Starbucks will appeal mail-in unionization vote at Seattle Roastery

[LIBrty4all 3,749]

But, but... I thought mail-in voting was the greatest thing since sliced bread, and allowed MORE people to vote???

 

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Starbucks has declined to bargain with newly unionized workers at the Seattle Reserve Roastery, citing plans to appeal their April unionization vote, the company announced Thursday.
 

The National Labor Relations Board released the vote count on April 21. Employees at the roastery, located at Pike Street and Melrose Avenue in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, had voted 38-27 to unionize with Workers United, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union.
 

The coffee retailer now argues that the vote should have taken place in person rather than by mail so that more workers had a chance to participate. The company has declined to bargain with the union while appealing the decision to the NLRB.
 

 

 

 

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/starbucks/starbucks-will-appeal-mail-in-unionization-vote-at-seattle-roastery/

[Dashinka 23,247]

Yeah, when the stuff hits the fan, mail-in ballots are no longer reliable.

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,315]

2 hours ago, LIBrty4all said:

But, but... I thought mail-in voting was the greatest thing since sliced bread, and allowed MORE people to vote???

 

 

 

 

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/starbucks/starbucks-will-appeal-mail-in-unionization-vote-at-seattle-roastery/

Not to mention I thought liberals were all about Unions. 

[beloved_dingo 1,932]

Not sure what makes you think a billion dollar company's actions and stance would reflect "liberal" ideals/values. Marketing is BS and Starbucks is basically like every other huge company that does whatever they can to pinch pennies at the expense of their workers. So of course they will use any excuse to undermine the union vote. The C-Level execs at Starbucks don't want their workers to unionize. 

 

I doubt Starbucks has any actual facts to back up that in-person participation would have been higher than mail-in participation.

[Boiler 43,438]

37 minutes ago, beloved_dingo said:

Not sure what makes you think a billion dollar company's actions and stance would reflect "liberal" ideals/values. Marketing is BS and Starbucks is basically like every other huge company that does whatever they can to pinch pennies at the expense of their workers. So of course they will use any excuse to undermine the union vote. The C-Level execs at Starbucks don't want their workers to unionize. 

 

I doubt Starbucks has any actual facts to back up that in-person participation would have been higher than mail-in participation.

I prefer Progressive but they absolutely harbour those values as their actions show.

[Dashinka 23,247]

17 hours ago, beloved_dingo said:

Not sure what makes you think a billion dollar company's actions and stance would reflect "liberal" ideals/values. Marketing is BS and Starbucks is basically like every other huge company that does whatever they can to pinch pennies at the expense of their workers. So of course they will use any excuse to undermine the union vote. The C-Level execs at Starbucks don't want their workers to unionize. 

 

I doubt Starbucks has any actual facts to back up that in-person participation would have been higher than mail-in participation.

As bad as corporations or small business owners are, thankfully they are around as otherwise the US would not have become what it is today.