http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2006/08/15/damned-lies/ A working notebook Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:55:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2006/08/15/damned-lies/#comment-1786 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:20:38 +0100 http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2006/08/15/damned-lies/#comment-1786 Celeste Mattina is NOT a representative of Starbucks Coffee she is the Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board. Just as an FYI. http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Press%20Releases/2000/r2396.html Celeste Mattina is NOT a representative of Starbucks Coffee she is the Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board. Just as an FYI.
http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Press%20Releases/2000/r2396.html

]]> http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2006/08/15/damned-lies/#comment-931 Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:21:49 +0100 http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2006/08/15/damned-lies/#comment-931 You wanna post your response? Put it in a comment. What I found particularly funny, can't remember if I commented on this already, was the quote mark at the end. Gives the lie to the veneer of personalized response, since the piece has been copied from some other source. You wanna post your response? Put it in a comment. What I found particularly funny, can’t remember if I commented on this already, was the quote mark at the end. Gives the lie to the veneer of personalized response, since the piece has been copied from some other source.

]]> http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2006/08/15/damned-lies/#comment-928 Wed, 27 Sep 2006 10:39:14 +0100 http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2006/08/15/damned-lies/#comment-928 I got the exact same letter and wrote a similarly enjoyable response. Sadly, I haven't heard back from them since then. I guess they figured that corresponding with me was a waste of time. Alas... I got the exact same letter and wrote a similarly enjoyable response. Sadly, I haven’t heard back from them since then. I guess they figured that corresponding with me was a waste of time. Alas…

]]> http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2006/08/15/damned-lies/#comment-910 Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:02:34 +0100 http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2006/08/15/damned-lies/#comment-910 We linked to this blog post from an article about the IWW effort to organize Starbucks in Chicago. The form letter you got seems to be about par for the course. We linked to this blog post from an article about the IWW effort to organize Starbucks in Chicago. The form letter you got seems to be about par for the course.

]]> http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2006/08/15/damned-lies/#comment-906 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:20:01 +0100 http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2006/08/15/damned-lies/#comment-906 they may be lying, but you have to thank them for this great letter... newspeak or doublespeak, very Orwellian. refusing to use the word ´worker´ or even ´employee´ and all that. But isn´t it true that workers are partners? we do (re)produce and valorize capital, after all. You (as union organizers) could turn this against them in a polemical way, if you want. they may be lying, but you have to thank them for this great letter… newspeak or doublespeak, very Orwellian. refusing to use the word ´worker´ or even ´employee´ and all that. But isn´t it true that workers are partners? we do (re)produce and valorize capital, after all. You (as union organizers) could turn this against them in a polemical way, if you want.

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