Workers United – SEIU joins the global labor movement in strongly condemning the murder of Shahidul Islam, an organizer who was killed for standing up for the rights of garment workers in Bangladesh. Shahidul was a senior organizer with the Bangladesh Garments and Industrial Workers Federation (BGIWF) and President of BGIWF’s Gazipur district committee. Shahidul was beaten to death in retaliation for supporting workers at the Prince Jacquard Sweater Ltd. factory, where BGIWF had been organizing for the last few months. Workers United – SEIU expresses its deepest sympathies to the family of Shahidul Islam and to our sisters and brothers at BGIWF. We stand in solidarity with these courageous leaders fighting for respect and dignity at work.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., called unionizing Starbucks workers “heroes and heroines,” criticized the massive wealth of CEO Howard Schultz and called for an economy that functions for everyday workers.
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The National Labor Relations Board has sued the coffee shop chain Starbucks for allegedly retaliating against three employees who were involved in organizing a union.
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Five Starbucks stores in the Richmond area have become the first of the coffee chain’s locations in Virginia to unionize.
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Starbucks fired the 20-year-old barista and organizer just days before employees begin voting on whether to unionize.
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Employees at six more Starbucks coffee shops voted to join Workers United, a labor union affiliated with the SEIU.
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Since the first corporate Starbucks location voted to unionize late last year, 10 others have voted. Only one store has voted against unionizing. The latest and largest Starbucks to unionize is the company’s flagship store in Manhattan, which voted 46-36 on Friday to unionize.
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