Saturday is my day off, but I got your back!

I'm going to shed some light on this real quick.

These mass callouts/strikes are only effective if a **large sum** of us are able to organize it and agree to it.

If only some ~200 of you (based on up votes on this post) are participating, you're only going to hurt your fellow partners with more shortages.

I appreciate that some partners are frustrated by this change, but I also want anyone who’s thinking about participating to think carefully. This is not a well organized, widespread plan. If you call out, will you be honest about the reason why? If you aren’t, then the “point” of the exercise gets lost. If you are honest, then your job is at risk. Everyone has the freedom to make their own choices, but I don’t see how this will benefit anyone; it’s not going to accomplish what you want it to, and it’ll only make life harder for others and potentially yourself.

😂😂😂 I cant afford not to work sorry!

I would but I work in a Safeway Starbucks, and Safeway doesn’t care at all about anyone’s safety

Tip: Don’t use an account with your real name to post stuff like this, if I can find an instagram with the same name and the same post pinned, so can corporate. Hopefully they have mercy and don’t straight up fire you.

Is there a real effort to unionize? Is this organized nationwide or just something thrown together and posted to social media?

Sorry OP, now you see why the people at the top just keep winning. The people at the bottom can’t get organized/won’t make short term sacrifices for long term benefits. And of course, the raised peg gets hammered down.

We still have to wear our masks. I think there's only 2 baristas in my store that haven't got a vaccine. There's still a local mandatory mask mandate for another week where im at.

You need to realize that we are not the only company that is lifting the mandate.

You can still choose to wear a mask. Are you vaccinated? Good! What are you worried about.
Are you or a fellow barista not? Make an appointment! Wash your hands, breathe.

The guards are still up at the register.

How is this any worse than having people dine in without masks?

I think starbucks has made a lot of questionable decisions over the years that I've been there, but through the pandemic, they have done some good in retrospect. They are following the cdc, as they have the entire time.

No one likes change, especially in such a stressful and scary time, but come on.. a strike/mass call out? Grow up.... this company has plenty of other reasons you could be arranging that.

I feel like this’ll just fuck over the partners who choose to work that day.

Funnily enough, everything is still the same in my town. Masks required, all of the tables are off limits, and the store could be spontaneously closed tomorrow, just like the end of 2020

Even funnier is that my town is definitely one where the majority of people would prefer not to wear a mask, so the lack of a policy change here is surprising.

Saturday is my day off, but I'm with you in spirit.

Are we making any demands? A strike will be virtually useless unless we have a set of demands written and communicated to the company. Are we asking for $15 an hour? A change to the new mask policy? If we're going to organize we have to be organized.

this is so naive it's insane

Not that it's not frustrating, but I honestly think Starbucks made the right call given the circumstances. I'm pissed at the CDC guidance, not the policy of making masks optional. Imagine if in the light of the CDC update Starbucks kept the mask policy in place. We got a taste of it this weekend and it wasn't fun. People were still coming in without masks and getting even more indignant about it than they were before. Multiple times myself or my shift complement had to confront customers about it, and while nobody got aggressive it was certainly only a matter of time until somebody did. I don't want to have to spend my energy for the day policing people who aren't going to listen to me anyway and potentially risking a physical altercation. And to be clear again I do think this was wildly premature and is going to result in another spike in cases in the coming weeks, but I feel that the CDC failed us here more than Starbucks did. The reality is that a lot of people are going to stop wearing masks regardless of what individual businesses decide to do, so the best we can really do at this point is continuing to take measures to protect ourselves. I'd love a union for a million other reasons, but a poorly organized callout day isn't a strike, it won't change anyone's mind on this particular topic, and it's only going to hurt baristas who work that day, not the company as a whole.

Honestly I’m happy about the policy change. I’m sick of being the mask police and I’d love to be able to sit in the cafe again. Hopefully they will allow vaccinated partners to stop wearing masks at some point soon too.

Damn i’m already off saturday ! supporting y’all though

I’m just saying, I get the frustration and all that but this is just going to turn into a few people calling out and then as a shift I’m going to be screwed on my Saturday shift

Are there any stores in America who HAVENT changed their mask policy in accordance with the CDC recommendations? Like, I support your strike, but isn't it the same as EVERY other restaurant/store? I haven't been to one store that hasn't taken down their mask signs

I’m sorry, but I feel like listening to the cdc on this one was the right move. And they didn’t give us long, but they did tell us.

Nah.

While a mass call-out is a good idea in theory, you would need to get at least a couple hundred thousand partners to join in order to make any real difference beyond fucking over your coworkers for a day.

i feel like yall would need more than a couple days to really get this going, plus yall know starbucks isnt gonna listen to us. they dont actually give a shit (saying this as a partner)

This will get you nowhere but job abandonment.

Good luck with that...I’m just gonna continue to work and keep my job. I enjoy my job and my store....but good luck

Lol. Have fun getting fired

I’m genuinely curious (please someone explain) why the mask mandate being lifted is a danger. You work in the food industry... the vaccine has been available for long enough to be fully vaccinated. If the cdc says it’s okay what’s the deal? If you don’t want to get vaccinated work somewhere where you’re not at risk. Life has to move on. ( I say this as an extremely pro-mask, covid cautious person.)

I'm a customer. Will be sure to skip Starbucks Saturday.

I have my days off on Saturdays but I’ll stay away from going to get my markout its the least I can do. Good luck fellow soldiers.

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my kroger starbucks would absolutely fire me if it weren’t already my day off

So instead the store managers will have to stress and figure out what to do with their store and coverage AND have to worry about their own safety, seems very selfish and irresponsible to me,

On Saturday I’ll be getting paid for the job i signed up to do , If you don’t agree with Starbucks values than go work somewhere else, there’s tons of places hiring

Some stores have already done call out strikes this week. I've already got the day off, but solidarity and support! Everything from the speed of change to the way we're being spoken down to by people who are working from home is unacceptable.

I support this but I need my maternity leave hours 🥲 plus none of my store uses Reddit or Facebook to see this, so the only people this would hurt would be my team

As a customer I support you 1000% and will boycott on Saturday!!

you got it. I’ll be at Dunkin that day 💛 I’ll spread the word to my Cambridge peeps

I recently hung up my green apron but I’m with you guys 100%

Okay wait what’s the new mask policy? I haven’t been to work in like a week

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I didn’t see this till about six hours after I got off of work and told my shift I wouldn’t be there for this Saturday. I had no idea about the call out but I needed off because saturdays are trash where I work and frankly it’s draining and taking a mental toll. Customers get more rude. And I’m always working five positions at once through the week but saturdays I have to work those five positions and then some just to « run smoothly » or « get the drive times down »
Like. Suck my ass. I’m burnt out. And frankly so were all my partners who were a year + that mass quit my store and my manager who never hired anyone on since. Yay.

I'm off Saturday for a wedding. Was going to bring the bride and fellow bridesmaids Starbucks for breakfast. Guess we'll just have to have something else. Good luck guys!

Not able to get vaccinated? How is that possible? Everyone can get vaccinated now.

OP - you should share this to the FB barista pages because there’s a lot more people and a bigger audience. :-)

Welp that's my day off but I get it

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Can we use this image n post it on other socials to spread the word? Many baristas who don't use reddit will probably jump on the chance to arrange a protest!

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On behalf of all former partners, we stand with you guys! ❤️❤️

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Happy Cake Day!!

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One of the only days this week I'm not working

Hey it’s my cake day too but I’m scared to strike lol

Why do people need to “strike and call out”, if you don’t like their policies don’t go.

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Oh thank god I'm not scheduled Saturday...... Strike STRIKE!

Would you rather have no job? Because that’s what you’re asking people to risk. Indoor seating is crucial to Starbucks’ mission. The third place has been gone for too long.

cafes were open during the summer, and numbers were much higher then than now. most people are vaccinated, and only a few people come in without masks on. partners still have to wear masks, there’s plexiglass up. you are safe. if you don’t feel safe, then don’t work at starbucks.

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