Workers at Starbucks in Cottonwood Heights announce plans to unionize
More than 100 Starbucks locations around the country have filed for union recognition in over 20 states since last fall.
Nationally, Starbucks workers are organizing with Workers United , the same international union that has backed successful campaigns in Buffalo NY, Mesa Arizona, Seattle Washington, and Knoxville Tennessee. In a letter e-mailed early Thursday morning to Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz and signed by the store’s employees, Cottonwood Heights workers wrote:
Michelle Eisen, a Buffalo Barista who helped lead the first successful organizing campaign at Starbucks in December of last year, added her voice:
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