Workers United News

Despite management using tried and tested “union avoidance” tactics, it seems clear that the company’s aggressive campaign is not panning out as Starbucks HQ had hoped.

Conversations about unionizing began as a joke—not anymore.

Several investors, led by Trillium Asset Management, are urging Starbucks to adopt a global policy of neutrality for all current and future attempts of its workers to organize.

A regional director for the National Labor Relations Board said in the filing that the company’s managers retaliated against pro-union employees in Arizona. One worker, Laila Dalton, was suspended while another, Alyssa Sanchez, eventually lost her job.

The Rev. William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign, led the march from Benjamin L. Hooks Library to the Starbucks at 3388 Poplar Ave. to support the Starbucks employees fired in February while in the midst of union organizing.

Three Buffalo-area Starbucks stores Wednesday voted to organize with Starbucks Workers United following a months-long campaign marked by legal wrangling and accusations of union-busting.