Of these locations, 505 5th Ave and 1600 E Olive Way have voted to unionize with Starbucks Workers United, a national union representing Starbucks baristas.The workers say that they were not notified of the closures until they showed up for a meeting Monday afternoon, with several saying that they first heard of the closures through media outlets after the announcement.
The closing location in Ravenna at 6417 Roosevelt Way has had a decrease in police reports, going from nine in 2019, to six filed last year, to just three this year. When asked about the crime statistics that Starbucks used in its decisions, a spokesperson said they could not provide that information. The spokesperson did say that the company was looking at more than just police reports when it made these decisions, but that they talked to employees and managers to assess the overall impact of crime anecdotally rather than using only facts and figures.