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