It is my understanding that the only way to eradicate knotweed is to inject it with weed killer. Spraying it doesn't work, burning it doesn't work, cutting it doesn't work, and digging it up doesn't work.

I now agree with you. The balance has tipped significantly in favor of big business. Absolutely support your local union shops.

They sell so much cookie dough they stopped making cookies.

Dairy bar was OP

Apparently Starbucks has violated several laws when it come to union tactics.

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So why did you even post this? If you acknowledge that the first part is not only incorrect but damaging the labor movement with misinformation and proceed to disregard it in the last sentence, what was the point?

Big surprise

Yeah, see my last sentence.

Chill out dude.

Starbucks has yet to sign a contract with any unions nationwide in their continuing campaign to prevent any union effectiveness.

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And also freezes pay and benefits at the location while adjusting it at non union locations to aid turnover of union locations and while claiming no adjustments will be made until an agreement is completed.

Imagine, after decades of neoliberal policy giving free corporate reign thinking you could get Narasimhan, or any CEO for that matter, to invest in or prioritize locations with union labor. The company will forever be at odds with the union, even after the union leadership bureaucratizes and capitulates to the state, as many other unions have done. You cannot boycott them into platforming union labor and even if you could, why would you want to align the company and the union? Where are the beans that make all this coffee coming from exactly? Should the unions solidarity not be with the international workers? I’m sorry, but you don’t understand contract bargaining or labor organizing.

He resigned last week to avoid testifying about union busting tactics AFAIK

Because it's Unilever Ice Cream.

Real Vermonters don't eat sellout ice cream

It translates into the company seeing that customers prefer to shop at unionized locations. Starbucks is as anti-union as a company can be. There is a chance that driving more sales to unionized locations could change that. Or not, Howard Schultz seems like a pretty big dick no matter what.

Expecting small businesses to be unionized in a small state is just silly.

Sincerely, a union worker

I'm not a Starbucks worker, but unionization made my life a lot better! And I do better work as a result.

I can't say; nor have I asked. I just think life is too short to drink shit coffee.

Sure. But are they union shops? What do they pay their staff?

Doesn’t matter. I’ve never been in a Starbucks and never will.

I'll admit I exaggerated with "half the price", but I have Berlin Price Chopper receipt dated today for Ben and Jerry's at $5.49.

I also have two receipts from (coincidentally) Bozeman, Montana from last week (visiting family): Walmart - $4.48; WinCo Foods - $4.48.

Less than double, but more than $.10 difference. Wanna see the receipts? :-)

Lol...this happens over a decade ago

They explain this when you visit the factory. I thought all Vermonters were required to go on the factory tour?!?

What are you bitching about?

Drink plenty of fluids my friend.

Preach! I spend $18,600 a year in childcare alone.