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mopinko

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14. yes. and i guess it is a good plan.

Reply to Thinkingabout (Reply #8)

Mon Jun 23, 2014, 11:15 AM

Jun 2014

i dont work for them, friend does.

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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