Over 85,000 people have now faxed, phoned or written to Starbucks, asking them to sign a voluntary licensing agreement recognising Ethiopia’s rightful ownership of its coffee names - potentially increasing income for the country’s coffee industry by an estimated NZ$132 million a year.

But Starbucks is ignoring concerns and still refusing to sign the agreement and we now need to step up the pressure on Starbucks by taking our message to Starbucks shops on the international Starbucks Day of Action this Saturday, 16 December 2006.

Action in Wellington
The action will take place between 11am and 12.30pm this Saturday in central Wellington.
We are meeting at 11am by the Christmas Tree in Midland Park (Lambton Quay) and then walking along Willis St, Manners St and finishing at the Starbucks on Courtney Place.

There will also be actions in Auckland and Christchurch. Contact Linda on 09 355 6856 or linda@oxfam.org.nz for more information.

This entry was posted on Thursday, December 14th, 2006 at 14 December 2006 and is filed under Just Focus Site News.