How a bunch of Starbucks baristas built a labor movement

How a bunch of Starbucks baristas built a labor movement

2 years ago
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https://www.vox.com/recode/22993509/starbucks-successful-union-drive

Inside Starbucks’s successful 21st-century union drive.

For Reese Mercado, the decision to unionize came after they watched a customer physically assault a former coworker over enforcing vaccine requirements at their Starbucks store. For Hayleigh Fagan, it was when she got a company-wide letter from the Starbucks Vice President telling employees not to unionize. For Hope Liepe, it was the hypocrisy of calling employees “partners” but not treating them that way.