Workers at 5th Kansas City-area Starbucks file to become unionized
A fifth Starbucks location in the Kansas City area plans to file for a National Labor Relations Board election later Thursday, according to Workers United/SEIU organizer Mari Orrego.
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A fifth Starbucks location in the Kansas City area plans to file for a National Labor Relations Board election later Thursday, according to Workers United/SEIU organizer Mari Orrego.
The win comes just two months after employees at the Northland Avenue Starbucks petitioned for a union representation election.
The store at Quincy and McCollough streets announced their intent to unionize after they say attempts to bargain with the company were met with "unjust and unfair" treatment.
This could significantly alter the company's model.
Emilia Morgan is a Watertown, MA Starbucks Barista and a member of Boston Socialist Alternative. “If I filed an incident report every single time something happened, I would be going to the back every hour,” a Starbucks worker in Boston said about the harassment they face in their store as a bari