‘Disgusting’: Starbucks To Help Its Workers With Student Debt—Unless They’re in a Union
As employees of various major corporations have revived the U.S. labor movement this year, workers at more than 200 Starbucks locations have voted to form unions. Starbucks Workers United, labor leaders, progressive lawmakers, and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) have accused the company of violating federal law to quash organizing.
April 1, 2023 | Source: Common Dreams | by Jessica Corbett
Starbucks was yet again blasted as a union-buster on Monday after announcing new financial savings and student loan repayment tools—but only for U.S. workers who haven’t unionized.
“Union-busting is disgusting,” declared Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, leader of the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO.
Former Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner asserted that there is “no reason to not extend this to union members, too.”
As employees of various major corporations have revived the U.S. labor movement this year, workers at more than 200 Starbucks locations have voted to form unions. Starbucks Workers United, labor leaders, progressive lawmakers, and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) have accused the company of violating federal law to quash organizing.
The coffee giant said in a statement that with “My Starbucks Savings,” workers “will be able to contribute a portion of after-tax pay on a recurring basis directly from their paycheck to a personal savings account,” with the company contributing “$25 and $50 credits at key saving milestones up to a total of $250 per incentive eligible partner.”