Local labor board officials allege the coffee giant threatened and interrogated Chicago baristas at stores where workers were attempting to unionize.
Jasper Booth-Hodges poses for a portrait in front of the Starbucks he worked at in the Hyde Park neighborhood on Aug. 18, 2022, in Chicago. Booth-Hodges alleges he was fired from Starbucks in retaliation for participating in union activity.
That complaint alleges Starbucks managers at the company’s store at 1174 E. 55th St. in Hyde Park threatened employees with reduction in pay, loss of benefits and changes to working conditions; shared “unsolicited views on union activity” during mandatory one-on-one meetings with employees; and disciplinedan employee for testifying to the labor board at a representation hearing.
The Starbucks union says that Jasper Booth-Hodges, a former barista at the Hyde Park store who led the union effort there, was fired by the company last week in retaliation for his role in pushing for a union at the store.In its late July filing, the labor board’s regional director in Chicago found merit to allegations that Booth-Hodges was disciplined because he had testified in front of the labor board. The regional director’s complaint was filed before Starbucks fired Booth-Hodges.
“Jasper received coaching as well as prior written warnings including a final written warning,” Borges said. “Jasper was late on three occasions following the final written warning and was separated for that reason.” “Power is the most important thing to these corporations,” he said. “The reason they’re fighting so hard and they don’t care about all the laws they’re breaking is they can afford the legal fees. It’s not about the money, it’s about the power.”
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