Our friends at Brave New Films are out with their latest campaign to expose corporate opponents of the Employee Free Choice Act. Next up: Starbucks.

The ubiquitous coffee shop has a notorious record of standing in the way of its workers who want to join unions, having been convicted of numerous violations of basic rights at work. As if that wasn't enough, Starbucks' CEO was part of the "for CEOs, by CEOs" alternative proposal to the Employee Free Choice Act that would actually weaken workers' rights.

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Luckily, our Members of Congress are already getting the message. Rep. Donna Edwards told faith leaders lobbying for the Employee Free Choice Act this week that she'll no longer hold constituent meetings at Starbucks locations because of the company's opposition to the bill.

Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.), who told the group that "the faith community has always been on the side of workers," announced that she had stopped holding "coffee conversations" at Starbucks stores in her district, citing the company's position on EFCA. She said the events would either be moved to a different location or discontinued.

Starbucks, the Seattle-based coffee giant, drew her wrath because it is part of a coalition that includes the warehouse giant Costco and the organic supermarket chain Whole Foods--the Committee for a Level Playing Field--that has produced a compromise alternative to EFCA.

Spokeswoman Eileen M. O'Connor told CNSNews.com that the committee of progressive companies came up with the compromise because "the conversation in Washington surrounding the Employee Free Choice Act had become very polarized and, in the committee's view, unproductive."

"Starbucks recognizes that the way in which current labor law is enforced is flawed and backs six principles to level the playing field for both labor and employers," O'Connor, an attorney, said in an e-mail.

It seems Ms. O'Connor needs to wake up and smell the company's coffee: the "playing field" is so severely titled towards corporations that it's just working people that need a level playing field. Her company's proposal will only embolden the increasing intimidation from corporations who want to block their employees' free choice.