Starbucks union pressures board members with billboards, Lego Star Wars posters – and a butter sculpture
Starbucks union targeted the CEOs of Nike and Land O'Lakes and chairman of LEGO, all of whom are members of the Starbucks board, with attention-grabbing stunts.
Starbucks shareholders recently voted in favor of a third-party probe into the company's commitment to workers' rights.Members of a recently formed union of Starbucks workers hold a rally to celebrate the first anniversary of their founding, December 9, 2022 in New York City.Workers United is deploying a butter sculpture, brass band, billboard and movie posters to put pressure on the coffee chain's board to accept the union.
Beth Ford, chief executive officer of Land O'Lakes Inc. , and a butter sculpture of land o'lakes her.In the hopes of speeding up the process, just outside of Minnesota's Twin Cities, Starbucks workers will deliver a butter sculpture of Ford to Land O'Lakes' headquarters. And at Legoland in San Diego, the union plans to hand out Lego Star Wars-inspired posters comparing former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to Darth Vader and Knudstorp to Obi-Wan Kenobi.Monday's planned action comes as Starbucks faces more attention for its alleged union busting. On Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders grilled Schultz during a
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