Employees at a Seattle-area Starbucks announced through Starbucks Workers United that they have filed a petition to unionize with the National Labor Relations Board. (via EaterSeattle)
for what the company says were safety-related reasons, though the union accused Starbucks of retaliation.) Issues at each unionized store vary, though largely the problem comes down to employees accusing management of not living up to its original 1990 mission statement, which includes the promise to “provide a great work environment.”posted online on May 26.
According to the letter, employees at the Redmond store tried to raise concerns about their managers’ performance through internal channels by contacting the district and area managers, but have not seen improvements. “We have done the routes that were provided and we were let down,” said Mike Baughman, another shift supervisor. “With unionizing our store, it is my hope that Starbucks can now better see that we aren’t going away.
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