>In 2022, coffee farming was one of the top five sectors in terms of number of reports on worker exploitation in Brazil. In total, 39 coffee estates were inspected and 159 workers were rescued from modern slavery.
This is wild. It’s *coffee*.
Obviously, there’s more going on here with local economies and working conditions in poorer countries, but somehow it’s a little extra disturbing that people are being exploited just so McKinley can get her morning skinny lattè.
Huh… it’s almost as if self policing doesn’t work… weird…
I think the worst part is how little this shocks me.
Nobody will hang for this. And nobody will care. In a year they’ll be using more slaves and nobody will care then
Petition the Stewards office in Minas Tirith. Pretty sure Minas Gerais is under Gondorian jurisdiction.
Starbucks: taste the slavery
That’sa Capitalism!
I don’t think the pumpkin spice latte crowd are the type of folks to care
Does anyone actually think this will make customers turn away?
Shocking
Starbucks is just an over expensive glorified coffee (in my opinion)
Up 2% today
There will still be a line wrapped around the building!
Brings a whole new meaning to fair trade coffee.
Give the slavers the Sherman Special.
Wow! A massive corporation engages in unethical and exploitative behaviour? Color me SHOCKED!
no way!
Fuck Starbucks
Starbucks has often advertised the “opportunities” it creates for local coffee producers in a given region.
It never discusses what terms they are offered, or what happens if you choose *not* to sell your coffee to Starbucks.
What if Starbucks owns the roads? What if they manipulate/outbid the ports so your cargo can’t be shipped?
If your shipping container full of premium coffee rots on the dock because there’s 8 billion tons of Starbucks ahead of it in line, you can bet your ass they aren’t paying for it.
Better off drinking pop
Glad that Starbucks tanked in Australia
Starbucks does a great job to prevent this. But slavery and child labour is so prevalent around the world that it makes sense that it is impossible to find every one of them.
Rich, bold, notes of chocolate, dried fruit, and light, salty topnote from the sweaty kids who picked the beans.
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Bring the house down on ’em.
thats the reason why it is so good?
>In 2022, coffee farming was one of the top five sectors in terms of number of reports on worker exploitation in Brazil. In total, 39 coffee estates were inspected and 159 workers were rescued from modern slavery.
This is wild. It’s *coffee*.
Obviously, there’s more going on here with local economies and working conditions in poorer countries, but somehow it’s a little extra disturbing that people are being exploited just so McKinley can get her morning skinny lattè.
Huh… it’s almost as if self policing doesn’t work… weird…
I think the worst part is how little this shocks me.
Nobody will hang for this. And nobody will care. In a year they’ll be using more slaves and nobody will care then
Petition the Stewards office in Minas Tirith. Pretty sure Minas Gerais is under Gondorian jurisdiction.
Starbucks: taste the slavery
That’sa Capitalism!
I don’t think the pumpkin spice latte crowd are the type of folks to care
Does anyone actually think this will make customers turn away?
Shocking
Starbucks is just an over expensive glorified coffee (in my opinion)
Up 2% today
There will still be a line wrapped around the building!
Brings a whole new meaning to fair trade coffee.
Give the slavers the Sherman Special.
Wow! A massive corporation engages in unethical and exploitative behaviour? Color me SHOCKED!
no way!
Fuck Starbucks
Starbucks has often advertised the “opportunities” it creates for local coffee producers in a given region.
It never discusses what terms they are offered, or what happens if you choose *not* to sell your coffee to Starbucks.
What if Starbucks owns the roads? What if they manipulate/outbid the ports so your cargo can’t be shipped?
If your shipping container full of premium coffee rots on the dock because there’s 8 billion tons of Starbucks ahead of it in line, you can bet your ass they aren’t paying for it.
Better off drinking pop
Glad that Starbucks tanked in Australia
Starbucks does a great job to prevent this. But slavery and child labour is so prevalent around the world that it makes sense that it is impossible to find every one of them.
Rich, bold, notes of chocolate, dried fruit, and light, salty topnote from the sweaty kids who picked the beans.