If past is prologue as the old saying goes, Dunkin’s franchisees should be in an advanced state of readiness on the union front with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) targeting some Dunkin’ shops in Connecticut. In their ongoing efforts to unionize QSRs and rest stop businesses in the Constitution State, SEIU members are protesting…
Read More »After peaking earlier this summer, unionizing efforts at Starbucks stores across the country have seemed to slow down over the past few months, but the broader effort to organize within the QSR industry continues. Most recently, two locations of California-based Peets Coffee filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for union representation elections. The…
Read More »Their hypocrisy is championship caliber, as a chapter of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) in California – in fact, Local 2015, one of the largest local within SEIU – has been quite aggressive in trying to bust the union of its own staff members. About 95% of the union workers voted to authorize a…
Read More »Illinois will become the first state to ban “right to work” laws after voters approved the ballot measure constitutionally securing the right of workers to unionize and bargain collectively. The Illinois Constitution allows for two methods by which an amendment can be added: be approved with 60% or greater margin, or collect more a simple…
Read More »Yesterday, Starbucks Workers United organized a one-day strike at over 110 unionized stores across 25 states around the country. According to a statement from the union, the strikes were said to be in retaliation for Starbucks’ anti-union activities, their previous efforts to defeat the unionizing efforts, and delays in scheduling bargaining sessions. Company spokespeople have…
Read More »Workers at the Starbucks Flagship Reserve Roastery in the Meatpacking district of New York City went on strike late last week, protesting alleged cleanliness issues. Ironically, on that same day, Starbucks announced that another Reserve store in New York City would be opening this month inside the Empire State Building. The new store, comprising 23,000…
Read More »There’s an old adage that cautions “Watch out what you wish for, you might just get it!” It seems that might be the case with baristas at a Starbucks store in Nichols Hills, OK. Those employees petitioned for a union representation election five months ago and after some challenges back and forth, the NLRB finally…
Read More »Starbucks reported an acceptable earnings picture for Q4 to Wall Street Thursday: strong US sales, weaker margins due to cost inflation and their partner and equipment upgrades; negative but sequentially better results in China due to COVID restrictions, and strong results in other international markets. Of the results that matter most to us, US comps…
Read More »The saga over unionizing at Starbucks continues with a decision coming down from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) last Friday where the company was found to have illegally fired an employee in Michigan for participating in union activism and in a labor board proceeding. The NLRB administrative judge who heard the complaint ordered Starbucks…
Read More »The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has reversed another long-standing policy relating the payment of union dues. Two weeks ago, the agency determined that the “dues checkoff” provision of a collective bargaining agreement remains intact even after the agreement expires and can then only be eliminated through future collective bargaining negotiations! The checkoff provision requires…
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