Corporate Starbucks employees have signed an open letter protesting the company’s return\u002Dto\u002Doffice mandate and alleged union\u002Dbusting. Read on.
. He told white-collar staff that baristas “are asking us to do the transformative work that I believe can only be done effectively when we are physically together.”Article content
Starbucks’s business appears largely unaffected by worker morale and the union fight: The coffee chain’s results have been strong in recent quarters, excluding China, where a COVID-19 outbreak following the end of restrictions dented sales. North American consumers have proven willing so far to fork over more for their lattes and frappuccinos, while transactions have also climbed. The shares are up about three per cent this year, slightly trailing the gain of the S&P 500 Index.
“After Howard issued his edict, I definitely did not feel good working for Starbucks any more — it felt like I am working for a dictator,” said Starbucks app developer Peter de Jesus, one of the employees who signed the letter. “I feel like this is not the Starbucks that I signed on for.” “As a general matter, supervisors and managers have no rights under this law,” said former National Labor Relations Board member Wilma Liebman, who served as chair of the federal agency under President Barack Obama.
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