The nationwide movement to unionization began brewing in Chicago some time ago. The Randolph and Wabash location is 1 of 4 stores in area to have filed for unionization in the past several months
. Partners, as Starbucks employees are known within the company, are organizing for adjusted hours, higher wages, and more affordable health insurance. They’re working to unionize on a store-by-store basis— something Starbucks says is wholly unnecessary.Starbucks corporate has over 9,000 stores in the United States and doesn’t believe that each store having their own contract fits within their business model.
In protest of what some employees see as union-busting, pro-union organizers picketed recently outside of the coffee shops when these meetings took place. Zurek was one of the original employees to begin organizing for a union at their store in the Loop. They say that working conditions made unionization a clear next step.
“We have had people come in and threaten to shoot us up. There has been someone smoking meth in the bathroom.” She said a specially trained cleaning crew was called to clean the bathroom. “The only reason that they’re hearing you out and at this point is because you had filed for unionizing beforehand,” Muñoz said.
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