Starbucks workers protested in front of the the company's Seattle headquarters as it hosted 'investor day' with no retail workers present. Workers were also protesting against new benefits that have only been introduced for non-union staff.
by labor advocates, who say that it was done to discourage workers from unionizing.
“Starbucks is blatantly disregarding the law to continue their scorched-earth union-busting campaign,” Workers United said in a statement,. “Starbucks is not only damaging their brand and their business, but irrevocably damaging their credibility as a company.” American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations communications adviser Steve Smith said that the move is a show of how far the company is willing to go to antagonize its employees.
“Let’s be crystal clear about one thing: Corporations that have even a modicum of concern about the well-being of their workers would never do anything like this,”. “Union-busting Starbucks executives are squarely in comic-book villain territory now.”
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