Starbucks employees plan strike at more than 100 US stores

The employees of more than 100 stores of the chain starbucks in USA they plan to stop work on Thursday to protest what they see as the company’s anti-union tactics.

Nicknamed the “Rebellion of the red glasses”the one-day strike organized by the SWU union It coincides with a large marketing operation by the chain, which plans to distribute a reusable red cup for free to customers who buy a drink in one of the thousands of establishments.

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Instead of the branded cups, workers will hand out red union cups, reported the Starbucks Workers United (SWU)which represents nearly 7,000 employees throughout the United States.

The measure is carried out in “response to the anti-union tactics of starbucks and their refusal to bargain,” the union said in a statement.

He added that the workers demand the right to organize a union free from intimidation and fear.

“Unless starbucks come to the table and negotiate in good faith for a fair contract, we can count on this happening again.” the union said.

A group of employees starbucks in the city of Buffalo, in the northern United States, surprised at the end of 2021 by creating the first union in a local directly managed by the chain in the country. More than 260 establishments have joined SWU since then.

The federal National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has already issued dozens of claims and grievances against starbucks. In August, a judge ordered starbucks to rehire seven employees at a Memphis, Tennessee, location who were fired for trying to unionize.

starbucks He did not immediately respond to an AFP request about the strike organized on Thursday.

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Source: Elcomercio

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