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Terrified that their so-called 'partners' are uniting across the US, the infamous corporate coffee chain is flooding the small Mesa store with snooping managers to intimidate workers ahead of a vote to unionise with the SEIU, reports MARK GRUENBERG
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Welcome to some of the abuses Starbucks has visited upon its 30 workers at its store at 6807 East Baseline Road in Mesa, Arizona, because, as one said, they dare to vote to unionise.
The Mesa workers will receive voting materials from today and must return their ballots to the National Labour Relations Board’s (NLRB) Phoenix regional office by January 28. Mesa is one of three unionising drives in the accelerating national campaign by Starbucks Workers United, an affiliate of Service Employees International Union, to organise low-paid workers at the coffee chain.
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