'Newsflash: Our union isn't trying to take Starbucks' people—our union is Starbucks' people!' said SBWorkersUnited.
he was brought back to help the company crush organizing efforts at coffee shops in dozens of states nationwide.
In response to Schultz's comments Monday, Starbucks Workers United —an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union—that"Starbucks' best days are ahead of us because we are standing together as partners to hold Starbucks accountable to the company we believe it can be." "At today's town hall in Seattle, Howard Schultz just said that 'there is a group—an organization—trying to take our people,'" SWU wrote.
"My job in coming back to Starbucks, is to ensure the fact that we, the collective we, co-create, reimagine a new Starbucks with our partners at the center of it all," said Schultz."As a pro-partner company. A company that does not need someone in between us and our people."Phoenix-based barista Laila Dalton, a move that was seen as retaliation for her involvement in union organizing at the store where she worked.
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