This Thanksgiving week on the What Does It Profit? podcast we’re taking a break from this season’s AI theme to extend some thank you-s. Listen in for a re-air of our award-winning Season 3 episode, “Brewing Change: Labor Organizing at Starbucks.”
Loyal listeners know that in this episode we left off with the story of the triumph of unionizing efforts in Buffalo, New York, which is where Starbucks Workers United got started. We also left off anticipating the annual shareholder meeting where concerned shareholders were seeking an independent analysis of the company’s labor practices. Then just two weeks later, we were anticipating a U.S. Senate hearing to call to task the ex-CEO Howard Shultz for the company’s alleged labor law violations.
Eight months later, this story isn’t over. Since the original release of this episode, the Starbucks labor campaign has gained strength. Now, over 360 Starbucks locations have voted for a union and Starbucks Workers United claims over 9,000 union partners. But, even still, there is no contract. But that’s not stopping the baristas. As of last Friday, we saw the Red Cup Rebellion -- a strike on the company’s biggest sales event of the season.
So now, we want to say thank you to all those brave baristas who have inspired striking workers from a variety of industries this year.
We also want to thank those concerned investors who value the socially-conscious Starbucks brand.
And we want to thank those in the U.S. Senate working on labor policy oversight and for holding corporations accountable.
Should listeners want to engage, you can (1) offer your support for the Starbucks Worker United campaign, and/or (2) join the Twitter (X) support network using #NoContractNoCoffee, #StarbucksSolidarity, #WorkersUnited, and #wdip.”
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