Many folks think that as long as a corporation isn't Wal-Mart or isn't one of the banking giants that wasted bailout money, the company's hat must be spotless.
Quite the contrary (though I agree that Wal-Mart is one of the worst major corporations).
Starbucks, for instance, has been blasted here for its greed-driven practice of illegally taking counter servers' tips. And now Starbucks has just settled its sixth complaint in only 3 years with the National Labor Relations Board.
Under this settlement, Starbucks must stop its illegal acts that have included threatening to call security on workers, barring employees from discussing labor matters, and firing union supporters.
Not exactly a dazzlingly bright corporate hat, is it?
(Source: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4063)
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Starbucks settles sixth labor complaint in 3 years
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While I find their coffee a bit overpriced, Starbucks was rated the #7 best company to work for by Fortune in 2008 (#16 in 2007).
ReplyDeleteAs if most other major companies are such great places to work for these days?
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