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From: Your Name <you@example.com>
To: info@starbucks.com, hschultz@starbucks.com, alincoff@starbucks.com
Subject: Starbucks, Stop Usurping Ethiopia's Cultural Heritage
Dear Chairman Schultz,
I am deeply distressed that you have once again rejected an agreement which would allow Ethiopian coffee farmers to control their own cultural heritage. On November 29th, in a meeting in Ethiopia's capital city between Starbucks CEO Jim Donald and Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, the Ethiopians assured Starbucks a royalty-free licensing agreement. Despite this assurance, you have insisted on maintaining your unfair market position while Ethiopian coffee farmers live in brutal poverty. How can you sleep at night knowing that you are profiting off the place names of exquisite Ethiopian Coffee- Sidamo, Yirgacheffe, Harrar- as coffee farming families struggle to feed themselves, access clean water, and send children to school?
I am also disturbed that you have taken the same paternalistic approach to Ethiopian coffee farmers that you have taken toward Starbucks baristas joining a union for a better life on the job. Your socially responsible marketing gimmicks do not put food on the table for baristas or coffee farmers.
I support the Justice from Bean to Cup! campaign linking baristas and coffee farmers across the Starbucks supply chain for a living wage and respect. Stop interfering with the fundamental right of baristas and coffee farmers to an independent voice on the job.
I expect your prompt attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Your Name
Your Organization
123 Your St.
Yousville, YO 12345 United States
Phone: (123)456-7890
Fax: (123)456-7890x123
p.s.
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To: info@starbucks.com, hschultz@starbucks.com, alincoff@starbucks.com
Subject: Starbucks, Stop Usurping Ethiopia's Cultural Heritage
Dear Chairman Schultz,
I am deeply distressed that you have once again rejected an agreement which would allow Ethiopian coffee farmers to control their own cultural heritage. On November 29th, in a meeting in Ethiopia's capital city between Starbucks CEO Jim Donald and Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, the Ethiopians assured Starbucks a royalty-free licensing agreement. Despite this assurance, you have insisted on maintaining your unfair market position while Ethiopian coffee farmers live in brutal poverty. How can you sleep at night knowing that you are profiting off the place names of exquisite Ethiopian Coffee- Sidamo, Yirgacheffe, Harrar- as coffee farming families struggle to feed themselves, access clean water, and send children to school?
I am also disturbed that you have taken the same paternalistic approach to Ethiopian coffee farmers that you have taken toward Starbucks baristas joining a union for a better life on the job. Your socially responsible marketing gimmicks do not put food on the table for baristas or coffee farmers.
I support the Justice from Bean to Cup! campaign linking baristas and coffee farmers across the Starbucks supply chain for a living wage and respect. Stop interfering with the fundamental right of baristas and coffee farmers to an independent voice on the job.
I expect your prompt attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Your Name
Your Organization
123 Your St.
Yousville, YO 12345 United States
Phone: (123)456-7890
Fax: (123)456-7890x123
p.s.
Your Personal Statement