Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind
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Starbucks Union claims victories for workers across U.S. (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by Good-Reflection-2744
Posted by Starbucks Workers United on Twitter hours ago:
> 🚨 🚨 🚨UNION WINS THREAD ALERT: Less than a year ago, there were ZERO unionized Starbucks stores in the US. Today, there are 258! Let’s take a look at some of the incredible things workers have fought for and WON over the past year…
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>One of our first public demands was fighting for seniority pay for baristas. How did Starbucks respond? By implementing the first seniority pay in the company’s 50 year history.
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>Union workers raised the issue of inadequate and failing equipment. What were we able to pressure the company into doing? Store renovations ACROSS the country, including new ovens.
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>After working through a global pandemic, our campaign demanded that workers get paid a living wage. Starbucks acquiesced to our demands and implemented a $15 minimum wage across the country.
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>Stores that have been closed, that have unionized, are able to bargain with the company to ensure that partners are transferred to a preferred location and are able to keep their guaranteed hours.
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>One of the first proposals that unionized Starbucks workers in Elmwood brought to the company was a policy on a more tolerant dress code. Soon after this proposal was presented, Starbucks implemented our ideas at stores nation-wide.
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>Another one of our proposals that Starbucks has implemented across the country is faster sick time accrual, which is something that unionized workers have been advocating for since the very beginning of our campaign.
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>Our campaign is responsible for the removal of Kevin Johnson as CEO of Starbucks and ushering in almost an entirely new C-Suite of Starbucks executives. Union-busters like Rossann Williams & John Culver have both left (or are leaving) the company.
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>Not only did our campaign pressure Starbucks to implement long overdue changes, but we continue to make the company concede to our demands by striking and other actions.
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>For example, the campaign’s action have resulted in bad managers being removed from stores, the purchasing of new equipment, and acceptance of workers’ availability.
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>And these are all things that we accomplished even without a contract! Union partners continue the fight for everything from adequate staffing to better benefits to health and safety at work.
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>Starbucks doesn’t want us to organize because they know that when we organize, we win.
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>Despite Starbucks trying to do everything to stop us from organizing, partners continue to stand up, fight back, and organize. If this is all that we won less than a year into our campaign, just imagine the possibilities of what is to come.
To unionize your store go to $1
> 🚨 🚨 🚨UNION WINS THREAD ALERT: Less than a year ago, there were ZERO unionized Starbucks stores in the US. Today, there are 258! Let’s take a look at some of the incredible things workers have fought for and WON over the past year…
>
>One of our first public demands was fighting for seniority pay for baristas. How did Starbucks respond? By implementing the first seniority pay in the company’s 50 year history.
>
>Union workers raised the issue of inadequate and failing equipment. What were we able to pressure the company into doing? Store renovations ACROSS the country, including new ovens.
>
>After working through a global pandemic, our campaign demanded that workers get paid a living wage. Starbucks acquiesced to our demands and implemented a $15 minimum wage across the country.
>
>Stores that have been closed, that have unionized, are able to bargain with the company to ensure that partners are transferred to a preferred location and are able to keep their guaranteed hours.
>
>One of the first proposals that unionized Starbucks workers in Elmwood brought to the company was a policy on a more tolerant dress code. Soon after this proposal was presented, Starbucks implemented our ideas at stores nation-wide.
>
>Another one of our proposals that Starbucks has implemented across the country is faster sick time accrual, which is something that unionized workers have been advocating for since the very beginning of our campaign.
>
>Our campaign is responsible for the removal of Kevin Johnson as CEO of Starbucks and ushering in almost an entirely new C-Suite of Starbucks executives. Union-busters like Rossann Williams & John Culver have both left (or are leaving) the company.
>
>Not only did our campaign pressure Starbucks to implement long overdue changes, but we continue to make the company concede to our demands by striking and other actions.
>
>For example, the campaign’s action have resulted in bad managers being removed from stores, the purchasing of new equipment, and acceptance of workers’ availability.
>
>And these are all things that we accomplished even without a contract! Union partners continue the fight for everything from adequate staffing to better benefits to health and safety at work.
>
>Starbucks doesn’t want us to organize because they know that when we organize, we win.
>
>Despite Starbucks trying to do everything to stop us from organizing, partners continue to stand up, fight back, and organize. If this is all that we won less than a year into our campaign, just imagine the possibilities of what is to come.
To unionize your store go to $1
HamburgIar_ 3 points 8m ago
Seriously?
Stores voting to unionize definitely put pressure on Starbucks to implement the wage increase MUCH sooner than they wanted, but it was already planned and was made public that they had a goal of company wide minimum $15 hr.
But trying to take credit for store renovations and new ovens? Dress code changes?
This is a huge reach and frankly makes SWU look desperate.
Stores voting to unionize definitely put pressure on Starbucks to implement the wage increase MUCH sooner than they wanted, but it was already planned and was made public that they had a goal of company wide minimum $15 hr.
But trying to take credit for store renovations and new ovens? Dress code changes?
This is a huge reach and frankly makes SWU look desperate.
MatchingColors 3 points 8m ago
Yeah, this reads like they’re taking credit for ongoing improvements that were already in the works. Admittedly, I can’t really *deny* it’s true, because I really don’t know. I will say that my DT store still has Mastrena I machines and it sucks, lol. I agree it doesn’t read well, and doesn’t look good.
clouds183 -1 points 8m ago
the 15$ announcement came right after the first store in buffalo announced their intent to unionize. every single benefit after has come directly after another store announced their intent. oddly great timing?
“oh nooooo we had this *great* benefits package we were *just* about to announce, but it seems we can’t give it to ^unionized stores now, booo hoooo. looks like other stores also shouldn’t ^unionize”
“oh nooooo we had this *great* benefits package we were *just* about to announce, but it seems we can’t give it to ^unionized stores now, booo hoooo. looks like other stores also shouldn’t ^unionize”
HamburgIar_ 0 points 8m ago
This is false information.
clouds183 -2 points 8m ago
can you prove this? prove that its false. elmwood announces their intent in october. sbux announces their plan for 15$ end of october.
HamburgIar_ 3 points 8m ago
If you think Starbucks just publicly announces something like that without months of planning and letting SMs know about upcoming changes, you are crazy.
HamburgIar_ 2 points 8m ago
Here is a link to an article in Dec 2020 regarding Starbucks plan for a $15 minimum wage (almost a year before Elmwood announces intent to unionize) This was being planned long before the article was published.
$1
Proof enough for you?
$1
Proof enough for you?
Gimmecoffee2020 2 points 8m ago
This post is like saying shortly after I was hired and complained about our espresso machines, we got the new espresso machines. I caused our store to get the new machines, even though they were already scheduled to get them.
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