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yeoman6987

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1. Of course we will begin paying for it tomorrow when the coffee is raised 20 cents

Reply to doxydad (Original post)

Mon Jun 23, 2014, 09:13 AM

Jun 2014

Which I don't mind, but the media is only screaming this but not adding that the money is going towards tuition assistance for their employees.....No they are screaming....."Starbucks is raising coffee 20 cents starting Tuesday....isn't that awful?"

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Why most employers aren�t like Starbucks and Costco [View all] doxydad Jun 2014 OP

Of course we will begin paying for it tomorrow when the coffee is raised 20 cents yeoman6987 Jun 2014 #1

Starbucks is raising some of its coffee prices because of a drought in Brazil The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2014 #4

It has very little to do with tuition assistance, like half a penny, and I am being generous here nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #22

starbucks employees dont get healthcare. mopinko Jun 2014 #2

Is this available at group insurance rates? Thinkingabout Jun 2014 #8

yes. and i guess it is a good plan. mopinko Jun 2014 #14

Most employees has to pay the cost of health insurance partially or whole. Thinkingabout Jun 2014 #18

except that this is about starbucks mopinko Jun 2014 #27

The offering of group rate health insurance is what is meant, do they say this, no Thinkingabout Jun 2014 #28

lol. Just like everyone else in the working world yeoman6987 Jun 2014 #12

what are you talking about? i didnt say free. mopinko Jun 2014 #15

Ok. I took premium to mean one thing yeoman6987 Jun 2014 #17

The Voice They Hear,,,,,, support biz whose policies are closest to your own values,,,nt Cryptoad Jun 2014 #3

Starbucks fights against GMO labeling SHRED Jun 2014 #5

Whole Foods is against the labeling as well... Dr Hobbitstein Jun 2014 #9

Dr. Hobbit-stein, your Frankenfoods ... it's alive! It's ALIVE IT'S ALIVE IT'S ALIVE!!!! closeupready Jun 2014 #10

"science SUPPORTS GMOs" SHRED Jun 2014 #11

Educate yourself... Dr Hobbitstein Jun 2014 #20

vaccine in food? SHRED Jun 2014 #21

Actually it is not as clear cut as you want to present it nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #25

Back at ya SHRED Jun 2014 #29

So, I post an article from a science publication... Dr Hobbitstein Jun 2014 #33

You can "Boom" all you want SHRED Jun 2014 #35

No, I toe the science line. Dr Hobbitstein Jun 2014 #37

science supports monsanto wisechoice Jun 2014 #30

Agent Orange was known to be harmful all the way back in the 1940s when it was invented... Dr Hobbitstein Jun 2014 #34

Starbucks "covers college tuition" only for junior- and senior-level course loads, and only if you Brickbat Jun 2014 #6

Some companies in the past have competed with union jobs and gave their employees like Thinkingabout Jun 2014 #7

I was less impressed by Starbucks after reading this renate Jun 2014 #13

Costco on the other hand likes to tell you about their great wages and then... bayareaboy Jun 2014 #16

Did you and a few of your friends go to the county board meeting nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #23

Sorry I just drove up here less than 2years ago. bayareaboy Jun 2014 #36

Ah you are having the same problems nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #38

Starbucks Workers Can Get Paid College Tuition. DhhD Jun 2014 #19

I support worker owned businesses SHRED Jun 2014 #24

The company I have spent 30 years at went from one side to the other a few years ago liberal N proud Jun 2014 #26

It's just a coincidence that these companies are Cha Jun 2014 #31

Yes, it quite possibly is a coincidence. Consider... Demo_Chris Jun 2014 #32