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Follow the Money – Starbucks Workers United

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Welcome to Solidarity Saturday, your weekly highlight reel and shortcut to staying plugged in.Baristas have been raising concerns about Starbucks’s blending powder, and we’re passing them along. This is exactly why having a union in every store is so important: we all deserve stronger protections at work and a say in decisions that affect our health and livelihood. Starbucks will keep making the same mistakes unless WE, their workers, stand together and say enough is enough.
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Here’s this week’s brew:

🚨 Here’s How Much Starbucks Pays Their Union Busters

Starbucks is paying big money for their “Labor Relations Business Partners,” aka their on-staff union busters, to spread misinformation about unions in your store. The company always says it doesn’t have the funds for better pay, staffing, hours, and protections, but when it comes to union-busting, it’s giving blank check.

🎉 Westland, MI and Bowling Green, KY Vote Union Yes

Congratulations to Starbucks workers who are organizing against corporate greed and winning unions in their stores! Say hello to our newest union members in ✊Westland, MI, marking the 20th union store in Michigan, and ✊Bowling Green, KY.

🎥 Four Questions for Starbucks Partners Who Just Won Their Union

This store in Pittsburgh, PA actually lost their first attempt to organize, but baristas knew the false promises from corporate would motivate their team to go for their union vote again. And they were right!

Our union is US, Starbucks partners, fighting to win a better workplace. It’s never too late to organize for better protections, better pay, better hours, and more. Reach out, and we’ll answer any questions you might have about the union we’re building together!

Stay loud, stay in solidarity, and thanks for being here with us!

In solidarity,

Starbucks Workers United

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