Starbucks Union

Sign the Petition for Good Jobs at Starbucks

Starbucks made record profits of $1.7 billion this year, enough to give $8000 to every single Starbucks worker. But instead of compensating us fairly for our hard work, CEO Howard Schultz handed out millions in dividends to wealthy investors while squeezing us like never before. Since 2008, under-staffing has gotten worse, our pay has remained stagnant with smaller merit increases, our health insurance premiums have doubled, our benefits have been cut, and we have been saddled with more labor-intensive tasks like upselling VIA and other products and brewing coffee in "cadence" every 6 minutes..

Our hard work has made record profits for Starbucks. It's time to unite for our fair share.

We the undersigned demand:

A reversal of all cuts to benefits and healthcare since 2008
An end to under-staffing
Fair pay and raises
Guaranteed hours

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Baristas Put Pressure on Starbucks [Wall Street Journal]

By JULIE JARGON Baristas are putting up pressure on Starbucks Corp. to come to terms with 200 unionized workers in Chile who have been on strike for more than two weeks. Employees who belong to the IWW Starbucks Workers Union kicked off a "global week of action" on Monday in solidarity with their Chilean colleagues by picketing in front of a Starbucks in New York City. The IWW baristas, who are not affiliated with the Chilean workers' union, say union workers will be handing out flyers describing the Chilean situation outside Starbucks stores in Phoenix, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, London and Melbourne, Australia. The IWW is also planning to stage an event in Starbucks's hometown of Seattle this week, but won't yet disclose the nature of it.

Union Victory at Starbucks [Counterpunch]

Three years ago, union baristas at Starbucks made a simple demand of the world's largest coffee chain: respect the federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. by paying baristas the same time-and-one-half holiday premium that you pay on six other federal holidays. It was an emotional and symbolic demand to make for two reasons. Many baristas are deeply inspired by Dr. King's legacy on racial equality, and King was murdered while supporting sanitation workers who were on strike for the very right to form a union.