News Brief
Summary
Starbucks Workers United is initiating a strike authorization vote and organizing nationwide rallies, escalating pressure on Starbucks to secure a union contract addressing pay, hours, and labor practices. This occurs amidst stalled negotiations and a company-wide restructuring.
Key Points
- Strike Vote & Actions: A strike authorization vote begins Friday. If approved, it would authorize an open-ended national strike, the third since December. Concurrently, 70 rallies and pickets are planned across 60 cities from Friday through November 1.
- Union Demands: The union seeks a contract addressing three key issues: better hours for improved staffing, higher take-home pay, and resolution of hundreds of unfair labor practice charges.
- Negotiation Status: Active contract talks collapsed in December 2024. Mediation began in February, but baristas rejected Starbucks’ economic proposal in April.
- Union Representation: Workers United represents over 12,000 workers at more than 650 stores, a small fraction of Starbucks’ 18,000+ North American locations.
- Company Response: Starbucks states the union walked away from bargaining and that any agreement must reflect that Starbucks already offers “the best job in retail,” citing average hourly pay and benefits exceeding $30 and a $500 million investment in labor hours.
- Company Context: Starbucks is implementing a “Back to Starbucks” turnaround plan, including the “Green Apron Service” hospitality push and a $1 billion restructuring involving ~500 store closures and 900 layoffs. The union secured enhanced severance for workers at 59 closing unionized stores.
新闻简报
总结
星巴克工人联合会正在启动罢工授权投票，并组织全国范围的集会，以此向星巴克施压，要求达成一份解决薪酬、工时和劳动实践问题的工会合同。此举发生在谈判陷入僵局以及公司进行全面重组之际。
关键点
- 罢工投票与行动：罢工授权投票于周五开始。如果获得批准，将授权进行无固定期限的全国性罢工，这将是自去年12月以来的第三次。同时，从周五到11月1日，计划在60个城市举行70场集会和纠察活动。
- 工会诉求：工会寻求一份解决三个关键问题的合同：改善工时以增加人员配备、提高实得工资，以及解决数百项未决的不公平劳动实践指控。
- 谈判状态：积极的合同谈判于2024年12月破裂。双方于2月开始调解，但咖啡师们在4月拒绝了星巴克提出的经济方案。
- 工会代表性：工人联合会代表了超过650家门店的12,000多名员工，这只占星巴克在北美18,000多家门店的一小部分。
- 公司回应：星巴克表示工会离开了谈判桌，并称任何协议都必须反映星巴克已经提供”零售业最佳工作”的现实，其引用的平均时薪和福利超过30美元，以及一项5亿美元的劳动力工时投资。
- 公司背景：星巴克正在实施一项”回归星巴克”的转型计划，包括”绿围裙服务”接待倡议和一项涉及关闭约500家门店及裁员900人的10亿美元重组计划。工会为59家因重组而关闭的工会门店员工争取到了增强的遣散费。
Original Article Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/23/starbucks-workers-united-set-to-vote-on-strike-authorization.html