Starbucks is accused of permanently closing an upstate New York location in retaliation for its unionization efforts.
On Friday, the Workers United union filed a complaint against the coffee giant with the U.S. National Labor Relations Board. In it, they alleged that the company illegally closed a location in Ithaca, New York, in response to workers there engaging in unionization efforts, Bloomberg reported.
The allegation comes as a gradually increasing number of Starbucks locations across the country are successfully unionizing, leading to perceived hostilities between unions and the company. Interim CEO Howard Schultz in April said that Starbucks is "assaulted in many ways by the threat of unionization." A spokesperson previously told Newsweek that the company's preference is to work directly with workers "as partners, without a union between us."
The Ithaca location, situated near the Ivy League Cornell University, successfully voted to unionize in April. Gary Bonadonna Jr., a regional leader for Workers United, called Starbucks' decision to close the location "a blatant act of war." The union called for the Labor Relations Board to pursue a federal court injunction that might halt or reverse the closure. "We have their backs," Bonadonna said.
"Starbucks won't get away with retaliating against us like this," Evan Sunshine, one of the store's employees, said in a statement sent to Bloomberg by the union. "Whatever it takes, however long it may take, we will persevere."
So they unionize the store that creates a situation wherein the store is no a viable entity because of increased labor costs, but that's an 'act of war'. Go figure...
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Starsucks should be all in for the union as unions represent "equity" in the workplace in that all union workers, regardless of work performance, get paid the same. Socialism at its finest. (sarc off now).
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ReplyDeleteI think it's hilarious! I think all businesses should be like this. Form a union? Shut it down. :)
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