekers 2 years ago
I work at Starbucks. This video is fuckin gay. Unions are bad. look up SEIU.
robofd 2 years ago
This is the most ridiculous video ever. People have the right to free contract. They get out of hand and just want to control someone else's business. They should be outlawed and made illegal. The most ridiculous thing I have ever heard of is unionizing a retail business. People always judge the little bad companies do and ignore the good. Even if Starbucks is strict about overtime is because they probably have to control costs in order to offer GREAT BENEFITS to employees.
ml430fan 2 years ago
Unions are the biggest load of crap ever. They no longer serve a purpose. Learn about the history of unions and why they were established. We no longer have the type of working conditions that existed after WWI. Starbucks employs over 100,000 employees and they provide benefits for employees who work a minimum of 20 hours. You people just want to cut into the profits of businesses by imposing ridiculous demands on them. Get an education and get a better job.
ml430fan 2 years ago
Cut hours so you don't get benefits (which you couldn't afford in the first place, and if you were ill and missed work to use the health benefits, you would lose hours and no longer qualify!) Fortune 100 is corporate propaganda. Fortune says "most popular hourly retail position is "Coordinator 3" that pays over $30,000 per year, I hear? I wonder....
ticks4ticks4 2 years ago
In what world do we live in that people that prepare coffee want more than minimum wage?
ooglesnboogles 2 years ago
People are ridiculous. These are service jobs not manufacturing and back breaking jobs. Stop complaining about making minimum wage for a part-time job. If you want to make more money go back to school and get an education. Stop making excuses for yourself and stop insulting people who worked hard to achieve their dreams. We live in America where EVERYONE has the opportunity to make something of themselves. Unions in the service sector is the most ridiculous idea I have ever heard off.
ml430fan 2 years ago
But Starbucks' ILLEGAL LABOR PRACTICES must stop! ALL EMPLOYERS must stop illegal labor practices...because they are....ILLEGAL!
ticks4ticks4 2 years ago
@ticks4ticks4
I love when employees bitch about labor law but are the first ones to call in sick, show up late, don't do their jobs, be unproductive and whine constantly. Respect is a two way street - something employees tend to forget.
Shineshop2008 1 year ago
With so many people going back to school, even with govt. funding, finding "better jobs" is too competitive and is too difficult. And least in many cases (although SOME are successful). But the ILLEGAL labor practices must stop...because they are...ILLEGAL!
ticks4ticks4 2 years ago
Cup of coffe at 4.00 bucks? or to sit with a bunch of people that are full of themselves pondering their naval and bloging about Global Warming! its just a job! Find another upcoming trendy company like. (USB wireless glow in the dark butt plugs!) and move to the Northern California Bay Area, and you all can pass the crying towel around in group! (while serviving on rice and tea!!)
razoredge45 2 years ago
people are so stupid these part time jobs were not meant to be lived off of people need to stop being lazy and go back to school there is no excuse for being lazy
bsctkszos 2 years ago
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With so many people going back to school, even with govt. funding, finding "better jobs" is too competitive and is too difficult. And least in many cases (although SOME are successful). But the ILLEGAL labor practices must stop...because they are...ILLEGAL!
ticks4ticks4 2 years ago
the unions are a bunch of communists... haha had to laugh... that's probably the best way to describe them!
barbapartida 2 years ago
You want to affect Corporate America, it starts with boycotting businesses. What happens if nobody wants to buy Walmart's goods or any services affiliated with them? You know exactly what happens.
GodChristLord 2 years ago 12
@GodChristLord
I have not been to wal mart in about 2 years or more and never been to starbucks and don't go to mcdonalds or any other big corp . stopped eating meats chicken pork and i should say fish since it is mostly farm raised or to expensive to buy but if i catch one i will eat only in sea water
missionaryoffaith 1 year ago
Remember, coming from those who did work under Mr. Hoffa, like my family, Corporate America is afraid of unionized workers. And, every educated person knows why, whether you are an "R" or a "D" or an Independent.
Take a look below the Mason Dixon Line, more unstable areas economically speaking.
Why are you afraid of the worker, the work who makes $18/hr. whose job and wage rate are protected by the union? ...cause you gotta pay labor more money, your biggest cost in business.
GodChristLord 2 years ago
One must get out of the mind-set of working for others. Success is the best revenge, and you won't get it by working for someone else.
coffeecoup 2 years ago
starbucks would not give any coffee to the troops,,they said they didnt support the war ,,,oh well the war didnt and dose not have any thing to do with the Troops,,,
Starbucks sucks anyways,Its like drinking shoe polish
DrewAnti1960 2 years ago
This is complete and utter garbage, i work for Starbucks, and have worked for Starbucks for 3 years, and this company has been the finest company you could ever work for, employees get full benefits, with only a minimum of 20 hours a week, this company looks after it's employees and treats them very well.
Starbucks also gives to the community, just watch on YouTube just how Starbucks helped New Orleans! This video has no credibility and is just utter garbage!
JamesBlakeWilliams 2 years ago 2
that may have been your experience... but you cant go on generalizing every workers experience!
lequ3becois94 2 years ago
The prejudice seems to have escalated from the partners belief that temps are taking their jobs (which if you seen this place a year ago, you'd see it is actually happening).
Starbucks is just another corporation, except unlike other corporations, they advertise their charity.
splaa 2 years ago
I work at a roasting plant. I'm not going to disclose which one. All the hire is temporary workers who are blamed for everything... They get crappy pay, they can't even afford the health benefits offered by the temp agency.
It seems that there is a pretty big prejudice between temporary partners and "full time" partners. It's like an epic battle between the two on who is more lazy... That's more of a local problem though.
Starbucks is going to hell and their taking their partners w/ em
splaa 2 years ago
Starbucks have all shut down here in South Australia! Noone went there, crap coffee!
marloflip 2 years ago 2
i heard. starbucks thought they could get the aussies to join the craze and failed miserably. over priced substandard products. all people are paying for is the image.
benarddor 2 years ago
Ictinike, I agree with you 150%. People who take the time to get educated or even work hard have a greater chance at a successful life. People who work at a Starbucks for example, should be working there while getting a higher education. It is not a job you plan on making your career. Everyone acts like it is a crie to make as money as possible. I am in the middle of starting up my own business. I work 6 day a week 12 hrs a day to make as much as possible. while in college. I hope it is worth i
fckliberalS7 2 years ago 3
I understand your point but what if that employee can't afford to get their dream education! How cant they make this a career, what choices have capitalist Gov.'s put out there? You need to take a step back and look at all the bigger picture and at why this might become a career for some one who is less fortunate...
By the way it can become one, Starbucks does need managers, ceos and other people to hold career positions! Therefor : IT CAN BE A LIFE LONG JOB!
lequ3becois94 2 years ago
STARBUCKS ARE THE SCUM OF THE EARTH, SO ARE THERE STUCK-UP SHIT DON'T STINK SUPORTERS. These bastards do noting to help the independent small coffee houses. Just clones of the same shit every damn place one looks. I wish they burn in HELL
ProfessorMatic 2 years ago
over priced substandard products. the idiots are only paying for the starbucks image.
benarddor 2 years ago 3
DEAR STARBUCKS,
i would rather drink piss
rickbar123 2 years ago
i get to use this for my debate case yayaya
but wow i wud of never considered StarBucks
to do something so vile to the people who work for them..but i still like starbucks or at least the coffee ;D
Kawii06 2 years ago
Really Starbucks isn't that bad of a company to work for, I've worked at worst places such as Target and Walmart. But there are things that can be improved. Like the hours for example, one week I was only given 12 hours of work and could barely cover the cost of books I needed for college on top of tution.
As for Unions being lazy people, that's just wrong and ignorant. There will always be good unions and bad unions. You just happen to witness a bad one.
Hadhock 2 years ago
99.99% of Unions are bad. They all demand higher pay which drives up the cost of their product which contributes to higher cost of living which makes minimum wage seem meaningless. Some companies don't give that good of hrs because they then have to offer health coverage. Why should the company have to offer that? It is your responsability to meet your families needs not theirs. When a company does offer coverage then that is good too. Unions force owners to do what the workers want.
fckliberalS7 2 years ago
And how would you know this? Have been a member in every Union there is?
You're only 20, so I doubt it.
Business doesn't care about anything other than money, this is true. But that doesn't make it right. It's the right of the people to fix it. Everyone has a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as you said. So Unions are doing exactly that.
Hadhock 2 years ago 2
hey retard
lay off the starbucks
rickbar123 2 years ago
You must be in a union because you can't argue for yourself. You need someone else to do it for you. So all you do is put these half assed comments. Grow up dude
fckliberalS7 2 years ago
Sorry dude,
I never had a union job. Growing up some of my friends fathers had union jobs. These jobs were 'passed on' to my friends. I have a degree, they dont, they make more money, have better benifits and will retire at the age of 45-50 thanks to a great plan. I will work to the day I die.
If I could join a union, I would.
P.S. I also have a student loan, they dont. I will drink piss before starbucks gets a dime from me.
rickbar123 2 years ago 2
If every one saw this like you! the world would be a better place. In solidarity, Philippe Lavoie
lequ3becois94 2 years ago 2
once again-
HEY RETARD - lay off the starbucks
rickbar123 2 years ago
If you must know I have never even been in a star bucks. so once again, get a real job and stay away from Unions. Earn you money, not demand it
fckliberalS7 2 years ago
"Unions force owners to do what the workers want. "
yeah...that's kinda the idea.
tbwobbly 2 years ago 2
...and you don't see anything wrong with that? See I am starting my own business right now. I work six days a week 12 hrs a day. I will have to hire someone next Spring. Tell me why MY employees should be able to tell me what to do! I worked my ass off to make money, so I tell them what to do and pay them what I want. NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND!!!
fckliberalS7 2 years ago
short answer: no i don't see anything wrong with that. without employees, businesses would not be able to operate or make profit on the level that they do. In fact, in many cases, there would be no profit or even no business at all. therefore, quite often, workers are equally important (sometimes more, sometimes less) than the 'owners' or administrators of a business. Yet, in most cases, workers get a minuscule amount of the wealth that their labor creates.
tbwobbly 2 years ago 4
when it comes to your business, i hope it goes well. but as you yourself say, you will "HAVE to hire someone next Spring" (emphasis added). It will be necessary, for the continuation of the business, that you hire someone. That means that he or she will be essential. maybe, because she put in less hours than you and didn't invest money, she is not equal in founding of the business as you. But after the point she is hired, all money taken in after that will be partly because of her.
tbwobbly 2 years ago 6
You are right, I did say all that. Could you please explain why I should not be able to decide what I pay MY employees. The employee has nothing to do with any of my customers. I started the business and will only hire people who are good and want to pursue a better job. I started a car detail job. The only real way of making good money is to start and own it 100%! I would tell them that they will probably max out at $10/hr unless I get like three major dealerships behind me. You don't acount
fckliberalS7 2 years ago
for the cost of the tools and supplies I have to purchase. It is up to the employee to set up a bonus program which I would do if I could afford it. Like, an extra $60 for every new customer you bring in. It is up to me if I want to offer health insurance. I already have to pay extra to cover you while on the clock. You act like the employer has to watch out for you. It is up to you to make money and provide for your family. Live within your means. Earn your money.
fckliberalS7 2 years ago
fckliberalS7..part2..Your user name is really cute and childish, I don't call myself fckconservatives because I respect people that have different points of view, but I have a world of disrespect for condescending, smug, arrogant, assholes like yourself.
thrillrock86 2 years ago 3
Double WAMMIE!
BAM!
lequ3becois94 2 years ago
fckliberalS7..part1..The fact that you use all caps when describing your employees only tells me that your a condescending elitist prick. It's not about you being supposedly oppressed, it's about workers having the right to negotiate a living compensation in exchange for what they've created. You're business wouldn't long exist without workers, but you have no gratitude beyond your self-aggrandizing ego.
thrillrock86 2 years ago 4
thrillrock86...part 1..The fact that I use all caps to describe MY employees is because people in unions and people that support unions tend to forget that they have the right and freedom to leave. If I hire you to work for me all negotiating is done before I hire you. It will usually end with MY guidelines, considering it is MY business. Now you may think that I am a condescending elitist prick but in reality I am a very generous and hard working guy.
fckliberalS7 2 years ago
My business is hardly working right now because I am starting college in the spring and will detail on the side. But for argument sake lets just say it takes off.I start getting six or eight cars a day. I can only do four cars a day MAX. That would mean I would hire someone. Seeing how I started doing this job to make ends meet while I was in college I would probably hire someone in college. Now, I personally know how much it takes to live while attending college so I would then pay MY
fckliberalS7 2 years ago