Workers at a Fairfield Starbucks store this week have filed for an election to unionize, labor representatives say.
, more than 350 stores have unionized since December 2021. "When I started seeing the movement online, it made me realize that we didn’t have to put up with this," she said. "We can take the power back in a sense."
She describes the workers at her store as a "healthy mix" of young people and those who are older and supporting families. She said they're pro-union because of the labor cuts they've seen and threats to their benefits. Workers have a 20-hour-a-week requirement in order to obtain benefits. Turner-Sweeney said several employees have seen their hours fluctuate, making them nervous. , commented on the wave of unionization that Starbucks is seeing.
Research from the Center for American Progress research shows that in actuality, both Gen Z and Millennials are more pro-union than previous generations were at their age. Michael Bernick, former director of California's Employment Development Department and an employment attorney with law firm Duane Morris, sees this trend as a combination of labor shortages in direct service jobs and how the labor market has played out post-pandemic. "We've seen white-collar and tech layoffs, but at the same time, we've had shortages in retail, repair, and direct service jobs.
California has been a stronghold for union activity, especially in the public sector, Bernick said. "There's greater union activity here in California. It's been high-profile with the
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