Posts tagged Starbucks Workers United
Starbucks union wants to enlist customers to organize pickets
July 10, 2023 // The Workers United union plans to hand out flyers during a 13-city bus tour to customers with a QR code that takes them to a sign-up sheet to organize their own protests during a "national 'Adopt-a-Store' day of action" on Aug. 7, according to copies of the flyers seen by Reuters. "(Employees) voted for bargaining not buses," the company said, adding that stalled negotiations have led workers to be so frustrated that they filed petitions to kick out the union at several stores. The union's tour has two legs: one travels through the Midwest, South and East, while a second leg will run up the Pacific coast, arriving in Seattle around Aug. 7, the union said. The tour will also target Starbucks board members such as Land O'Lakes CEO Beth Ford, whose likeness was carved into a statue made of butter that union members delivered to the creamery's Minneapolis headquarters in April.
Starbucks must reopen College Avenue cafe, rehire workers, NLRB judge orders
July 10, 2023 // “Over the last eight months, we’ve had more than 900 partner absences,” the Starbucks representative told 14850 Today regarding the decision to close both remaining cafes this spring. “These stores have also seen a significant amount of partner turnover—more than triple our national store average. Further, we have been unable to retain partners in critical store manager and assistant store manager positions, and we have been unable to find the talent we need to fill these positions.”
Starbucks closures in Ithaca fuel union-busting claims
June 28, 2023 // NLRB…
Starbucks union says workers at more than 150 stores will strike over Pride decor
June 23, 2023 // Workers United has alleged instances in at least 22 states when workers have not been able to decorate. It says it filed an unfair labor practice charge over the alleged change in policy. The coffee giant said its policy on decorating has not changed and that it unwaveringly supports the LGBTQ+ community.
Starbucks union claims dozens of stores aren’t allowed to decorate for Pride
June 14, 2023 // Some Massachusetts workers were told there weren’t enough labor hours to schedule partners to decorate, the union said. Managers told employees in Maryland some people didn’t feel represented by the “umbrella of pride,” according to the labor group. In Oklahoma, workers were told restrictions on decorating were out of a concern for safety after recent attacks at Target stores, the union said. In late May, Target pulled some of its Pride merchandise, citing threats against its employees. Some of the retailer’s locations in the South also moved Pride collections to less visible areas on the floor. The Washington Post reported Target stores in at least five states were evacuated this weekend after bomb threats.
One Small Union Is Stoking Much of the Militant New Graduate Worker Organizing
May 30, 2023 // With around 35,000 members, the UE is not a huge union. It was once the third-largest — and arguably the most left-wing and democratic — member of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, with around a half-million members in core industries, until it fell victim to postwar anti-communist purges, raids from other unions and plant shutdowns. But the union revived itself by the 1990s. Famously, UE workers at the Republic Windows & Doors factory in Chicago occupied their plant in 2008, and today the union boasts a range of affiliated locals across sectors and industries from California to Vermont.
Almost a year after successfully unionizing, this Appleton Starbucks’ employees are on strike
May 26, 2023 // This Wednesday and Thursday, employees of the 631 W. Northland Ave. Starbucks will be on the strike line at 7 a.m. demanding basic rights, including livable wages with consistent scheduling, safe and respectful workplaces and the right to organize without fear and intimidation. Last June, the same Starbucks location became the third in the state to successfully unionize for the same concerns they are striking over. The store is now among more than 300 locations nationwide represented by Starbucks Workers United, which organizers say is meant to create better and safer workplaces for all Starbucks employees.