Union members and activists will rally tomorrow morning in Roanoke (see Calendar) to support Starbucks workers and their recent efforts to unionize. “We baristas are the face of the company, we are the ones making the drinks and having the conversations and connections with our customers, yet we are not given the decency of safety or livable wages,” said Starbucks Workers United Committee of Midlothian and Carmia Way in North Chesterfield, Virginia. As reported here earlier this week, there are now 10 stores unionizing in the state. Just this week, the NLRB heard petitions from workers at two Richmond area stores that filed documents last month (11136 Midlothian Turnpike in Chesterfield and at 6980 Forest Hill Ave.) and following the hearing, the next step will be secret ballot elections at these two stores in March. Comments are closed.
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