Two Starbucks stores in the Buffalo recently voted to unionized. They want a bigger say in how things are done. The move is led mostly by young barristas dissatisfied with working conditions. Over 70% of Americans support the right to unionize, the highest level of support unionization has had since the 1960's.
There are over 9,000 company owned Starbucks locations that could unionize. At the moment 2 stores have unionized and another 30 have filed to unionize. At several locations over the past few years Starbucks employees have picketed, citing poor working conditions during covid 19.
Some Starbucks workers point to the disparity between the salary of barristas, around $18 an hour, and the $20 million salary of the Starbucks CEO.
Will unionization of Starbucks hurt their bottom line? Not anytime soon, as it takes over 400 days to go through the unionization process, thus many years to affect earnings. Unionization will ultimately increase the cost of your latte, but don't workers have a right to a living wage, and some say in how they are treated? I think they do.
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