There are now 221 Starbucks stores where workers have voted to unionize—but the company has only engaged in first bargaining sessions at three of them. Meanwhile, the National Labor Relations Board is handling hundreds of unfair labor practice charges against the company, and the reason for that is not hard to see: The company’s vicious union-busting campaign continues, including the firing of one union supporter after another. The fact that stores continue voting to unionize shows the workers’ determination and the screaming need for workers to have the power to make management listen.
Companies have been firing workers for their union participation for years, but thanks to phones with video capability and social media, now it’s visible, as in the videos below.
In other labor news:
● OMG:
● Chipotle shut down its only unionized store. Organizers say it's retaliation. In other Chipotle news, it’s paying New York City workers $20 million to settle allegations of scheduling and sick leave laws.
● Hamilton Nolan writes, Damning report shows unions have plenty of money to organize—they just don't spend it.
● What pregnant Black women need from the Senate, per Odessa Fynn.
● As temperatures rise, industries protest heat safeguards for workers, Anna Phillips reports.
● It’s not just Starbucks:
● Elsewhere in the food service industry:
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● Excellent march route:
Sign and send the petition to Starbucks company leadership and board: Stop union-busting and sign the Fair Election Principles.