Posted on 12/15/2023 7:07:29 AM PST by Salman
Yes and a bunch of that union money goes right to the rats.
FSB. Them chickens come home to rost.
That's where the jack booted IRS thugs come in.
Now, I’m thinking this is a set up.
Allow this to happen, w/Starbucks, then....the barn door is open, to go after other companies.
Starbucks playing the patsy.
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If you don’t close non-profitable locations you go under. Starbucks coffee is terrible so that’s fine. There won’t be a coffee shortage.
I am not a lawyer, nor an expert on labor relations. But as I recall from history, the National Labor Relations Act was passed as part of FDR’s New Deal. It basically set ground rules for the relationship between unions and employers.
Was/Is it Constitutional. Not according to my reading of powers given to Congress in Article I, but then my reading means nothing.
In any case the Act gives the power to the National Labor Relations Board to enforce rules like saying an employer has to let the union enter the employer’s property to try to ‘organize’ the employer’s workers. And if an employer breaks those rules the NLRB can force him to comply. I’m pretty sure that one of the rules is the employer cannot shut down a workplace because of union activity.
Again, I’m not saying it’s right, fair or Constitutional, but the rules have been around for a long time. Different administrations choose to enforce the rules more or less strictly. Guess what FJB’s NLRB is going to do?
The United States is a fascist nation with a fascist government. Get used to this, much, much worse is coming.
Generally, they prefer the term “tax-payer” or “paying your fair share”.
Or even a Meigs of Cuffy!
Communism says that what is mine is mine...
and what is yours is mine.
That is what they mean by “fair share”.
Starbucks, that most progressive peddler of burnt rain forest coffee, won’t be the last business to close in Los Angeles.
"In the name of the general welfare, " read Wesley Mouch, "to protect the people's security, to achieve full equality and total stability, it is decreed for the duration of the national emergency thatâ
"Point One. All workers, wage earners and employees of any kind whatsoever shall henceforth be attached to their jobs and shall not leave nor be dismissed nor change employment, under penalty of a term in jail. The penalty shall be determined by the Unification Board, such Board to be appointed by the Bureau of Economic Planning and National Resources. All persons reaching the age of twenty-one shall report to the Unification Board, which shall assign them to where, in its opinion, their services will best serve the interests of the nation.
"Point Two. All industrial, commercial, manufacturing and business establishments of any nature whatsoever shall henceforth remain in operation, and the owners of such establishments shall not quit nor leave nor retire, nor close, sell or transfer their business, under penalty of the nationalization of their establishment and of any and all of their property.
"Point Three. All patents and copyrights, pertaining to any devices, inventions, formulas, processes and works of any nature whatsoever, shall be turned over to the nation as a patriotic emergency gift by means of Gift Certificates to be signed voluntarily by the owners of all such patents and copyrights. The Unification Board shall then license the use of such patents and copyrights to all applicants, equally and without discrimination, for the purpose of eliminating monopolistic practices, discarding obsolete products and making the best available to the whole nation. No trademarks, brand names or copyrighted titles shall be used. Every formerly patented product shall be known by a new name and sold by all manufacturers under the same name, such name to be selected by the Unification Board. All private trademarks and brand names are hereby abolished.
"Point Four. No new devices, inventions, products, or goods of any nature whatsoever, not now on the market, shall be produced, invented, manufactured or sold after the date of this directive. The Office of Patents and Copyrights is hereby suspended.
"Point Five. Every establishment, concern, corporation or person engaged in production of any nature whatsoever shall henceforth produce the same amount of goods per year as it, they or he produced during the Basic Year, no more and no less. The year to be known as the Basic or Yardstick Year is to be the year ending on the date of this directive. Over or under production shall be fined, such fines to be determined by the Unification Board.
"Point Six. Every person of any age, sex, class or income, shall henceforth spend the same amount of money on the purchase of goods per year as he or she spent during the Basic Year, no more and no less. Over or under purchasing shall be fined, such fines to be determined by the Unification Board.
"Point Seven. All wages, prices, salaries, dividends, profits, interest rates and forms of income of any nature whatsoever, shall be frozen at their present figures, as of the date of this directive.
"Point Eight. All cases arising from and rules not specifically provided for in this directive, shall be settled and determined by the Unification Board, whose decisions will be final."
“Do they have the legal authority to force them to reopen those stores?”
The 13th Amendment says they don’t.
AMENDMENT XIII
Section 1.
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
“Directive Number 10-289”
Yup—the only way out would be to fake your death and create a new identity.
These days I guess you would leave the country and sneak in as an illegal alien.
;-)
The only source I could find on the Maine store involved in this is biased but provides the basic details. The building it was in is under a gut renovation and would have been closed by the building owner. Starbucks closed another intown location, but they can easily argue that was due to lack of business, etc. Their competition down the street, the locally owned coffee shop even closed due to lack of business.
The National Labor Relations Board, the federal panel that enforces U.S. labor law, says Starbucks must reopen its location in Portlandâs Old Port that the chain closed in 2022 after baristas voted to unionize.
The NLRB announced on Wednesday that it is seeking to force the company to reopen 23 stores nationwide, including the Old Port location, as well as compensate former employees for their loss of earnings and benefits and for other costs they incurred as a result of the closures.
Fake?
“Directive 10-289 is here.”
Indeed.
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