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Starbucks' Anti-Union Tactics
21:27 - 31:50 (10:22)
Starbucks has been accused of flooding stores with new workers who weren't initially involved in the union effort in Buffalo, and corporate-level managers have come in to spy on these workers, making it difficult to organize and form a union.
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Starbucks has flooded stores involved in the union effort with new workers and additional managers, while also sending in corporate-level managers to surveil workers discussing and organizing around unionization.
21:27 - 26:18 (04:50)
Summary
Starbucks has flooded stores involved in the union effort with new workers and additional managers, while also sending in corporate-level managers to surveil workers discussing and organizing around unionization. This move has made it more difficult for workers to organize and could potentially lead to contested union elections, similar to what happened in Bessemer, Alabama.
ChapterStarbucks' Anti-Union Tactics
Episode10/19/21: Colin Powell, Union Activity, Amazon Scandal, Politico Sale, CNN Confronted, China Dependency, Biden Silence, John Deere Workers, and More!
PodcastBreaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
A leaked transcript revealed that Starbucks is trying to prevent workers in Buffalo, NY from unionizing and becoming the first unionized market in their history.
26:18 - 29:23 (03:04)
Summary
A leaked transcript revealed that Starbucks is trying to prevent workers in Buffalo, NY from unionizing and becoming the first unionized market in their history. Amidst a wave of worker strikes and demands for better working conditions and wages, the media only seems to take notice when it reaches the scale of a John Deere-level strike.
ChapterStarbucks' Anti-Union Tactics
Episode10/19/21: Colin Powell, Union Activity, Amazon Scandal, Politico Sale, CNN Confronted, China Dependency, Biden Silence, John Deere Workers, and More!
PodcastBreaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
This podcast discusses how the media often portrays Americans as being divided, while unions are becoming more united in their efforts to secure better working conditions for all members, so that solidarity is not just a thing of the past.
29:23 - 31:50 (02:27)
Summary
This podcast discusses how the media often portrays Americans as being divided, while unions are becoming more united in their efforts to secure better working conditions for all members, so that solidarity is not just a thing of the past.