Workers say Starbucks management is retaliating against union efforts by moving to shut down a shop in Ithaca, New York.
Unions
The store was the first in the South to vote unanimously in favor of unionizing, according to Starbucks Workers United.
Starbucks Workers United “has won an astounding 88 [percent] of elections decided so far,” the collective tweeted.
The campaign’s remarkable victory in Greenville, South Carolina, might just be a harbinger of things to come.
Residents are demanding better working conditions, wages and benefits.
The interconnectedness of the movement across far-flung campuses is fueling a cascade of wins in unionization campaigns.
NLRB officials found the company threatened workers in captive audience meetings that they would have their wages cut.
Despite the company’s progressive image, workers say that the company has increasingly treated them as disposable.
Physicians need to see how exploitative working conditions stem from a system constantly looking to increase profits.
The union wins signal that organizing momentum is still growing despite aggressive pushback from management.