Starbucks employees are getting more pay and new benefits, but some are only going to baristas that haven’t unionized. A National Labor Relations Board judge previously found that similar moves by Starbucks violate federal labor law, with the company appealing the decision.
The question of which workers get what perks and benefits has been one part of a bitter fight between Starbucks and union organizers across the country. Since the first location voted to unionize nearly two years ago, Starbucks has fought aggressively against the union drive. The NLRB has said that in some cases, the company engaged in illegal practices, with Starbucks refuting these claims.
As of mid-October, nearly 360 stores had voted in favor of a union, with the results certified by the NLRB. About 70 voted against, with those results certified. There are roughly 9,300 company-operated Starbucks locations in the United States.
Starbucks is really trying hard to ruin the reputation they built over the last 30 years. This is the reason i don’t go to Starbucks anymore.
That and a business model that essentially ran every mom and pop shop out of business
Yep they’ve always been dystopian. The Walmart of coffee
America really needs to create policies that make it harder for big businesses to compete against small businesses.
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Reputation? Haven’t they always been the McDonald’s of caffeinated milkshakes?
They had a reputation for years of being a decent company. This was a decade ago though. They must have hired a new PR firm since then.
Could it have been more than two decades ago?
I’m not sure why Starbucks is fighting this so hard. The ones that did unionize only got slightly better things and they’ve never striked before. People are too comfortable being marginalized.
Because management fucking hates unions. It’s not about making a rational strategic decision; it’s about being enraged at being forced to give up even the tiniest bit of power.
JC capitalism, are you trying to eat yourself?
ok? I mean that’s how unions work. does starbucks think they won or something?
Starbucks employees are getting more pay and new benefits, but some are only going to baristas that haven’t unionized.
I think this is the important part. They’re trying to incentives non-unions.
right, this is the pizza party. it’s a short term benefit that is not likely going to be maintained in order to pull people from the union. but with a union, you can just negotiate for those things. which is… why they unionized in the first place. starbucks is dangling a carrot trying to save the farm.
Yes, that’s probably it, but also I think unions have to negotiate any change to the contract collectively. Even giving a union member more money is breach of contract. Starbucks would be exposed to union action if they did so. Of course, this depends on how the contract is written. This certainly seems anti-union but it’s also a smartass CYA on behalf of Starbucks. The union will raise hell immediately as they should.
Glad the workers are getting more pay.
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