Column: Why Starbucks has become a huge unionization target — and why the company is in a panic

  • 📰 latimes
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 35 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 17%
  • Publisher: 82%

United States News News

United States United States Latest News,United States United States Headlines

Starbucks baristas nationwide have scored unionization successes, and the company is fighting back

What is it with plutocrats and voting?

Starbucks is plainly aware of the complaints about pay and working conditions that are fueling the organizing drive. The company has displayed on its website a poster it says reflects “issues we have been hearing from partners.” Hall acknowledges that some Starbucks benefits are good, including healthcare coverage for part-timers, but says that workers’ hours have been getting cut — almost to the point where they might not reach the 20-hour weekly minimum that makes them eligible for those benefits. “We’ve been operating at the bare minimum of people we can have on the floor,” Hall told me. “We’re not being given enough people to ensure that our store is stocked and clean.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

hiltzikm 💢👇🏼⚠️👇🏼💢

hiltzikm Guys rate my nude photos)

And the Los Angeles Times own history with unions? Quoting Harrison Gray Otis: “O, you anarchic scum, you cowardly murderers, you leeches upon honest labor, you midnight assassins!”

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 11. in US

United States United States Latest News, United States United States Headlines