After first refusing to sit down at the table for months with more than a handful of stores, Starbucks then set up bargaining sessions with most locations, only to walk out in virtually every case, leaving after a few minutes. Perhaps most notably, baristas with the campaign say that Starbucks has not negotiated in good faith with the unionized stores as it is legally required to do. Other complaints include short-staffing, health and safety concerns, poor management, discrimination against LGBTQ workers, unilateral changes to work hour requirements, selectively closing unionized stores and racism. Union members say the company has engaged in a months-long union-busting campaign with tactics ranging from differential benefits provided to nonunion stores to firing about 150 workers allegedly as retaliation for union activity, according to SBWU. SBWU sees the slower pace as a result of Starbucks’ “bullying” against baristas. “It’s a celebration of the fact that it’s been a year, and we’ve managed to unionize more than 260 stores,” barista and barista trainer CJ Toothman says of the December 9 anniversary events.Īccording to SBWU, there are now 270 unionized company-run stores counting almost 7, 000 union members, though the pace of new stores filing for unions has significantly slowed since the spring.
Like many gift recipients, they’ll accept cash too. The election win at Elmwood triggered a nationwide union upsurge at Starbucks.Īs part of the day of action, SBWU baristas are asking supporters to refrain from buying Starbucks gift cards this holiday season and show up to work stoppages and demonstrations instead. on December 9, 2021, the first of the chain’s company-run locations to unionize in the country since the 1980s. Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) has a birthday on Friday, and is holding ten rallies across the country to celebrate with the help of its parent union, Workers United.įriday marks the one-year anniversary of the winning election at the Elmwood Starbucks store in Buffalo, N.Y.
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