Starbucks hearing renews 'vigor' for staff, CT union member says
A Starbucks worker who helped unionize the Vernon coffee shop attended the U.S. Senate hearing where members questioned former CEO Howard Schultz.
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A Starbucks worker who helped unionize the Vernon coffee shop attended the U.S. Senate hearing where members questioned former CEO Howard Schultz.
VERNON, Conn.—Baristas at the Starbucks in Vernon won their union election 13-1 on July 14, two weeks after a new law went into effect in Connecticut preventing employers from disciplining employees who refuse to sit through mandatory anti-union meetings.
A Starbucks in West Hartford, Connecticut, has become the first unionized location in the state. Corbin's Corner Starbucks joins scores of other locations across the country to vote for a union.
Baristas at a West Hartford Starbucks successfully passed a union vote Wednesday afternoon, making their coffee shop the first unionized Starbucks location in the state.
This hour, we talk about the broad push for organized labor, from academia to Amazon. We hear from NPR's Andrea Hsu, organizers at a West Hartford Starbucks, and union members at Common Ground High School in New Haven.