I stand in solidarity with the Starbucks workers on strike.
When a corporation can pay $96 million to its CEO for just four months of work, it can afford to pay its workers a living wage and decent benefits.
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I refuse to use them. Apart from it being a moral standpoint, their coffee tastes like tepid dog shite
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Walmart is just as guilty
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$96M for 4 months of work? Peanuts. I know a guy who has $500B, got a $26B bonus last year, and his lapdog board just approved another $1T for him. He spends most of his waking hours drugged out and he has 5-6 other side hustles.
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Thank you, Senator✨🙏✨
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Thank you, Bernie. You’ve been standing up for Americans your entire life. I appreciate you. I hope one day we’re in a better place and you can rest. Xoxo
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If you're trying to make a living serving coffee, the last thing you should do is listen to an idiot like Bernie.
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I gave my weekly coffee budget to this go fund me.
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If the general population SNAP participation in a state is between 8% and 16%, the share among Starbucks workers could be estimated roughly 1.5 to 2 times that rate due to lower wages and part-time hours, suggesting an estimated 12% to 30% of Starbucks workers might receive SNAP benefits. Perplexity
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Agree! No Starbucks for me!
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Totally agree! So out of proportion it’s criminal!😡
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Don't care for Starbucks coffee, every time I tried it, it tasted like dirt, so easy for me to stand with the workers. I've got a coffee machine & there are a ton of family/privately owned sellers of great coffee....Koffeeexpress on eBay sells Moose Munch Coffee...Choc/Peanut Butter & many others
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All wealth hoarding of millions+ is criminal and murderous. Senator Sanders is a millionaire wealth hoarder.
#JailMillionaires #JailBillionaires #JailTrillionaires
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Howard Schultz is a POS. I worked in one of the busiest Starbucks in Pittsburgh back in '06/'07. One of the worst jobs I've ever had. And it's very clear the current management is no better.
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True prosperity is measured not by the accumulation of wealth for a few, but by the wellbeing, opportunity, and dignity of all.
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More power to 'em. I recently saw the power of a union and the weight that a strike has, or in my case, the weight of the threat of a strike to offset corperate leverage. I don't drink at Starbucks very often, but I'll dump all my stocks of it.
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Golden CEO pay will be the death of this country. Greed is never a pretty trait.
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I can't afford late stage capitalism yuppie juice.
I make my own coffee.
When I worked with Citizen Action as a staff trainer we organized with Unions across USA against NAFTA and supporting Wellstone Single Payer campaign.
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My God, what does that equate to weekly? That's insanity
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The working class that supports a party that is against raising the minimum wage, universal health care, progressive tax rates, etc etc. kind of deserves what it gets. Hopefully they will figure this out sooner rather than later.
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That's capitalism working normally. The system that you support. Be quiet, hypocrite.
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It could also afford to make decent coffee.
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100%. If your business plan is as flawed as Starbucks you should no longer be allowed to be in business!!!
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I am the youngest of 4 girls in our family.
I was taught to share.
The lesson stuck & I have been shareful my entire life.
THIS advent of greedy CEOs shows a lack of parenting skills & the failure to teach the children to care about others.
The (p) Resident is a prime example of this failure.
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This isn’t socialism, it’s common sense.
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🚫 Boycott Starbucks #ShopLocalShopSmall
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Starbucks coffee sucks anyway. Support local shops
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Personally, I CONTINUE to boycott Starbucks. Even got the recipe for their delicious Egg Bites so I make them at home for about $3 for a pan full, instead of $6 for two small ones.
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Its fuckin bs cos without workers tjat zoggwit wouldnt roll in money. Yet they barely get enough to make it from one day to another.
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Corporate officers should be replaced by AI before anyone else is.
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I went into a Starbucks at an airport once to get a free napkin, but that's it. That was the only time. People paying that much for coffee need to re-evaluate their lives.
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CEO is an antiquated position. They don't have any real skills and are just garbage figureheads that only care about appearances and facades.
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Thank you Bernie!
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Here! Here!
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DEFUND ALL CORPORATIONS. Strike on every level. Watch the rich pigs squirm.
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Boycott any corporation that rewards management with obscene--you can't even call it "pay"--but exploits the people upon whose shoulders the business makes it profits and expects the government to supplement their unlivable wages. Parasites die when they kill their hosts; let's shorten the process.
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Boycott Starbucks & their plastic lids that I’m always finding in tide pools at low tide. #boycottstarbucksforever
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Yes! Starbucks can afford to pay better wages. Walmart too. And for damn sure Amazon!!! Renting Venice for your wedding, Bezos? The gall.
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I honestly can’t believe people even still go there. It’s such a problematic corporation in many ways
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I don’t go to them. Have not for years.
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When a government servant can build his $4 million net worth and fly around on private jets on the backs of taxpayers... Such a hypocrite.
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Me too! Love my homemade lattes and cappuccinos! ✊🏻
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I don’t shop at Starbucks. Bernie still supporting the lying Nazi sympathizer? The guy who didn’t know he had a Nazi tattoo?
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No fucking way I'm ever crossing a picket line.
You want a latte? There are plenty of mom and pop places to try in your neighborhood. Hell, my local farmers market was selling hot coffee this morning.
#BoycottStarbucks
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Here here!
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Fourbucks is a classic case of excessive CEO pay. Laws need to be written to eliminate this obscenity.
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Oligarchy.. I'm out! 🎤
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Is it still the CEO who flies into work in another state on his private jet? There's too much money, and then there's "fuck you" money.
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Will never again visit them
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I don't think this takes into account that the ceo was 9000x more productive by doing things like working lunches and checks note uh, "passion"
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I still love my cinnamon dolce lattes. 🤷🏼♂️
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No executive should ever be paid more than $1M/Year!
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Especially when they charge five dollars for a cup of coffee
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Me too. 💙💙💙
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“Late stage capitalism” or “The last great grift”
This is just Rome before the fall. When things collapse the rats will try to leave the sinking ship.
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Imagine how good business would be for #Starbucks if the corporate high command agreed to cut prices by 5% to 10% across the board. The revenue increase would more than offset the pressure on profit margins.
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Firstly, and most important I agree with Bernie.
Secondly, unless someone else is paying, I never go to Starbucks. The coffee is too expensive and it’s not worth the price.
If you divide $96 million by 361k employees, each employee would get $266 more per year.
4bln cups/$96m =$0.024 /cup 2.4c
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The CEO is a greedy jerk. Pay the baristas a living wage to afford housing, a vehicle, and food without needing SNAP.
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Starbucks is not suppose to be a career job that is why they offer full tuition reimbursement so you can get a fucking education and get a real job.
Not Starbucks fault most people are worthless and lazy.
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Tuition assistance added as employment benefit, or an increase if already provided?
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We've stopped going to Starfucks even here in Vancouver. Supporting local so much more now than ever before
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Te whole economics system is rigged, with far too large a slice taken by the few. Too little going to the employees. Meaning the majority of workers can't afford to pay much more for the coffee until they in turn are paid a proper wage they can then spend on things like coffee.
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Starbucks like Walmart and other massive corporations use our tax dollars as SNAP benefits to subsidize their shameful wages.
Fuck Starbucks.
Support Unions and Workers.
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Ok but also, I’m concerned the droves of uncaffinated hipsters could be a zombie apocalypse level emergency. Please, help your friends make coffee at home.
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Money is like a drug: OK in moderation but too much leaves you addicted and only needing more
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I started my boycott 4 years ago and it is now very easy for me to walk past any Starbucks and pay half the price for better coffee and snacks. I suppose it helps that I live in Europe, and we make some pretty amazing snacks and coffee that does not come in a bucket.
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I agree Senator; I’m boycotting Starbucks.
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Sharing is caring. Five year olds know this.
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You tell ‘em Bernie! 🥊🥊🥊
#IStandWithStarbucksWorkers
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And decent schedules
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And they have enough as to not pass the price to consumers too.
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Bernie, can you please do a video about KOSA?
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Income inequality—republicans have been pushing it since Reagan. Relentlessly. It’s gone beyond outrageous. It’s achieved guillotine level.
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F****** communist.
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All symptoms. Nobody ever does anything about the cause.
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The high prices of a cup of coffee at star bugs would cover living wages in less than 5 min.
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Are CEOs super humans? Should they get paid millions? The question should be: What is the justification for earning millions per year? There really isn't... if they screw up, are they penalized? The answer is no... so why the big bucks?
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Until ur last breath ull stand with workers. U r so a such good man really. The best for u
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We need a corporate pig salary cap. 🐽
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Boycotts work.
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I think they should break off into their own coffee company, send Starbucks down, and make their selling point that they don't burn the coffee. if I didn't hate Starbucks as much as I do I would not have survived 9/11.
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As a life long union member, in the transportation industry I have always supported Unions and don’t understand what people are so opposed.
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We have boycotted Starbucks for over a year now!
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Our founding fathers managed to overthrow the British nobility 👑
Today’s mega corporations are actively recreating that same super wealthy nobility except with corporate titles and money 💰
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Yes, they need to pay the workers. More than a medium wage. A person cannot live on messily pay.
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Especially when they deal with many privileged, rude customers regularly
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Very few CEOs are worth even a quarter of what they're paid
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Never had Starbucks never will
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🤝 If Marjorie, Nancy, and Lauren are REALLY defining a new socially acceptable, non-fascistic, lane for the future of the Republican party, offer them incentive to retire right NOW from congress, let the gavel go to Jeffries, then help them join Cheney/Kinzinger/Steele to run later.
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SOLIDARITY !!!!!!!!!!!
Support Union Labor
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I will not be buying any starbucks until further notice!
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What is a living wage in dollars?
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Many thanks, Bernie for bringing up the salary of Starbucks new CEO, Brian Niccol. Yes, he's overpaid. He also has made the work of a barista much harder with unreasonable demands. He doesn't seem to have any training in how to be a boss.
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This is not radical, THIS is common sense. And, of course, the same is true if all companies.
I have long believed: a company that claims it cannot pay its workers a living wage and give them full benefits is simply not a successful company, no matter what their financial statements say.
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Starbux pays his air travel, mortgage, etc. etc. etc.
666x the wage of baristas, et al the People who's work creates the profit.
The Corporation would have no profits to pay out from without the ground floor crews of PEOPLE.
Whole People Who Live Whole Lives In #THIS #Econsky?! #richwhitemen 💯💩🤬
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Bernie. You know that large corporations have golden parachutes for their upper management. The amounts are OBSCENE!!
I am offended by folks making THAT MUCH money, while some of their employees barely make enough to survive, and may even need food assistance.
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I never got into the whole $6 cup of coffee. I can't boycott them lol.
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Nobody deserves 96 million? What could the guy possibly have done to warrant that salary? I think many of these CEO’s make ridiculously bloated salaries. No wonder their employees RESENT them.
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Do not listen to Bernie. He be hatin!
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yeah, I'll wait it out..
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I never had the need to go there. My coffee is expensive enough without paying these oligarchs prices.
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I’m old enough to remember when Starbucks gave a shit about their employees.
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And they can afford to pay their share of taxes.
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Yes definitely!💙
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Easy Message:
AFFORDABILITY IS WHEN WORKERS CAN PAY FOR RENT, FOOD, AND ENERGY COSTS WITHOUT THREE JOBS AND GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.
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Too bad you couldn't stand with the people in demanding Schumer step down
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It's not a matter of if they can. The matter is they refuse to.
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@sanders.senate.gov I'm all for increasing the minimum wage and all, but what I would love more is universal healthcare, affordable housing, and reduction in grocery bills. Still, I ain't buying anything from Starbucks until they do right by the union!
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#UnionStrong #Solidarity
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Yes! The coffee has always been overpriced.
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he did nothing wrong
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What!!!! Seriously $96 million??? I never go to Starbucks, now I'll definitely never go. That's absolutely disgusting and those workers definitely deserve better!
