Alabama
Lafayette Starbucks workers file to unionize, claiming management ignored complaints | #elections | #alabama
An open letter signed by six workers at the store in late June accused Starbucks of creating a hostile and unsafe environment, poor management and disregarding workers’ physical and mental health. “We have been short-handed on the floor multiple times and ignored by management when we needed extra coverage,” the letter reads. Pro-union workers at […]
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Alabama
Workers at a Birmingham Starbucks become 1st to unionize in Alabama | #elections | #alabama
The final tally of the union vote was 27 for unionizing, with one voting against it. “That was not the turnout I was expecting, to be honest,” Sydney O’Neal, a barista at the store, said. “That is much bigger — and that is probably one of the biggest ones I’ve seen — for Starbucks unions.” […]
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