Organizing
Workers Are Trying to “Democratize Starbucks”
An Interview With Jasper Booth-Hodges, a member of the Organizing Committee at Starbucks #2827, which is located on Chicago’s South Side.
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Workers United – SEIU strongly condemns the murder of Shahidul Islam, an organizer who was killed for standing up for the rights of garment workers in Bangladesh.
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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Organizing
Employees at 2 more Seattle Starbucks locations plan to unionize
Employees at two more Seattle Starbucks locations hope to unionize, expanding the nationwide union push in the coffee giant’s hometown.
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Organizing
Starbucks workers at Santa Cruz store file union petition, joining a national push
Workers at a Starbucks in Santa Cruz filed a union petition with the National Labor Relations Board, the first California store to join a growing national push to organize baristas and shift supervisors at the coffee giant.
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Organizing
Baltimore Starbucks workers announce plans to unionize
Employees of the Starbucks at 1209 N. Charles St., in Midtown-Belvedere, announced their plans to organize last week. In a letter signed by 15 workers and shared on Twitter Jan. 15, they wrote that they "make Starbucks products for less than living wages and receive none of the profit, all the while being offered benefits that in no way equal our efforts."
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Two more Boston Starbucks locations move to unionize
Employees at Starbucks locations in Cleveland Circle and Lower Allston began steps to form a union, joining two other Boston-area locations in a growing labor movement of cafe workers across the Greater Boston area.
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Organizing
Workers United: Starbucks union wave spreads to Eugene
Janessa Voyce, a first-year student at University of Oregon, didn’t expect to get involved with a union drive when she started working at the Starbucks at 29th and Willamette in Eugene.
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