Voting in coffee shops – Starbucks employees form union – News

The workforce of two branches of the coffee shop wants to organize themselves into a union. This is rare in the United States.

How special is it for the employees of a large chain in the United States to organize themselves into their own unions? This is unusual for the United States. Only about 11 percent of the American workforce is union affiliated. That’s nearly half of what it was about 40 years ago and very little in international comparison. The position of labor unions in the United States was weakened, among other things, by the air traffic controller strike in the 1980s. At that time, they faced dismissals and bans on re-work.

Why is Starbucks employees resisting union formation? The Seattle, Washington-based company argues that, as an employer, it would be better to talk directly to employees, without unions. Critics see this as an advanced argument. Instead, Starbucks fears the power of unions.

Are unions in the US getting a tailwind from the Starbucks employee union? Anyway, you are in the spotlight. However, there are instances where the workforce has decided against union representation. A prime example is Amazon. The online mail order company founded by Jeff Bezos is one of the largest employers in the country with around 950,000 employees in the USA. Workers at a logistics warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, voted against joining RWDSU in April.