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A First Contract Is Finally in Sight for Unionized Starbucks Workers After a grueling campaign, Starbucks Workers United and the company announced a major breakthrough this week that’s being hailed as “a very, very big deal.” by Saurav Sarkar, In These Times, February 29, 2024 https://inthesetimes.com/article/starbucks-union-labor-workers-united-sbwu-first-contract On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 8:31 PM Steven L. Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > *Starbucks Workers Win Breakthrough Promise of Real Negotiations* > > > > *By Jenny Brown /Labor Notes/February 29, 2024* > > > > The piñata finally burst. Starbucks corporate heads agreed Tuesday to > negotiate for real with the union and allow workers to organize. > > > > “I was in shock initially, and definitely some disbelief,” said Michelle > Eisen, who works at the first Buffalo store that unionized with Starbucks > Workers United in 2021. As she learned more, she said, she came to believe > the victory is real > <https://twitter.com/SBWorkersUnited/status/1762585193628803508?s=20>. > > > > The breakthrough is the cumulative effect of actions by workers, including > winning union elections, marching on the boss, petitioning, store pickets, > walkouts due unsafe conditions or inadequate staffing, nationwide strikes, > and relentless bad press for its mistreatment of workers. > > > > Workers agreed it wasn’t one tactic or another that made the difference, > but of all the things the union has done. > > > > A record 21 stores filed for union authorization elections last week. In > November, Starbucks Workers conducted a nationwide strike on the company’s > promotional “Red Cup” day, involving 200 stores. > > > > Almost 400 stores have voted to join Starbucks Workers United, a division > of Workers United, part of the Service Employees (SEIU). They now represent > 10,000 Starbucks workers. The company employs around 250,000 baristas in > U.S. stores. > > > > The coffee shop chain has agreed to negotiate a “foundational framework > <https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2024/message-from-sara-starbucks-and-workers-united-agree-on-path-forward/>” > with all its union stores. Presumably this means there would be a national > contract and local supplements, though details are unclear. “There are > still a lot of things that need to be figured out,” Eisen said. > > > > Previously Starbucks had insisted on negotiating with each café separately > (typically 12 to 20 workers). However, the company stalled negotiations, > and no progress was made at the table even at the earliest stores to > unionize. > > > > Full at: > > > https://www.labornotes.org/2024/02/starbucks-workers-win-breakthrough-promise-real-negotiations > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#29230): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/29230 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/104657965/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
