Somehow an article about the IWW and Starbucks slipped through our comprehensive web of Google alerts yesterday and we didn't find it until today when Starbucks Gossip linked to it. Sorry about that. Baristas at a few New York Starbucks and one in Chicago affiliate themselves with the IWW. It's a story we've heard over and over for the past three and half years now and it's not going away any time soon, despite the union's failure to get much traction among the baristarati, a crowd that is generally perceived as more than a little leftist. Apparently there is some difference between an indie cafe barista and a Starbucks barista. more ›

-This item has musical accompaniment, but it's going to have to be user supplied. Hum "Taps" while you read. Today's issue of the Seattle Weekly will be the last from the intrepid Knute Berger, Chuck Taylor, George Howland, Geov Parish team. more ›

The workers of a third New York Starbucks unionized recently, continuing what has to be an uncomfortable trend for our caffienated giant. The employees of the Union Square Starbucks store are joining two other Manhattan locations in The Starbucks Workers Union (aka IWW, aka IU-660) chiefly because of concerns regarding the low number of hours available to part-time employees. more ›