More than 300 Starbucks stores have held union elections in less than a year. But workers say Starbucks' 'scorched-earth' union busting is slowing down their momentum.
Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty ImagesMarchers raise picket signs during a"Fight Starbucks' Union Busting" rally held in Seattle in April.Starbucks workers are busy this fall, and not just with making pumpkin spice lattes. This month, workers from hundreds of unionized Starbucks stores are expected to sit down for collective bargaining for the first time, while others will vote in still more union elections to come.
Starbucks has forged ahead with these actions despite being charged with violating the federal labor law that protects workers' rights to organize. The National Labor Relations Board is tasked with investigating the more than 325 unfair labor practice charges brought by the union. Michael Vestigo of Kansas City, Kansas, who claims he was fired by Starbucks, speaks while dressed as Apollo the Wolf during the"Fight Starbucks' Union Busting" rally and march in Seattle on April 23.Michael Vestigo of Kansas City, Kansas, who claims he was fired by Starbucks, speaks while dressed as Apollo the Wolf during the"Fight Starbucks' Union Busting" rally and march in Seattle on April 23.
But those complaints and others have done nothing to deter Starbucks. Since then, Starbucks has unveiled even more benefits — including financial tools aimed at helping employees build savings and manage student loan debt — again, for nonunion stores only. Disheartened, Berg has backed away from the"gung-ho — gotta unionize them all!" attitude they'd embraced earlier in the year. But they haven't abandoned the fight.
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