{"id":430402,"date":"2022-04-11T20:53:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T17:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/starbucks-ceo-lashes-out-at-unionizing-baristas\/"},"modified":"2022-04-11T20:53:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T17:53:01","slug":"starbucks-ceo-lashes-out-at-unionizing-baristas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/starbucks-ceo-lashes-out-at-unionizing-baristas\/","title":{"rendered":"#Starbucks CEO lashes out at unionizing baristas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36e6c272716\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36e6c272716\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/starbucks-ceo-lashes-out-at-unionizing-baristas\/#%E2%80%9CStarbucks_CEO_lashes_out_at_unionizing_baristas%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Starbucks CEO lashes out at unionizing baristas&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CStarbucks_CEO_lashes_out_at_unionizing_baristas%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Starbucks CEO lashes out at unionizing baristas&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Interim Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz reportedly lashed out at a coffee chain barista who was leading a unionization drive at one of the company\u2019s California locations, telling the worker: \u201cIf you hate Starbucks so much, why don\u2019t you go somewhere else?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The alleged encounter between Schultz and the 25-year-old barista, Madison Hall, took place at Long Beach Airport on Friday, Hall has claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Schultz, 68, has embarked on a tour of Starbucks locations nationwide in an <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arent bid to dissuade his employees from voting to join unions, according to the pro-union <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/perfectunion.us\/starbucks-barista-challenges-ceo-howard-schultz-at-secret-meeting\/\">news site More Perfect Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Schultz released a statement to The Post saying: \u201cWith significant pressures leading to the fracturing of our partner and customer experiences, I\u2019ve been transparent about our missteps and the reason for my return \u2013 to reimagine Starbucks \u2013 built on our core values and guiding principles.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have complete confidence that together we will restore the trust and belief of our partners and deliver an elevated Starbucks Experience to our partners and customers,\u201d the interim CEO said.<\/p>\n<p>Schultz added that the \u201ccollaboration sessions\u201d with employees \u201chave not been without efforts at disruption by union organizers\u201d\u2013 though he did not allude specifically to Hall\u2019s accusations.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/starbucks-1232.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The reported incident took place during a meeting between Schultz and company employees at Long Beach Airport.\" class=\"wp-image-21857660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/starbucks-1232.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/starbucks-1232.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/starbucks-1232.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The reported incident took place during a meeting between Schultz and company employees at Long Beach Airport.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hall, who is leading an organizing drive of workers at a Starbucks restaurant in Long Beach, was invited to a meeting with Schultz and some two dozen other employees from other stores in the region, the site said.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting, which was held at a building on the grounds of Long Beach Airport, began with a videotaped speech by Schultz from a week ago in which the interim CEO blasted Starbucks Workers United, the group behind the organizing drive.<\/p>\n<p>Schultz, who recently re-assumed the helm of the company after former CEO Kevin Johnson left the firm, called the group \u201coutsiders trying to take our people\u201d while waging an \u201cassault\u201d on the coffee chain.<\/p>\n<p>He then appeared in person to take part in a question-and-answer session with workers. Earlier last week, Schultz held similar give-and-takes with employees in Seattle and Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>A Starbucks spokesperson told More Perfect Union that the \u201cfocus of the meeting was about ways we can improve the partner experience and the various ways we can co-create the future of Starbucks together.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/starbucks-1235.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Schultz has tried to dissuade employees at the coffee chain's 9,000 US restaurants from joining unions.\" class=\"wp-image-21857656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/starbucks-1235.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/starbucks-1235.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/starbucks-1235.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Schultz has tried to dissuade employees at the coffee chain\u2019s 9,000 US restaurants from joining unions.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Gett<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hall told More Perfect Union that when Hall confronted Schultz over reports that Starbucks was firing employees who were active in organizing, the interim CEO cut Hall off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen he went into a long rant about the history of Starbucks and how he used to be poor,\u201d Hall said. \u201cI said, \u2018You say you\u2019re not anti-union, but on July 1, 2021, [Starbucks was] found guilty of retaliation in Philadelphia,&#8217;\u201d Hall said, referring to a National Labor Relations Board <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nlrb.gov\/news-outreach\/nlrb-administrative-law-judge-finds-starbucks-illegally-retaliated-against-two\">ruling that found the company acted against<\/a> two baristas who were trying to unionize.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was when he got super-defensive and cut me off, saying, \u2018We\u2019re not talking about this,&#8217;\u201d Hall claimed. \u201cIt was very, very bad. He was getting very aggressive with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then he went on another rant, and he told everyone else that he\u2019s sorry that this was brought up, that this isn\u2019t what [the event] was about, and he had his hand pointed towards me like I was a problem,\u201d Hall claimed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/starbucks-1231.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"So far, workers at 16 Starbucks locations in the US have voted to form unions.\" class=\"wp-image-21857657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/starbucks-1231.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/starbucks-1231.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/starbucks-1231.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>So far, workers at 16 Starbucks locations in the US have voted to form unions.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A spokesperson for Starbucks told the pro-union <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> site: \u201cHoward and others in the room requested to get back on track and shift the focus back on the whiteboarding sessions and what they were working on together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Starbucks management suffered a weekend of more setbacks as six more shops \u2014 all of them in upstate New York \u2014 voted to unionize.<\/p>\n<p>Employees at another Starbucks location in Boston also voted to join a union on Monday, according to More Perfect Union.<\/p>\n<p>Two stores in Rochester and another in Buffalo \u2014 the city where the unionization campaign first started \u2014 voted to form a union on Thursday afternoon. The next day, three more shops in Ithaca also approved unionization efforts. That brings the total number of Starbucks stores that have voted to form unions to 16.<\/p>\n<p>Nationwide, there are more than 9,000 restaurants owned by the coffee chain.<\/p>\n<p>The labor movement has been chalking up several significant victories of late. Last week, workers at an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island voted to unionize \u2014 a first for the mega-retailer that has worked to snuff out similar efforts by organized labor.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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