Cornell Ends Vendor Partnership With Starbucks After Labor Protests
Labor organizers and experts say this could be a winning new strategy for Starbucks union organizers.
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Labor organizers and experts say this could be a winning new strategy for Starbucks union organizers.
Last week the Ithaca Public Workers Coalition (IPWC) issued a press release announcing that they are “standing in solidarity with members of Starbucks Workers United as they continue to fight
ITHACA, N.Y.—“100% union. 100% closed. 100% immoral.” That’s how members of Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) sum up the company’s plan to shutter all its stores in Ithaca, N.Y., on May 26.
Starbucks has announced that it will close its two remaining Ithaca locations on E. Seneca Street and S. Meadow Street by May 26.
After six months of temporary closure, the Collegetown Starbucks location may reopen after Starbucks' allegedly used illegal union-busting tactics to close it down.