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STARBUCKS workers in three New York outlets could become the first in the global coffee chain to form a union after filing papers with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) earlier this week.
Employees at the stores in the Buffalo region of New York state said they wanted to unionise, citing a chaotic work environment, erratic hours and difficulty in taking sick leave during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The workers, numbering between 20 and 30 in each of the three outlets, penned an open letter to Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson on behalf of the Starbucks Workers United organising committee.
To govern again, we must first earn back the confidence of the people who founded our movement
Organised workers at the notoriously anti-union global giant are scoring victory after victory, and now international bodies are pitching in to finally force this figurehead of corporate capitalism to give in to unionisation, writes EMILIO AVELAR