Poor Farmer

Here is a balanced, well researched report from the Seattle PI. Please visit the paper by clicking here . Coming up is a report on my express visit to Starbucks headquarters today; I had the pleasure of meeting with two Starbucks senior Vice Presidents and six other experts and Directors - all within one hour. ---------- By CRAIG HARRIS P-I REPORTER March 20, 2007 Like other investors in Starbucks Corp., Elizabeth Moon hasn't been thrilled with the company's traditionally high-flying stock taking a considerable slide this year. Yet the retired Seattle insurance adjuster views the 11 percent drop since the end of 2006 as a blip in the road and says she's looking forward to today's annual meeting in McCaw Hall. "The stock has gone up the past couple three days, and that is good, because we had a down trend for a while," said Moon, whose investment in the past six years has increased more than 200 percent. "But I think it's a well-run company and one of...

In their report, " Justice from Bean to Cup," IWW Starbucks Workers Union ask, " Can Starbucks provide "an uplifting experience that enriches people's lives one moment, one human being, one extraordinary cup of coffee at a time" when its farmers' families are starving, and its baristas require public assistance?" The Union and their supporter along with supporters of the Ethiopian farmers are preparing to hold protests during Starbucks Annual Meeting of Shareholders . As part of their call for protest, Union leaders held a Press Conference at Labor Temple today. The following is extracted from the booklet "Starbucks 2006 Corporate IRRESPONSIBILITY Report," which they say will be distributed to participants of the Annual Shareholders Meeting. The full text (.pdf) is found here. --------------- Starbucks 2006 IRRESPONSIBILITY Report JUSTICE--fairness to all parties, as dictated by reason and conscience... Can Starbucks provide "an up...