Starbucks Tried to Crush Its Baristas. What Happened Next Will Shock You
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- čas přidán 8. 05. 2024
- Starbucks workers have done what many thought was impossible - force one of the largest corporations in the world to negotiate a union contract.
It's a major turning point for Starbucks Workers United and the labor movement.
Here's the inside story on how they did it.
Correction:
0:53 Starbucks and the union reached a joint agreement to create a foundational framework to achieve collective bargaining agreements for represented stores and partners.
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How the hell does Starbucks get away with stealing tips? How can anyone do this to underpaid workers. Disgusting. I have refused to buy Starbucks for years now. I will never give them another penny.
Just find out if your local store is unionised.
Lol all restaurants can do this legally. It's hosed.
No laws apply to Starbucks.
Why the hell are people tipping at Starbucks?!? Just because there’s an option to tip on the PoS machine, doesn’t mean people have to USE it. FFS….
Most studies put wage theft between 3 out of every 5 dollars and 3 out of every 4 dollars comes from wage theft
And despite the workers' new unions, Starbucks DIDN'T go out of business, like they told us would happen. Funny how that works, eh...?
And they predicted an apocalypse for workers if the minimum wage was raised. Guess what: Workers everywhere did fine, or they got an exception to the wage hike.
Businesses lie, especially in public statements like press releases. The only times they don't lie is if they would get in legal trouble for doing so: Under oath or in financial statements. So the only times they will at least make an attempt at telling the truth are under penalty of perjury or fraud.
Who saw that coming? Go figure 🤔 😆 🤣 😂
It’s as if they lied or something… 🤔
Oligarchs, lying! Who knew! 🤷
Prices didn’t go up more than usual, either. I guess the ceo had to give up a house or two instead.
Unions are the main way workers make companies behave within the law and with basic decency.
Very good comment.
Unions are the ones that push the changes in the law once they have enough support. That's why corporations work so hard to stomp on people power.
It's also a way for people not to be fired. I work in the hospital where some of us aren't Union, while the ones who are Union do the LEAST amount of work and get paid the most. Yet we non union workers most of us know more and do more than them. I want to be in the union to just for the pay, not to be lazy like them. Everyone loves unions till prices go up or it's time to fire the police.
@@LokiTheGodofMischief word vomit of conservative ignorance
@@QuietlyHere666 Ignorance lol. Do you understand how economics work or know how to read a balance sheet? Or did you get your financial literacy degree from Social media
I refuse to spend a cent at Starbucks until I hear good things about the way their employees are treated.
I don't understand why anyone is still spending money at that place??
I haven't given them my money in a long time.
I don't know about now, but as recently as two years ago, my partner worked as a barista and she was able to cover me with Starbucks insurance that was partially subsidized by Starbucks and medically, i was not cheap. I'm very appreciative for all of the benefits from Starbucks.
I am curious about that "credit cards tip" comment from the video though?? Surely they can't withhold tips from credit cards to their baristas, right?
Yeah support workers' rights but Starbucks is so overrated
I refuse to work there until things change! I don’t know why other employees don’t feel the same :(
Same!!! I only shop Union Starbucks :)
All this time, WHERE DID CREDIT CARD TIPPING GO?!?!?!?!
My thought, exactly!
Dude! That just blew my mind!!!
Upper management and shareholders, I'm sure they thank you for it
Workers lose more money to wage theft than any other crime. Billions of dollars.
Probably management bonuses connected to union busting tactics.
The one thing that has always amazed me in Corporate America is how much time energy and money they will spend on creating a systematic hostile work environment.
It's ridiculous for workers in the USA to be so reliant on tips. Tips are virtually non-existent in Europe because we have a realistic minimum wage.
I believe the vast majority of people in the US would prefer to do the same thing - just pay the employees enough to live on and eliminate tipping entirely. But, greed is behind it. When a restaurant owner is only required to pay their servers $3/hour, and let the customers foot the bill for the employee, the owner gets to keep more money for themselves. Until our laws change at the top, it will not stop.
@@tricitymorte1 Sadly, I think you'll be waiting a long time.....
Right. The problem IS, all these companies have gone White-Man on their employees. The White Man is the one who cuts wages, hours, and takes away benefits while hiring MORE people for LESS money at the SAME TIME (and paying himself even more money), outsources the jobs, and/or gives the jobs to H1B visa workers, forces us to work unnatural hours when we are supposed to be asleep at night, doesn't provide training for entry-level technical jobs, and makes the rest of us white people look bad.
Same for Australia. I regularly get told I'm lying about how much I earn as a barista
maybe in your country where im from we give 10% if service/food was good and round up if its was okay.... The forced tipping however is nuts, if someone wants forced tip im not even going there. Regarding minimum wage its a bit of a myth that it fixes stuff as just everything else got more expensive and the people on the lower end remained on the lower end, tips however for a good waiter make a hughe difference as its the same amount as their salary...
When I was young, I was anti Union. I just didn't see the value of supporting two opposing sets of executives. As I grew older I became aware that one set of executives considered me a disposable asset who would wear me out and throw me away without any real concern regarding me as a human being. I got a Union job and when I became disabled, my Union saved my home, my marriage, my family and when my rep saw I had become hopelessly depressed, literally saved my life.
I was told a lot of anti-union lies when I was very young. When I was old enough to start working, I learned what a union actually was, and have been pro-union ever since. I believe anyone that works for someone else needs to have a union.
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The problem IS, all these companies have gone White-Man on their employees. The White Man is the one who cuts wages, hours, and takes away benefits while hiring MORE people for LESS money at the SAME TIME (and paying himself even more money), outsources the jobs, and/or gives the jobs to H1B visa workers, forces us to work unnatural hours when we are supposed to be asleep at night, doesn't provide training for entry-level technical jobs, and makes the rest of us white people look bad.
Having been in a union, corruption and theft of your money via fees and dues wasn’t worth their “protection.”
Unions also obstruct the ability of the American worker to negotiate fully for the best possible price.
Unions are anti-worker. Always have been.
NO TIPPING. STOP. THE POINT OF UNIONS IS TO GET MONEY FROM THE CAPITAL CLASS. NOT TO SUCK MONEY OUT OF THE WORKING CLASS. GET THEM TO PAY WAGES. NOT LET YOU COLLECT TIPS.
Where do you think the costs go 😂?
The concept of Tipping in it of itself is wage theft.
@@EzBz982 our of the owners pocket
@@EzBz982where do you think people will go when process are too high?
Another coffee shop, crazy huh
Nobody who is actually working class goes to Starbucks, lol.
The corporation kept the tips?! That is some evil corporations shit. That's it. I am never buying Starbucks ever again.
Me either. Their coffee is way too bitter for my taste. Support your local businesses instead!
The problem IS, all these companies have gone White-Man on their employees. The White Man is the one who cuts wages, hours, and takes away benefits while hiring MORE people for LESS money at the SAME TIME (and paying himself even more money), outsources the jobs, and/or gives the jobs to H1B visa workers, forces us to work unnatural hours when we are supposed to be asleep at night, doesn't provide training for entry-level technical jobs, and makes the rest of us white people look bad.
My question is how are they able to justify it. Accountants must do some wizardry of their own to make this legal, don't you think? That wizardry can't be legal, though.
Too many executives taking $95 out of every $100 and then trying to act like we're supposed to fight over the remaining fiver.
That is damn right. These MFs don't even do anything that makes these locations exist in the first place. Wouldn't the shop be closed if no employees showed up or were fired? What if two shops in the city were closed? The CEO can't be at two places at once, so at least one location would be closed. Useless MFs. They sit on the labor of everyone else. God, this F sucks.
Yep
im still waiting for Schulz to make an apology video like the judge ordered
MPU is doing some of the most important labor journalism of our lifetimes
yes
accurate
No, these folks don't have a clue. Read a book on economics, learn the truth.
@@christopherbasham1551 lot's of people who take an econ 101 class have issues with MPU
but these people fail to realize that higher-level, even graduate level econ classes exist. Hubris and libertarianism go hand-in-hand
Unions are anti-worker, anti-excellence, and anti-competitive.
As a retired union member, I applaud this, thanks to Reagan unions have seen an ugly decline as our jobs were exported to China. We need more unions these Legacy companies can afford a $25 minimum wage. Bravo
No we dont need more unions we need more politicians that will do our bidding instead of corporations and give us fair pay through legislation so ALL working class is covered. Unions drive the cost of items up and its sad when employees have to form an union to get fair pay. Most unions start out good but most end up as corrupt as the business they are supposedly protecting employees from. Some jobs like police should not have unions at all because unions keep the bad cops employed.
@@zemtek420
the only way to get "better politicians" is to collectively organize, the first step to a collective organization is organizing locally, starting with your workplace.
The ol' "we just need to get money out of politics" is a liberal fantasy, you can't politely ask someone taking bribes to be more ethical, you have to force them to by threatening their precious economy.
@@zemtek420 also, on the "unions drive prices up" no, unions make sure employees are getting paid a livable wage, if your consumerist product increases in price because of it, it's because the money you were saving is off the backs of starving employees.
The only reason half of our country's products are the price they are is because we enslave other countries for their resources that we steal and their people we barely pay (see: child slaves in our chocolate production)
We need both @zemtek420
Regan was a POS, he disbanded the airport union for the radar tower personnel. He did more damage to the middle class than almost anyone else in modern US politics. His trickle down bullsh*t, he dropped corporate and wealthy tax rates to damn near zero. He was a tool of the oligarchs.
Starbucks may have recognized the union, but they closed all of the Starbucks in my small city. There were three, now there are none. I really hope many of these people got jobs with other coffee shops in town (several are union, co-ops).
You're better off. Local coffee is better.
Not enough purchasing power.
If a billionaire Coffee shop can't unionise, I think it is better to close and other better coffee shops get more business and hire more workers instead.
Does anybody really miss them?
Co ops!!! Democracy in OUR economy please 🙏 we all, everyone of us, decide together
Stock is down almost 30%. The company has a negative sales outlook. Won't be long til massive layoffs and store closings. Starbucks brought this on themselves. Hope those baristas find work with real Coffee shops. Not corporate slavery.
As a former Barista, and a current union member (in another industry), I am so proud of these folks! Union strong! ♥
A few years ago I applied for a job at Starbucks. Their application system was extremely tedious to get through (which was a huge red flag for me). I gave up and wound up finding work somewhere else. Glad to see that that decision paid off, 'cuz I've only heard bad things about them since then. Corporate greed is one helluva drug
I love seeing some jolly cooperation among workers forcing the boss into compliance
Starbucks is such a bad representation of the Seattle coffee scene in so many ways.
Literally. I work downtown and anyone who likes coffee prefers to go to Monorail or literally any local shop instead of Starbucks.
And these are corporate people who generally don’t care about consumer boycotts
@@Anngrl69 Starbucks has absolutely been corrupted, which is very sad. I love the history of how it got started, and I even got to visit the original store when my family was in Seattle for a few weeks, when I was a teen. It could have been great. Instead, they did this...
And their coffee sucks, now.
Ethical and capitalism do NOT mix
Correct.
To better explain before some "greed is good" goon tries to bully around in the reply's;
The Capital in capitalism is explicitly in refference to money growing without any work being done.
Its gambling.
Now to be clear, I am not opposed to gambling, but gambiling does not add wider value to society or laborers, so it is zero value added gains.
The isim in capitalism means the capital is in control.
Nothing in capitalism has anything to do with free markets. F.F.S. Karl Marx wrote how communism can lead to better more free markets, assuming that the state/nation/soviet union allows it. (Hint the soviet union did not, and the CCP has struggled back and forth with free markets, and I dont like states/nations anyways)
Now you can do your own math here and realize that getting returns on investment is whats in control then... well, put two and two together here. If the stock market responds favorably to making toys that kill puppies it wont matter that every toy company who makes these toys will go out of buisness very shortly.
They have to make the puppy killinator 2000 riiiight off that cliff and the CEO has to make public speeches about how good the childhood tramua/serial killer manufacturing machines really are for society.
Explain what's more ethical than two people agreeing on a contract for a legal good or service?
@@MarcPagan yes capitalism is soooo ethical.
sweatshops
Slave like Labor that pays cents per hour.
Wars for profit
Private equity destroying companies
Increased homelessness.
For profit prisons
For profit hospitals where proper healthcare is secondary.
Corn syrup diabetes and obesity epidemic.
Sky high rents forcing people to work multiple jobs, taking away their free time that could be spent with family.
Cost cutting measures leading to you know I can't say the word because CZcams censorship.
Out of all the evils in the world I can firmly rest knowing capitalism takes the title
But ethics and socialism totally go together….🤣
@@GrammarPoliceInvestigations Indeed..
The ethics of theft, envy, racism, bigotry, and victimhood are core to Socialism.
incredibly ignorant to frame the shareholders actions as "allyship"
How come?
We need an IT union, how do we start?
How about an "every-job" union?
Join Workers Strike Back.
You start by discussing a Union with your co-workers.
You can start this effectivly by seeing if there is any backbone in other unions that you can join with, or boilerplate templates from various unions and labor movements that seem to be able to fit I.T.'s needs, then discuss with your co-workers the advantages to every co-worker with collective bargining, as well as the buisness I.E. with a wider pool its easier to negotiate cheaper insurance for everyone you can also get other benifits that would be compleatly too costly as just one compqny or company location etc. And the primary dis-advantage to unions to the buisness. That unions temperarly drive down stock prices, because stock brokers view unions as bad for buisness, even though they are not by any means. Do not leave that part out of disscussion because the stock prices will recover but the CEO's primary objective is to keep stock prices high, its not to the workers or the buisness's success. If high stock value means running the company straight off a cliff then thats thier job, and they will.
This is also a time for you to look at a major Union alternative, worker Co-op's. They are not just for farmers, but they are attractive for farmers and possibly for IT because the farmer's tend to own the equipment and the tool and land they need to run the farms, and a co-op provides the same union benifits and can work with unions, multiple unions to gain benifits that are broader reaching then a single union. Because of the FTC ruling against non-compeates this might be an option for I.T. with the Co-op structure looking more like an employment agency, and utterly changing the face of IT forever. Its a bit more ambitious but it might not be more ambitious then a union. Heck it might be less ambitious, just be sure to check in with a lawyer before pursing that path.
After you have enough willing to Unionize and have a good charter set up that most can agree too and the detractors can accept, then its time to vote to unionize. Unfortunitly I have not been present for this step, but there are tons of resources avalible to you there. I will point you towards I.W.W. for some good reasources
Check out the AFL-CIO as they have great resources about how to start or join a union. They can answer any questions you may have! :D
Check out the IWWs Organizer training 101
Story idea - how code enforcement agencies work with law enforcement agencies to push people out of their homes and allow those homes to be condemned then sold to a low bidder to either rent or flip the property by false code complaints - Cortland NY
I have never bought a thing from Starbucks nor will I ever.
Is it because you just always knew they were anti-union or are you just a rebel, fighting against pop culture? Either way, you're so unique. Keep going!
Good for you!
Corporations are fighting workers to unionized.
Only way employees can get wages & benefits they deserve...
Greedy corporate profits for YEARS!
That is not the only way. You have to dig deep under the fabric of western, modern civilization and realize that the Narrative of western civilization is based on a slave-driver's mindset. You have to fix that, and then everything falls into place.
3rd generation union worker (Teamsters local 150🤘😎🤘). As a Shop Stuart and regional advocate in northern California, we stand in solidarity with the Starbucks workers union. Keep up the good fight and reach out if you ever need help with organization and uniting yourselves. Teamsters don't mess around , we got your backs. If you ever strike or boycott let us know and we'll spread the word not to cross the picket line and hold the line . Stay strong, stay united , show them what it means to be union strong!
I have never had a union job, but I am so proud of the Starbucks workers. Upper management at my current employer was approached by at least one employee about unionizing, and the president very quickly put out an anti-union video that was sent to everyone's emails. I'm trying to find someone that can review it and tell me if he violated the law with some of the things he said - I know he was walking a very fine line. And I also have been looking for someone that can give advice on starting a union where we are. It's no easy task. So, those coffee slingers have my respect for getting it done.
I have been pro-union most of my life, and I firmly believe today that anyone working for someone else needs to have a union.
Cheaper than the class action lawsuit re: witheld tips
unionized stores were denied the option to enable tips on the credit card readers, all cash tips made were still sent to employees, not the company
@@jordin7972that's is theft and conversion nobody tips a corporation
@@jordin7972 stealing tips is illegal. Doesn't matter if there's a union or not. There is no justification for stealing tips under the law. Even with their union victory, they could still bring a class action suit for the theft and could be slapped with very large fines.
Between the tip stealing, union busting, jen-of-side supporting, making store less welcoming, and ludicrous price increases, I bought a fully automated espresso machine and only get to-go coffee if I’m out of town. It paid for itself in 1.5 months.
I was a barista 15yrs ago and they treated us very well. Wages were just above minimum, but we had medical, dental, optical, and other financial benefits, which was unheard of at other comparable jobs. The random schedules were wretched though, admittedly.
So basically they only changed because their image and reputation was hurting their stock price and their shareholders revolted.
I'm from Alaska. We didn't allow Starbucks in our state except at the international airport. I have never been to a Starbucks. I'm an independent coffee roasters fan.
Workers Union are like Checks&Balance of the corporate world.
Wouldn't refusing to pay worker's tips that had been made be wire fraud?
Well if I tip employees and they take it call it something else that's theft and conversion. Why would anyone tip a company? We tip staff
I have absolutely empty set, goose egg, nothing in common with these people, but I stand with them in their pursuit of justice: fair wages, working conditions, etc.
Is Amazon still fighting unions?
I haven't heard any recent news, but there have been rumblings where I work about unionizing (sort of like an Amazon for electronic parts). I really feel like if either of us forms a union, we should invite the other company to join it. One of our warehouse workers nearly lost a hand on a conveyor belt. None of us get paid enough for the work we do, no matter the position, and the president of the company put out an anti-union video at the start of the year. Anyone that works for someone else should have a union.
I’d love for you to cover the union negotiations taking place with the movie and tv workers union (I.A.T.S.E.) and their struggles with huge ceo pay and diminishing wages
When ordering and the barista asks your name to be written on the cup for your order, say, "Union Strong."
Yo MPU, great video. You should also link to your union Starbucks map on your site. 😅
It's only greed when it's the other guy. When it's me, well then, it's just what "I deserve".
The board finally see the writing on the wall. Probably out of fear. Keep going, baristas! Don’t stop until you have a seat on the board.
And I was wondering why the price of a bunch of their items just went up; now I know why. These corporations are terrible.
Unions always drive up prices. Thats one of the negatives about unions.
@@zemtek420 here you are again, so I'll give you a different angle:
No, that's not true, prices increasing when employees are getting paid more is so that the corporate overhead can keep raking in the amount of profit they were before the pay increase, it's greed.
The solution? Worker owned means of production, eliminating the corporate greed
i just made a comment about about the price of a small frapachino with a single shot of espresso now costing over $7. it use to be about $5 less than 1 1/2 years ago.
Nothing to do with the union, everything to do with opportunistic "inflation" pricing
@@jerryspringer6096 Inflation pricing which uses unionization as a convenient scapegoat.
I WILL NOT cross a picket line. In the 90s I tried to unionize our hospital, but was unsuccessful. They were horrible, paying millions for a union busting consultants, and treating us all terribly. Every evaluation I had after that said I had a bad attitude, of course no proof. This place charges its own healthcare workers more for health insurance than the rest of the community because we can't negotiate. Now retired, they have the gall to send me mail asking me to remember them in my will.
Something that I would also like to see from this channel is review of history of how corporations infiltrated unions in the past to either try to destroy them from within or to try to control who they are bargaining with.
It has been a while since the union movement had gained this kind of strength and it may loose momentum if we are not all aware of the old tactics that corporations use.
All my life, I have only been to Starbucks like 4 times. I always support small mom and pops shops.
Thank you to the ones who worked in the SM Santa Fe NM location, i saw the sabotage firsthand and i hope all those workers that got laid off and replaced with scabs in 2022 have found much better workplaces now.
I quit getting anything from Starbucks until they treat all their workers fairly
Worst job I ever had when I was younger. I worked at a lot of different places as a kid. I guess I don’t understand why people stayed? There was literally zero incentive to not go across the street to literally anything else.
“Partners?”
Any organisation that uses such a coercive name for employees is fkiing bullsh!t!
Real partners would have a say and help make decisions.
If you were a private equity firm, you would be an actual partner. Amazon calls their warehouse workers their "associates."
It's actually quite shocking to me that the shareholders gave a shit about the company's employees. I think it was more likely that they weren't going to get any money back this year so they forced the company to do something
Whats probably BILLIONS of dollars of wage theft and nobody will likely see a day of jail time. How wonderful :(
The Unionized store in my city magically got closed for renovations like a month after the Union vote.
I stopped using Starbucks at home and in their stores quite a while ago when I heard they refused to negotiate with the union. It’s not right that people work for low wages while bosses make millions: also, I think it’s against the law to refuse to negotiate with the union.
Respect to the folks who work for the rights of workers: without them it never would have happened
Be careful. I was recently part of a union and they didn't do anything for us. The union rep took down our complaints but the illegality of our job never changed
Impressive display of resilience and strategic acumen from Starbucks Workers United. Their victory underscores the power of collective action and persistent advocacy in reshaping corporate practices. 💪 It's a testament to what can be achieved when workers unite for a common cause.
Poor ole W-Buffet.
On the "pilot" side:
A shower now cost $17.00 usd.
If a truck driver wants to take a shower at at P-lot-Flyng-J Truck-stop.
I personally heard that conversation when a driver wanted to buy a shower without buying their expensive fuel.
He was told:
If no fuel, it's $ 17.00 for a shower...💰.
It's funny how in HR Class the argument was taught that labor laws are good now so labor unions are no longer necessary. Funny how those laws weren't in question until the union got established and became capable of ensuring they were followed.
They did this last time, up here in Canada. They will then start giving everyone not in the union better pay and benefits.
Then the union strikes. They can't shut down all the stores lol.
That's how it works - Unions end up benefitting even the workers who don't join, but the businesses work hard to make it look like it's just them being generous.
I work at chapters/indigo and its the same way. They offered higher pay, closed unionized stores, and even offered us gift cards as bonuses if we started physically intercepting shoplifters.
big props to the peeps who got starbucks to sit down, shut up, and listen to the union
now we need to get a union going in the games industry.
It's good that you got them to the table finally. Don't let pressure up though. Remember, they can negotiate for years, and when it's finalized, just refuse to certify it. Keep the pressure on them until you get everything you want. Where ever you land, it's going to be a slow and uphill battle against lawyers rather than managers then.
Just want yall to know I didnt watch this video originally because of the generic "What happened next will shock you" headline. Videos are great but titles need to relax and just be clear. I like your news you dont have to be clickbaity about it.
A union of button pushers, cup writers and coffee pourers? No skill set, no trade accreditation, they’re fast food workers at best.
It’s pretty funny that Starbucks lost billions in market cap yesterday. It looks like it might be a union without a employer. Hilarious!
Unions help both parties if the company is willing to cooperate. If the company is not, it can tear both parties to the ground.
You paid for the Starbucks name, now with unions get ready to pay more.
Keep fighting! Tipping is never going to close the gap to a living wage.
I totally hate the bachground noise underlaid when the worker is talking.
When are companies gonna learn to just treat their employees right in the first place? Then they can avoid all this unnecessary complication.
Because companies want power.
This is why I never tip machines. Always tip cash. Workers can split it no paper trail.
Congrats on having a union. Congrats to me as well, no more tipping!
Good for the union. Starbucks should do the right thing and be a leader in the industrial world and embrace the workers. #unions
But then they'd have less to hoard. Come on, they need every dollar. Not just billions, don't be silly 😜 🤪 lol
I'm getting to the point where eating out is getting too expensive.
I never understood the appeal of starbucks, it takes them 20 minutes to pour a coffee 8 dollar coffee.
And it's not even good coffee.
Cool! Now that the union has secured fair wages for baristas, consumers don't need to tip anymore! That's good news.
I'll enter a Starbucks when they SIGN a contract with the Union. "Negotiating" doesn't mean it's done.
Thank you unions and to those workers who fought!!! KEEP FIGHTING
I haven’t spent a dime at Starbucks since their union busting tactics started! You guys are awesome and remember the only reason they are treating you better is because you earned it!!! 👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥
But, if a cup of regular coffee goes from $5 a cup plus refills, to $10 and no refills, then they will have shot themselves in the foot. Look at McDonald's... It is slowly in a fight to the bottom when you got to pay $18 for a simple meal.
Congratulations, you will become the Chrysler of coffee shops.
Victory’s for union workers are nice but never permanent under capitalism a reorganization of the means of production and of society in general is needed
Unionized labor, along with effecatious consumer protection, are the vital counterbalances that ensure the ultimate health and prosperity of the free market.
The regular coffee in Starbucks is nasty...
Union wages & benefits will make independents much more competitive. The atmosphere inside Starbucks changed during Covid and I stopped drinking their products.
It also may have to do with the fact that they are losing a lot of business internationally. So they have no choice but to come to the table. Good for the workers.
I used to be a very loyal Starbucks customer spending several hundred dollars a month there. Now I’ve learned more about the company and haven’t spent a penny there in months. The biggest nerve I saw from them was asking for credit card tipping on a $6 cup of coffee I had to stand and wait for. Yeah no thanks. Now I make my own cappuccino at home that tastes better and saves me a lot of money.
If you go in to get revenge and take down the company, as the lady mentioned near the end, you're shooting yourself in the foot. The whole point is to apply enough pressure to the company that they change their practices-and to bring hope to the workers.
Two stores in downtown Seattle, Pike Street and 3rd and near by Westlake Center. I don't know why, The Pike Store had a problem with homless people hanging out in the store. The closing of the Westlake is a mystery to me.
Wonderful Information! Thank you very much.
How do you upload a video with audio this bad?
Declaring war against employees working crap jobs is a losing battle.
Great reporting y'all
I have not given Bucks any of my bucks for a LONG time
The Starbucks logo is a demon spread eagle !
so its this why a small frapachino with a single fucking shot of espresso cost over $7? the price of that has increased about $2 over the last 1 1/2 years or so.
Starbucks won't need baristas soon, their sales are crashing and their stock is tanking
All power to these smart young people standing up to corporate bullying. 👍 What is it that makes our corporate leaders think they can treat people like commodities??
Conclusion: This is the end of Starbucks.
You are not a "partner", you are disposable labor. Do not let the corporate world gas light you. Even worse than calling you "family".
I hate Starbucks. I hate unions even more. Hard to decide who to root for here
This is how we need to deal with all US corporations.