'In an industry that a lot of people, I think, write off and say can't be organized, Starbucks baristas have shown that you can organize these places and you can win,' said one barista.
"In an industry that a lot of people, I think, write off and say can't be organized, Starbucks baristas have shown that you can organize these places and you can win," said one barista.The nationwide wave of labor organizing by Starbucks workers continued to bear fruit Tuesday as employees at five of the coffee chain's Richmond, Virginia stores overwhelmingly voted to unionize.
, the votes at the five Richmond Starbucks were 17-1, 22-3, 11-2, 13-8, and 19-0. The stores are the company's first in Virginia to unionize; workers at a Springfield location narrowlyU.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders ."Congratulations to Starbucks workers in Richmond on your vote to unionize! I will see you Sunday!", a free event"to support and celebrate the organizing efforts of Starbucks workers locally and across the country.
Starbucks Workers United, the group coordinating the nationwide organizing effort, now boasts a record of 21 unionizations in 23 attempts.of Starbucks workers in Buffalo, New York late last year, the global coffee chain's Richmond employees began their own organizing journey in February.Tyler Hofmann, a barista at the North Boulevard Starbucks."My store manager went on vacation, and I was like, this is the time, we have an opportunity to organize.
"My store was super supportive," he added,"and within 48 hours we had 70% of the store signed up for union cards."
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