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Starbucks unbowed as union movement spreads, some see 'head in the sand'
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Starbucks unbowed as union movement spreads, some see 'head in the sand'
Dani Romero
Tue, February 8, 2022, 2:59 PM
Starbucks (SBUX) has found itself at the center of a budding movement, one that it has taken great pains to fend off.
In the face of the coffee giant's vocal opposition and best efforts to placate restive workers, a unionization drive that began in Upstate New York last year is spreading rapidly. The movement has engulfed about 1200 employees at 60 locations across 19 states — including Oregon, Michigan and Arizona — and is playing a role in the company's firing of several workers in Memphis who were union organizing.
Fifteen of those stores joined the union drive in recent days, petitioning the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to set a vote. The filing of the petition coincides as newly unionized stores in Buffalo start negotiations, and three more locations in that city will have their votes counted on February 23.
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Starbucks unbowed as union movement spreads, some see 'head in the sand'
Dani Romero
Tue, February 8, 2022, 2:59 PM
Starbucks (SBUX) has found itself at the center of a budding movement, one that it has taken great pains to fend off.
In the face of the coffee giant's vocal opposition and best efforts to placate restive workers, a unionization drive that began in Upstate New York last year is spreading rapidly. The movement has engulfed about 1200 employees at 60 locations across 19 states — including Oregon, Michigan and Arizona — and is playing a role in the company's firing of several workers in Memphis who were union organizing.
Fifteen of those stores joined the union drive in recent days, petitioning the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to set a vote. The filing of the petition coincides as newly unionized stores in Buffalo start negotiations, and three more locations in that city will have their votes counted on February 23.
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