Starbucks' unionized workers plan walkout on "Red Cup Day" this week
Thousands of unionized Starbucks workers will walk off their jobs on Thursday, with the one-day work stoppages coming to protest the company's stance with shops that voted to organize, according to Starbucks Workers United.
The labor action is timed to for Starbucks' Red Cup Day, an annual event in which the coffee giant hands out holiday-themed reusable cups. Starbucks has refused to negotiate in good faith over staffing and other issues that are particularly acute during promotions, according to the union.
"Starbucks is creating unnecessarily stressful working conditions by scheduling promotion after promotion without increasing staffing," Neha Cremin, a Starbucks worker in Oklahoma City, said in a statement to CBS MoneyWatch. "Starbucks has made it clear that they won't listen to workers, so we're advocating for ourselves by going on strike."
That'll surely fix it. As soon as I start making coffee at home, the several Starbucks near me will no longer have a line out the door that they don't have enough staff to keep up with.
Vote with your wallet like it's your ballot. Is it gonna be the society-shattering vote? No. Is it a step on a marathon to make society a better place? Yep
It won't fix it. But no particular snowflake causes an avalanche.
Would you buy eggs from a farmer that kicks their chickens because everyone else is doing it?
Considering how the majority of chickens are actually treated, I'm not sure you're going to get the answer you're hoping for.