Copy of contract?

chances are you won't find a copy of a contract that doesn't actually exist...

starbucks put out a press release today stating that NONE of their US stores are actually unionized, and the one that was to have the vote in NY, was cancelled by the union due to lack of support...

there are, however a few unionized stores up in BC (that's canada) where you may want to look into it further...

i'm sure you can find stuff like that from the union itself, or from google or something.
good luck.

What an awesome union, you can't even get enough support for one store.

What the press release says is that there are no NLRB certified union stores in the United States. But that is only because Starbucks would not allow for a free and fair NLRB election. That is why you may also know there are so many charges filed by the NLRB against Starbucks.

The reason the petition for the election was pulled had nothing to do with IWW support being weak and everything to do with Starbucks violation of human rights and labor law.

the UFCW should have sample contract for you. Intrestingly enough there are starbucks workers in grocery stores that are under a union contract and earning around 15 an hour. double what we make!

Starbucks workers in certain airports are also unionized. Some of them get free health care benefits for themselves and their families, among other things that make organizing a union worthwhile.

First licenced Starbuck workers are not employees of Starbucks.
Secondly what does the union get for the workers of Starbuck beyond what Starbucks already give them?
Starbucks already provides wages based on cost of living at the community level, generally parttime people average 20+ hours per week over any given quarter that allows them to get health care (as a side not those not working 20+ are ususally students, or those who just want a little extra in their pocket), they get time and a half when they work a holiday, they get a personal day every six months, they can tranfer stores, get free coffee, 30% off anything they buy ... What does the union give them beyond what they all ready have .... except taking money out of their pockets for union bosses?

[quote=SarahMurdoch]First licenced Starbuck workers are not employees of Starbucks.
Secondly what does the union get for the workers of Starbuck beyond what Starbucks already give them?
Starbucks already provides wages based on cost of living at the community level, generally parttime people average 20+ hours per week over any given quarter that allows them to get health care (as a side not those not working 20+ are ususally students, or those who just want a little extra in their pocket), they get time and a half when they work a holiday, they get a personal day every six months, they can tranfer stores, get free coffee, 30% off anything they buy ... What does the union give them beyond what they all ready have .... except taking money out of their pockets for union bosses?[/quote]

The organizational capacity of workers to advocate for their own economic, political and social interests. A community of shared experience by which they can understand and seek solutions to their oppression under capitalism. A mechanism by which to reorganize the social contract and spread democracy into government, family, places of worship and the workplace.

In other words what dose the IWW offer which Starbucks does not. It offers a form of self-government that advocates for inalienable right of every worker to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of his or her own Happiness.

(note: I did not say union, because not every union is democratic. Starbucks for instance isn’t.)

[quote]what does the union get for the workers of Starbuck beyond what Starbucks already give them?[/quote]

It doesn't really work like that. The union doesn't get the workers things like it's some "third party" business that provides goods and services in exchange for dues, nor does the company just concede all sorts of improvements when the union simply asks for them.

It only works when the union is the workers. Everything that a union is able to accomplish depends on the involvement of the workers, not just at a single workplace, but often in the entire company, in the region, and in the industry. If the workers are united and willing to engage in various forms of militancy (picketing, civil disobedience, community boycott, corporate campaigns against related companies/groups, strike, ulp bombardments, nlrb information request bombardments, etc.), then they present a financial threat against the company.

This threat is then used to win recognition and force a rational company to bargain in good faith because if they don't, they may suffer a significant loss in profits.

Companies only concede to workers when they are forced to. Hence, the more involved the workers, the more powerful the union, and the more the union can "get" for the workers.

[quote=dianaprince]Congrats to all the Starbuck workers who unionized their stores! The movie theater I work at recently voted to join the UFCW ( www.kendallunion.org ). We are currently in negotiations. I was wondering if any of the stores currently have contracts and if there might be a copy available. I'm trying to find good example contracts from the service industry to use for inspiration and to show other employees what people can gain from unionizing.[/quote]

I used to be a member of UFCW 791 also when I worked at Shaw's, now I have a better unionized job.

There's a resource on the web that has a lot of contracts here:
http://www.iir.berkeley.edu/library/contracts/index.html

Also:
Borders books union contract
http://www.bordersunion.org/node/1041

The union gives them a legally binding contract. Where I worked (Santa Barbara County, California), the part-time workers got there hours cut so that they did not average 20 hours per week----even the shift supervisors. The union contract could legally guarantee that workers would be given enough hours to qualify for benefits. As a result, they did not get to enroll in the expensive health plan. A union could also negotiate safe working conditions, seniority rights over hours scheduled, policies about calling in sick, more consistent wages. Where I worked, raises and reviews were infrequent, and payroll took forever to actually pay the workers (eventually there was a retroactive check). With the union, things would be settled more fairly. Also, in California, allegedly meal and rest periods are often not given in a timely manner. The union would assure that the labor laws are consistently and regularly followed.