27-02-2025
Employees at San Diego Starbucks location seek to join union
(FOX5/KUSI) — Starbucks employees at a San Diego location filed a petition on Monday with the National Labor Relations Board, initiating the unionization voting process among existing employees.
Employees at a Starbucks in Stonecrest Plaza, located inside a grocery store, filed the petition.
A statement from Starbucks Workers United said that the unionization efforts seek better protections on living wages, respect for racial and gender equity, and fair scheduling.
Starbucks spokesperson Phil Gee said in a statement to 'At Starbucks, our success starts and ends with our partners (employees). We respect our partners' right to choose, through a fair and democratic process, to be represented by a union or not to be represented by a union and will continue to work together to make Starbucks the best job in retail.'
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The filing with the NLRB lists 13 employees, and the unionization vote will include all full-time and regular part-time baristas and shift supervisors and will exclude all managers, supervisors and office staff.
When the vote happens, employees will have the opportunity to choose to join Starbucks Workers United, which is affiliated with Workers United.
In December of 2024, a five-day strike by thousands of Starbucks employees nationwide led to the temporary closure of dozens of locations.
According to this week's statement from Starbucks Workers United, the union and the company are set to return to bargaining soon with a mediator present.
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