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Starbucks employees in Buffalo go on strike
Consumer Affairs ^ | January 6, 2022 | Mark Huffman

Posted on 01/06/2022 11:21:50 AM PST by PGR88

Less than a month after voting to form a union, employees at a Starbucks store in Buffalo, N.Y., have gone on strike over grievances about working conditions. Six employees on the schedule to work instead formed a picket line in front of the store. Three other employees reported to work as scheduled, but Starbucks closed the location for the day. The striking employees stated that the surge in coronavirus cases and illnesses among the staff had created “unsafe working conditions.” In recent days, Buffalo area Starbucks locations have been operating on a take-out-only basis.

“Pressure to go to work is being put on many of us when some of us already have other health issues,” Starbucks Workers United said in a statement. “The company has again shown that they continue to put profits above people."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News
KEYWORDS: jamescromwell; manhattan; peta; starbucks; union
FYI - this Starbucks store that voted to unionize is in the gentrified/yuppy/pink-hair-and-nose-rings/LGBT part of the city. Other suburban stores voted against unionization.

Now that they have their union, they have decided they don't want to work. Prediction: Starbucks will keep it open for a year, then they'll close it.

1 posted on 01/06/2022 11:21:50 AM PST by PGR88
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I hope they organize, nationwide, and crash the business into a million pieces.


2 posted on 01/06/2022 11:23:34 AM PST by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: PGR88

I enjoy whatever misfortune Starbucks experiences.


3 posted on 01/06/2022 11:24:19 AM PST by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: JonPreston

I never understood the Starbucks business model. Even with ridiculous overpriced coffee, they can’t possibly generate enough sales to pay the rent in many of the locations where I’ve seen them.


4 posted on 01/06/2022 11:28:27 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("All lies and jest; still, a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.")
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To: PGR88

I’m not big on $6 cups of coffee. Starbucks is a business I don’t need.


5 posted on 01/06/2022 11:32:41 AM PST by BBQToadRibs2
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To: Alberta's Child

Me neither. I never got the naming system for what should be a 50 cent cup of coffee. Sheetz works just fine for me.


6 posted on 01/06/2022 11:38:29 AM PST by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: PGR88

“Pressure to go to work is being put on many of us when some of us already have other health issues,” Starbucks Workers United said in a statement. “The company has again shown that they continue to put profits above people.”

...this describes the liberal crazy mentality of the average Starbucks employee to a tee. What goes around comes around. Hahahahaha


7 posted on 01/06/2022 11:42:21 AM PST by albie
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To: PGR88

If I want coffee for the road I’ll fill a thermos from home. Otherwise Wawa, McDonalds, or Dunkin Donuts.

What makes Starbucks even slightly worthwhile is having a comfortable place to sit down and catch up on email while sipping coffee. Take that away and they will close.


8 posted on 01/06/2022 11:49:25 AM PST by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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To: JonPreston

could care less.
Star Bucks Coffee is not to my liking,
I’m a Dunkin kind of guy.
Also when I’ve had to visit a star bucks the staff seem to be creampuff types.


9 posted on 01/06/2022 12:17:07 PM PST by Joe Boucher (Kimber .45 )
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To: PGR88

Unions are business killers.


10 posted on 01/06/2022 12:50:53 PM PST by Trillian
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To: PGR88

Too Rich, and I’m not talking about the coffee.


11 posted on 01/06/2022 12:52:43 PM PST by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: PGR88

Still waiting for feminazis to get them to change their logo. If the fish parts were legs, what kind of position is she in? Not exactly “family friendly.”


12 posted on 01/06/2022 12:52:53 PM PST by Disambiguator
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To: PGR88

but But BUT all i’ve heard, like forever, is that they were the best place to jerk foofoo coffee wi silly names!

wut happen? i am confusion...


13 posted on 01/06/2022 1:11:02 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: PGR88

What are these morons going to do when Starbucks closes this location. You serve coffee. You are replaceable


14 posted on 01/06/2022 1:23:40 PM PST by stuck_in_new_orleans ( )
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To: PGR88

I’ll only go to Starbucks if their menu is like the one in the movie “Idiocracy”.

;)


15 posted on 01/06/2022 1:40:19 PM PST by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: PGR88

You people are being way too hard on Starbucks. It’s a convenient place when you need to use a toilet.


16 posted on 01/06/2022 3:17:44 PM PST by AC86UT89
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To: dynachrome

“I don’t really think we have time for a h___-j__, Joe!”


17 posted on 01/06/2022 3:19:18 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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