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Azr431 t1_je4mxyu wrote

Reply to comment by FyuckerFjord in PSA: Starbucks on Shelburne Rd in South Burlington is only unionized Starbucks in VT by willynillyslide

That’s a reasonable position.

If the wages were better, the revolving door effect wouldn’t be present as much. Perhaps they accepted less than they should have because their leverage was low or they undervalued themselves. These one-off outlier shops are really hard to gauge the metrics that drive the outcomes. I think unions should be present from the most unskilled jobs to the most. That’s the only thing that will ever shift the power dynamic from the bourgeoisie class to the people.

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FyuckerFjord t1_je4uu77 wrote

That's the thing here: Starbucks hasn't even started negotiations with ANY of the nationwide shops that unionized. They simply raised pay for all shops except ones that voted to unionize, telling these "union shops" they'd have to wait for negotiations to work out their pay raises.

In particular to the Shelburne location: all the union-planning employees have left (revolving door) and none of the current employees want to step up to represent the store during talks...not that Starbucks is even ready to talk.

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Azr431 t1_je4x31i wrote

Classic union-busting behaviors from their virulently anti-union POS CEO

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FyuckerFjord t1_je50omo wrote

Schultz is appearing before Bernie's committee today to answer for just that.

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