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Starbucks Shafting Staff, Sharing Tips With Supervisors
cnn.com — A Superior Court judge ordered Starbucks Corp. on Thursday to pay its California baristas more than $100 million in back tips and interest that the coffee behemoth had paid to shift supervisors.
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- LoveYouSomeEric, on 03/21/2008, -0/+1This is absurd. I happen to be a shift supervisor at Starbucks (not in CA), and we don't make all that much more than baristas. While this law seems to be a well-intentioned one, it is clearly being wrongly applied here.
- arnott7, on 03/21/2008, -0/+1May be true. But from the article, the guy who started the case says shift supervisors should be paid more.
"I feel vindicated," Chou said in a written statement released by attorneys. "Tips really help those receiving the lowest wages. I think Starbucks should pay shift supervisors higher wages instead of taking money from the tip pool."
- arnott7, on 03/21/2008, -0/+1May be true. But from the article, the guy who started the case says shift supervisors should be paid more.
- angrykeyboarder, on 03/21/2008, -0/+2I didn't know I was supposed to tiip at Starbucks. Does the help wait tables at their California locations?
- tallbuilding, on 03/21/2008, -0/+0I don't think Starbucks is the only establishment doing this. Many restaurants do the same thing. Not that it is fair.
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