Starbucks Tried to Crush Its Baristas. What Happened Next Will Shock You

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  • @6thface
    @6thface 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1056

    How the hell does Starbucks get away with stealing tips? How can anyone do this to underpaid workers. Disgusting. I have refused to buy Starbucks for years now. I will never give them another penny.

    • @pebblepod30
      @pebblepod30 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      Just find out if your local store is unionised.

    • @radicant7283
      @radicant7283 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Lol all restaurants can do this legally. It's hosed.

    • @jayspeidell
      @jayspeidell 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      No laws apply to Starbucks.

    • @gorhajm
      @gorhajm 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Most studies put wage theft between 3 out of every 5 dollars and 3 out of every 4 dollars comes from wage theft

    • @elisecccccccc
      @elisecccccccc 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      It’s because the fine is less than the stolen tips, so they still come out on top

  • @Alphachewei
    @Alphachewei 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +392

    The corporation kept the tips?! That is some evil corporations shit. That's it. I am never buying Starbucks ever again.

    • @andrewc1199
      @andrewc1199 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Me either. Their coffee is way too bitter for my taste. Support your local businesses instead!

    • @Dandan-tg6tj
      @Dandan-tg6tj 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      My question is how are they able to justify it. Accountants must do some wizardry of their own to make this legal, don't you think? That wizardry can't be legal, though.

    • @delavan9141
      @delavan9141 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      You think Starbucks is the only employer who does that?

    • @lordfelidae4505
      @lordfelidae4505 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Also illegal!

    • @Bluetangg
      @Bluetangg 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Did you watch this video? Starbucks has capitulated. They are supporting unions. Time to buy the product to show approval at their unionized stores.

  • @ninjaswordtothehead
    @ninjaswordtothehead 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +397

    Too many executives taking $95 out of every $100 and then trying to act like we're supposed to fight over the remaining fiver.

    • @scifirealism5943
      @scifirealism5943 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Yep

    • @Liusila
      @Liusila 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      “Lucky to have a job” indeed

  • @Yormsane
    @Yormsane 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +976

    And despite the workers' new unions, Starbucks DIDN'T go out of business, like they told us would happen. Funny how that works, eh...?

    • @MMuraseofSandvich
      @MMuraseofSandvich 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And they predicted an apocalypse for workers if the minimum wage was raised. Guess what: Workers everywhere did fine, or they got an exception to the wage hike.
      Businesses lie, especially in public statements like press releases. The only times they don't lie is if they would get in legal trouble for doing so: Under oath or in financial statements. So the only times they will at least make an attempt at telling the truth are under penalty of perjury or fraud.

    • @joshuagharis9017
      @joshuagharis9017 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

      Who saw that coming? Go figure 🤔 😆 🤣 😂

    • @jamesoquinn9168
      @jamesoquinn9168 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

      Oligarchs, lying! Who knew! 🤷

    • @Cafeallday222
      @Cafeallday222 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

      Prices didn’t go up more than usual, either. I guess the ceo had to give up a house or two instead.

    • @youtubesucks1499
      @youtubesucks1499 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Cafeallday222 Ok explain how a CEO salary keeps a barista with no real skills poor?
      LAXMAN NARASIMHAN'S 2023 TOTAL COMPENSATION WAS $14.6 MILLION
      Cut his salary by 13 million and divide it equally among 402,000 employees.
      That's an additional $32 annually.
      How is an extra $32 a year going to better anyone's life?
      You are just regurgitating bullshit.

  • @alunjones2550
    @alunjones2550 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +288

    It's ridiculous for workers in the USA to be so reliant on tips. Tips are virtually non-existent in Europe because we have a realistic minimum wage.

    • @tricitymorte1
      @tricitymorte1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      I believe the vast majority of people in the US would prefer to do the same thing - just pay the employees enough to live on and eliminate tipping entirely. But, greed is behind it. When a restaurant owner is only required to pay their servers $3/hour, and let the customers foot the bill for the employee, the owner gets to keep more money for themselves. Until our laws change at the top, it will not stop.

    • @alunjones2550
      @alunjones2550 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@tricitymorte1 Sadly, I think you'll be waiting a long time.....

    • @esmeraldagreengate4354
      @esmeraldagreengate4354 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Same for Australia. I regularly get told I'm lying about how much I earn as a barista

    • @michaelfinger6303
      @michaelfinger6303 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      maybe in your country where im from we give 10% if service/food was good and round up if its was okay.... The forced tipping however is nuts, if someone wants forced tip im not even going there. Regarding minimum wage its a bit of a myth that it fixes stuff as just everything else got more expensive and the people on the lower end remained on the lower end, tips however for a good waiter make a hughe difference as its the same amount as their salary...

    • @MCSTNDTCAFAG
      @MCSTNDTCAFAG 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Obviously, the whole Starbucks concept is a scam. Who needs a Starbucks when your local little coffee shop is open!? Extreme capitalism "the American way" and mega fooding companies are not the right solution to quality, whether it is quality of remuneration, life, food, atmosphere, etc. (Facts) Starbucks turnover in billions of dollars worldwide: USA: 26.4 CHINA: 3.8 REST OF THE WORLD: 6.5 😂🤣

  • @garlicgalore
    @garlicgalore 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +603

    Unions are the main way workers make companies behave within the law and with basic decency.

    • @epf888
      @epf888 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Very good comment.

    • @kasahadragon9499
      @kasahadragon9499 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      Unions are the ones that push the changes in the law once they have enough support. That's why corporations work so hard to stomp on people power.

    • @LokiTheGodofMischief
      @LokiTheGodofMischief 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      It's also a way for people not to be fired. I work in the hospital where some of us aren't Union, while the ones who are Union do the LEAST amount of work and get paid the most. Yet we non union workers most of us know more and do more than them. I want to be in the union to just for the pay, not to be lazy like them. Everyone loves unions till prices go up or it's time to fire the police.

    • @QuietlyHere666
      @QuietlyHere666 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      ​@@LokiTheGodofMischief word vomit of conservative ignorance

    • @LokiTheGodofMischief
      @LokiTheGodofMischief 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@QuietlyHere666 Ignorance lol. Do you understand how economics work or know how to read a balance sheet? Or did you get your financial literacy degree from Social media

  • @irandude1655
    @irandude1655 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +55

    In Texas, Starbucks have slowed down. People used to hangout and meet people there. Field workers, students hangout to study, meet and use their WiFi with 100mbs speed. Now, They replace the regular sized table tables with very tiny table for one that will only accommodate your coffee and food. No space for your book or laptop and their WiFi went form 100mbs to 1-5mbps, that’s unusable internet speed that is worst than being in third world country.
    Starbucks are committed to drive their customers away and they are succeeding. There’s hardly anyone on those stores while local coffee shops are always full. Hopefully, we can totally get rid of Starbucks.

    • @josephj6521
      @josephj6521 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Good! Support locals coffee shops and never set foot into a Starbucks again.

    • @EnergyWRLD
      @EnergyWRLD 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Should also get rid of Mcdonalds and other fast food restaurants, its already getting old for us

    • @edl6398
      @edl6398 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Just like McDonalds now!

    • @Highwind4598
      @Highwind4598 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Hopefully the local and other franchise owners are paying their employees more money or a quarterly bonus

    • @DavidMartin-bx6wm
      @DavidMartin-bx6wm 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It's funny how these big corporations are literally destroying themselves of greed and dishonesty.

  • @aimeeinkling
    @aimeeinkling 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +98

    As a former Barista, and a current union member (in another industry), I am so proud of these folks! Union strong! ♥

  • @Lexavarela
    @Lexavarela 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +230

    MPU is doing some of the most important labor journalism of our lifetimes

    • @gimme0dis0junk0mail
      @gimme0dis0junk0mail 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      yes

    • @pennyandluckpokerclub
      @pennyandluckpokerclub 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      accurate

    • @gimme0dis0junk0mail
      @gimme0dis0junk0mail 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @christopherbasham1551 lot's of people who take an econ 101 class have issues with MPU
      but these people fail to realize that higher-level, even graduate level econ classes exist. Hubris and libertarianism go hand-in-hand

    • @Zieg_Games
      @Zieg_Games 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Unions are anti-worker, anti-excellence, and anti-competitive.

    • @patrickmeyer9419
      @patrickmeyer9419 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I tend to skew conservative on fiscal issues but I am also open minded and MPU does indeed have some great, informative videos.

  • @BlorkTX
    @BlorkTX 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +436

    All this time, WHERE DID CREDIT CARD TIPPING GO?!?!?!?!

    • @ImahSillyGirl
      @ImahSillyGirl 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

      My thought, exactly!

    • @Kittymancer78
      @Kittymancer78 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      Dude! That just blew my mind!!!

    • @Suchayoutuber
      @Suchayoutuber 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +65

      Upper management and shareholders, I'm sure they thank you for it

    • @MMuraseofSandvich
      @MMuraseofSandvich 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +118

      Workers lose more money to wage theft than any other crime. Billions of dollars.

    • @PamperedDuchess
      @PamperedDuchess 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      Probably management bonuses connected to union busting tactics.

  • @user-eh5cr4or6k
    @user-eh5cr4or6k 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +142

    The one thing that has always amazed me in Corporate America is how much time energy and money they will spend on creating a systematic hostile work environment.

    • @Liusila
      @Liusila 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      When nobody’s stopping the powerful, they will squeeze the non-powerful as much as possible.

    • @edl6398
      @edl6398 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Power, control and greed are best friends.

  • @Speed_of_Sloth
    @Speed_of_Sloth 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +696

    I refuse to spend a cent at Starbucks until I hear good things about the way their employees are treated.

    • @Kittymancer78
      @Kittymancer78 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

      I don't understand why anyone is still spending money at that place??
      I haven't given them my money in a long time.

    • @ImahSillyGirl
      @ImahSillyGirl 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I don't know about now, but as recently as two years ago, my partner worked as a barista and she was able to cover me with Starbucks insurance that was partially subsidized by Starbucks and medically, i was not cheap. I'm very appreciative for all of the benefits from Starbucks.
      I am curious about that "credit cards tip" comment from the video though?? Surely they can't withhold tips from credit cards to their baristas, right?

    • @chadgunner4403
      @chadgunner4403 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Yeah support workers' rights but Starbucks is so overrated

    • @ngf5077
      @ngf5077 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I refuse to work there until things change! I don’t know why other employees don’t feel the same :(

    • @ZentaBon
      @ZentaBon 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Same!!! I only shop Union Starbucks :)

  • @progguy10
    @progguy10 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +290

    NO TIPPING. STOP. THE POINT OF UNIONS IS TO GET MONEY FROM THE CAPITAL CLASS. NOT TO SUCK MONEY OUT OF THE WORKING CLASS. GET THEM TO PAY WAGES. NOT LET YOU COLLECT TIPS.

    • @EzBz982
      @EzBz982 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Where do you think the costs go 😂?

    • @sammorrow8420
      @sammorrow8420 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The concept of Tipping in it of itself is wage theft.

    • @progguy10
      @progguy10 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@EzBz982 our of the owners pocket

    • @croissantsavant
      @croissantsavant 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@EzBz982where do you think people will go when process are too high?
      Another coffee shop, crazy huh

    • @kmg501
      @kmg501 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Nobody who is actually working class goes to Starbucks, lol.

  • @gargshishir3
    @gargshishir3 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +115

    im still waiting for Schulz to make an apology video like the judge ordered

    • @KaiHouston-m6j
      @KaiHouston-m6j 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He never will.

    • @judychurley6623
      @judychurley6623 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Apologies are never (NEVER) satisfying. Take the actual gains; THOSE have meaning.

  • @davidpantoja676
    @davidpantoja676 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +184

    As a retired union member, I applaud this, thanks to Reagan unions have seen an ugly decline as our jobs were exported to China. We need more unions these Legacy companies can afford a $25 minimum wage. Bravo

    • @zemtek420
      @zemtek420 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      No we dont need more unions we need more politicians that will do our bidding instead of corporations and give us fair pay through legislation so ALL working class is covered. Unions drive the cost of items up and its sad when employees have to form an union to get fair pay. Most unions start out good but most end up as corrupt as the business they are supposedly protecting employees from. Some jobs like police should not have unions at all because unions keep the bad cops employed.

    • @QuietlyHere666
      @QuietlyHere666 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@zemtek420
      the only way to get "better politicians" is to collectively organize, the first step to a collective organization is organizing locally, starting with your workplace.
      The ol' "we just need to get money out of politics" is a liberal fantasy, you can't politely ask someone taking bribes to be more ethical, you have to force them to by threatening their precious economy.

    • @QuietlyHere666
      @QuietlyHere666 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​​​@@zemtek420 also, on the "unions drive prices up" no, unions make sure employees are getting paid a livable wage, if your consumerist product increases in price because of it, it's because the money you were saving is off the backs of starving employees.
      The only reason half of our country's products are the price they are is because we enslave other countries for their resources that we steal and their people we barely pay (see: child slaves in our chocolate production)

    • @ahobbyist9520
      @ahobbyist9520 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We need both @zemtek420

    • @spiritweird
      @spiritweird 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Regan was a POS, he disbanded the airport union for the radar tower personnel. He did more damage to the middle class than almost anyone else in modern US politics. His trickle down bullsh*t, he dropped corporate and wealthy tax rates to damn near zero. He was a tool of the oligarchs.

  • @jennifersvitko5997
    @jennifersvitko5997 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +158

    Starbucks may have recognized the union, but they closed all of the Starbucks in my small city. There were three, now there are none. I really hope many of these people got jobs with other coffee shops in town (several are union, co-ops).

    • @MusicDude690
      @MusicDude690 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      You're better off. Local coffee is better.

    • @siewheilou399
      @siewheilou399 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not enough purchasing power.

    • @pebblepod30
      @pebblepod30 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      If a billionaire Coffee shop can't unionise, I think it is better to close and other better coffee shops get more business and hire more workers instead.

    • @robthomas3664
      @robthomas3664 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Does anybody really miss them?

    • @joshuagharis9017
      @joshuagharis9017 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Co ops!!! Democracy in OUR economy please 🙏 we all, everyone of us, decide together

  • @hexfxtriks
    @hexfxtriks 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

    Stock is down almost 30%. The company has a negative sales outlook. Won't be long til massive layoffs and store closings. Starbucks brought this on themselves. Hope those baristas find work with real Coffee shops. Not corporate slavery.

    • @basicallyno1722
      @basicallyno1722 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Massive layoffs? lol they’re already having trouble staffing stores. The people at the top are derpers, for sure. Other coffee shops won’t pay for your bachelor’s degree or offer medical/dental/optical and for part-time workers. Other coffee shops don’t match your retirement. Other coffee shops won’t offer free therapy with Lyra….although I don’t think other coffee shops create a stressful work environment where you end up NEEDING to go to therapy 😂
      This wouldn’t have been an issue if they kept staffing stores properly. They began cutting labor but still expecting baristas to be faster, more friendly and selling more. After a while that gets to you and you start asking yourself, “why the hell am I even here?” They also hired SO many outside-hire managers who often had ZERO good experience…once they hired a dude who was a manager at a chase bank to open a brand new drive through…he failed miserably obviously. Sooo much manager outside-hire turnover, and yet they make it so hard for baristas to rise into store managers. And some of the baristas and shift managers end up knowing more about individual store tasks than the new managers. It’s crazy.

    • @basicallyno1722
      @basicallyno1722 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Sorry, type. The new outside hire managers had zero *food experience.

    • @varnishyourboard
      @varnishyourboard 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Too many of those smaller "craft" shops are likely to be bought off by private equity and squeezed for higher evaluation with huge cost-cutting to be sold later

  • @gnarwhal7562
    @gnarwhal7562 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    A few years ago I applied for a job at Starbucks. Their application system was extremely tedious to get through (which was a huge red flag for me). I gave up and wound up finding work somewhere else. Glad to see that that decision paid off, 'cuz I've only heard bad things about them since then. Corporate greed is one helluva drug

    • @edl6398
      @edl6398 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Interesting. They have a tedious application process because they think they are an elite company to work for, are afraid of lawsuits and trying to hire “the best people” but treat their employees like dog crap. No thanks. Glad you moved on.

  • @Lord.Kiltridge
    @Lord.Kiltridge 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +102

    When I was young, I was anti Union. I just didn't see the value of supporting two opposing sets of executives. As I grew older I became aware that one set of executives considered me a disposable asset who would wear me out and throw me away without any real concern regarding me as a human being. I got a Union job and when I became disabled, my Union saved my home, my marriage, my family and when my rep saw I had become hopelessly depressed, she intervened and literally saved my life.

    • @tricitymorte1
      @tricitymorte1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      I was told a lot of anti-union lies when I was very young. When I was old enough to start working, I learned what a union actually was, and have been pro-union ever since. I believe anyone that works for someone else needs to have a union.

    • @TheSuzberry
      @TheSuzberry 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      💜

    • @Zieg_Games
      @Zieg_Games 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Having been in a union, corruption and theft of your money via fees and dues wasn’t worth their “protection.”
      Unions also obstruct the ability of the American worker to negotiate fully for the best possible price.
      Unions are anti-worker. Always have been.

    • @BeaulieuTodd
      @BeaulieuTodd 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Same. We were naive.

    • @Lord.Kiltridge
      @Lord.Kiltridge 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ladyrose3285 Anti Union talking points are lies, lies and more lies. You can believe what ever pap you like. I can tell you for an absolute fact that my union rep saved my life and my hard fought union benefits saved my home, my marriage and my pension.

  • @Swishy_Blue
    @Swishy_Blue 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +70

    Starbucks is such a bad representation of the Seattle coffee scene in so many ways.

    • @Anngrl69
      @Anngrl69 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Literally. I work downtown and anyone who likes coffee prefers to go to Monorail or literally any local shop instead of Starbucks.
      And these are corporate people who generally don’t care about consumer boycotts

    • @tricitymorte1
      @tricitymorte1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Anngrl69 Starbucks has absolutely been corrupted, which is very sad. I love the history of how it got started, and I even got to visit the original store when my family was in Seattle for a few weeks, when I was a teen. It could have been great. Instead, they did this...
      And their coffee sucks, now.

    • @edl6398
      @edl6398 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They used to have stands on the street corner near Pike’s Market and bought inferior beans that were passed over by the big coffee companies, then roast the crap out of them to mask the bad flavor and people loved it. They have never been ethical and people are stupid.

    • @edl6398
      @edl6398 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Anngrl69Until they are laid off.

  • @Praisethesunson
    @Praisethesunson 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    I love seeing some jolly cooperation among workers forcing the boss into compliance

  • @shavinmccrotch9435
    @shavinmccrotch9435 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I was a barista 15yrs ago and they treated us very well. Wages were just above minimum, but we had medical, dental, optical, and other financial benefits, which was unheard of at other comparable jobs. The random schedules were wretched though, admittedly.

    • @basicallyno1722
      @basicallyno1722 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Starbucks still gives medical, dental, optical and opportunity for free college. The labor on the floor got cut to crap though. When I last worked at a drive through, we’d have a 5k morning and my manager expected me to run that with only 6 people during the peak hours….and run 5 lunches too. So really we’d have 5 people. The training isn’t the same either. Now you have people getting trained for 10 hours on the floor. Sometimes you’d have to do “pod training” where you were training up to 2-3 people at once! Many managers would try to skimp on training and use the hours elsewhere. So you never got to actually train the employees, they’d just get packed on the floor the next week without proper training and expect to operate like someone who’d been there for a year. No extra labor to pad for their inexperience. Very stressful.

  • @Rickettsia505
    @Rickettsia505 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I WILL NOT cross a picket line. In the 90s I tried to unionize our hospital, but was unsuccessful. They were horrible, paying millions for a union busting consultants, and treating us all terribly. Every evaluation I had after that said I had a bad attitude, of course no proof. This place charges its own healthcare workers more for health insurance than the rest of the community because we can't negotiate. Now retired, they have the gall to send me mail asking me to remember them in my will.

  • @SchkuenteQoostewin
    @SchkuenteQoostewin 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    We need an IT union, how do we start?

    • @williamyoung9401
      @williamyoung9401 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      How about an "every-job" union?

    • @JohnTravena
      @JohnTravena 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Join Workers Strike Back.

    • @AnonymousAnarchist2
      @AnonymousAnarchist2 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      You start by discussing a Union with your co-workers.
      You can start this effectivly by seeing if there is any backbone in other unions that you can join with, or boilerplate templates from various unions and labor movements that seem to be able to fit I.T.'s needs, then discuss with your co-workers the advantages to every co-worker with collective bargining, as well as the buisness I.E. with a wider pool its easier to negotiate cheaper insurance for everyone you can also get other benifits that would be compleatly too costly as just one compqny or company location etc. And the primary dis-advantage to unions to the buisness. That unions temperarly drive down stock prices, because stock brokers view unions as bad for buisness, even though they are not by any means. Do not leave that part out of disscussion because the stock prices will recover but the CEO's primary objective is to keep stock prices high, its not to the workers or the buisness's success. If high stock value means running the company straight off a cliff then thats thier job, and they will.
      This is also a time for you to look at a major Union alternative, worker Co-op's. They are not just for farmers, but they are attractive for farmers and possibly for IT because the farmer's tend to own the equipment and the tool and land they need to run the farms, and a co-op provides the same union benifits and can work with unions, multiple unions to gain benifits that are broader reaching then a single union. Because of the FTC ruling against non-compeates this might be an option for I.T. with the Co-op structure looking more like an employment agency, and utterly changing the face of IT forever. Its a bit more ambitious but it might not be more ambitious then a union. Heck it might be less ambitious, just be sure to check in with a lawyer before pursing that path.
      After you have enough willing to Unionize and have a good charter set up that most can agree too and the detractors can accept, then its time to vote to unionize. Unfortunitly I have not been present for this step, but there are tons of resources avalible to you there. I will point you towards I.W.W. for some good reasources

    • @TheOG-GG
      @TheOG-GG 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Check out the AFL-CIO as they have great resources about how to start or join a union. They can answer any questions you may have! :D

    • @christiansquadrito7088
      @christiansquadrito7088 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Check out the IWWs Organizer training 101

  • @michaelwiebeck3
    @michaelwiebeck3 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +398

    Coffee is now a luxury, just confirm my fears. I knew a recession was coming that would last 2-3 years, and if inflation continues to surge, the Federal Reserve will likely raise interest rates soon. Inflation is causing various issues worldwide, such as food shortages, scarcities of diesel and heating fuel, and significant spikes in housing prices, leading to a potential financial market crash. This global downturn could have long-lasting repercussions. Given the current inflation rate of approximately 9%, my main worry is how to optimize my savings and retirement fund, which has remained stagnant at around $300,000, yielding almost no gains for quite some time.

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      @Dantursi1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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    • @Olsontim21
      @Olsontim21 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Inflation is over 10% here, but as we know it's definitely way more than the Government would like to admit. My plan is to earn more passive income and ride this out, can your Investment-adviser assist?

    • @Dantursi1
      @Dantursi1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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    • @madamenicoleNY
      @madamenicoleNY 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Dantursi1 Wow, great for you. Would you mind sharing your expertise with us? Or at least, me? It would be greatly appreciated as I’ve come into some funds with an advisor attached and I don’t think he’s doing much for me. I don’t see it. When I suggest a link to read abt a stock that I’m pretty sure would benefit me and my Sis, he hems and haws and doesn’t act, so I therefore would like to switch him out and get another that’ll make me $. BTW, I worked in my families delis since I was 12 and I think blue/white paper cup, NY deli style, is still the best coffee ever. Not burned and priced modestly. And I didn’t expect a tip. I made the coffee cheerfully and was proud to have a job and make folks happy. Now, in my current career, I’m given something extra once in a blue moon. I really appreciate it and tell them profusely bc it’s never expected. Makes me feel great to be rewarded with a thank you and the cash is definitely a blessing. So, thank you lovely clients!

  • @lilnbigman
    @lilnbigman 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    I have never bought a thing from Starbucks nor will I ever.

    • @SL420-
      @SL420- 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Is it because you just always knew they were anti-union or are you just a rebel, fighting against pop culture? Either way, you're so unique. Keep going!

    • @mrrichards6007
      @mrrichards6007 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Good for you!

  • @scottstempmail9045
    @scottstempmail9045 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    You are not a "partner", you are disposable labor. Do not let the corporate world gas light you. Even worse than calling you "family".

  • @katherenewedic8076
    @katherenewedic8076 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    Cheaper than the class action lawsuit re: witheld tips

    • @jordin7972
      @jordin7972 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      unionized stores were denied the option to enable tips on the credit card readers, all cash tips made were still sent to employees, not the company

    • @patrickday4206
      @patrickday4206 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@jordin7972that's is theft and conversion nobody tips a corporation

    • @tricitymorte1
      @tricitymorte1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@jordin7972 stealing tips is illegal. Doesn't matter if there's a union or not. There is no justification for stealing tips under the law. Even with their union victory, they could still bring a class action suit for the theft and could be slapped with very large fines.

  • @joeyhandles
    @joeyhandles 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    incredibly ignorant to frame the shareholders actions as "allyship"

    • @kojochukwuma7938
      @kojochukwuma7938 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How come?

    • @KaiHouston-m6j
      @KaiHouston-m6j 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Unions buy shares, and those unions are allies.

  • @iamhalfteddybear
    @iamhalfteddybear 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Story idea - how code enforcement agencies work with law enforcement agencies to push people out of their homes and allow those homes to be condemned then sold to a low bidder to either rent or flip the property by false code complaints - Cortland NY

  • @UndertheNeedle282
    @UndertheNeedle282 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    So basically they only changed because their image and reputation was hurting their stock price and their shareholders revolted.

    • @NightmareRex6
      @NightmareRex6 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      only thing they under$tand

    • @KaiHouston-m6j
      @KaiHouston-m6j 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Same reason any large org. changes, they had to.

    • @judychurley6623
      @judychurley6623 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well, yeah. And workers only work harder because they get a raise. And the threat of bad service is why we tip. The circle of life.

  • @tomh9391
    @tomh9391 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    3rd generation union worker (Teamsters local 150🤘😎🤘). As a Shop Stuart and regional advocate in northern California, we stand in solidarity with the Starbucks workers union. Keep up the good fight and reach out if you ever need help with organization and uniting yourselves. Teamsters don't mess around , we got your backs. If you ever strike or boycott let us know and we'll spread the word not to cross the picket line and hold the line . Stay strong, stay united , show them what it means to be union strong!

    • @tricitymorte1
      @tricitymorte1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I have never had a union job, but I am so proud of the Starbucks workers. Upper management at my current employer was approached by at least one employee about unionizing, and the president very quickly put out an anti-union video that was sent to everyone's emails. I'm trying to find someone that can review it and tell me if he violated the law with some of the things he said - I know he was walking a very fine line. And I also have been looking for someone that can give advice on starting a union where we are. It's no easy task. So, those coffee slingers have my respect for getting it done.
      I have been pro-union most of my life, and I firmly believe today that anyone working for someone else needs to have a union.

  • @J.Nobles
    @J.Nobles 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    It's funny how in HR Class the argument was taught that labor laws are good now so labor unions are no longer necessary. Funny how those laws weren't in question until the union got established and became capable of ensuring they were followed.

  • @jennvaljenn9269
    @jennvaljenn9269 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    worked at starbucks peak pandemic up until 2022. once walked in on my boss in a zoom meeting while corporate talked about the importance of having a high employee turnover rate. next day they put up a hiring sign and in 2024 it's still up.

    • @basicallyno1722
      @basicallyno1722 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The importance of having high turnover? Or getting turnover down? Huh???

  • @kaistockman6443
    @kaistockman6443 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The Starbucks nearest me fired the main union organizer. I went to support the union efforts before they had the vote, but I haven’t been back since they fired the person and it was for bogus reasons. They blamed it on something that happened like four months earlier that was a ridiculous reason to fire anyone and why would they wait four months? It was totally because they voted to unionize. So they will never get my business again.

  • @blackkite-studio5423
    @blackkite-studio5423 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Workers Union are like Checks&Balance of the corporate world.

  • @danbushnell6616
    @danbushnell6616 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    Wouldn't refusing to pay worker's tips that had been made be wire fraud?

    • @patrickday4206
      @patrickday4206 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Well if I tip employees and they take it call it something else that's theft and conversion. Why would anyone tip a company? We tip staff

  • @davidwoo2590
    @davidwoo2590 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    When ordering and the barista asks your name to be written on the cup for your order, say, "Union Strong."

  • @acewings221
    @acewings221 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Is Amazon still fighting unions?

    • @tricitymorte1
      @tricitymorte1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I haven't heard any recent news, but there have been rumblings where I work about unionizing (sort of like an Amazon for electronic parts). I really feel like if either of us forms a union, we should invite the other company to join it. One of our warehouse workers nearly lost a hand on a conveyor belt. None of us get paid enough for the work we do, no matter the position, and the president of the company put out an anti-union video at the start of the year. Anyone that works for someone else should have a union.

  • @michaelloomer9851
    @michaelloomer9851 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    I’d love for you to cover the union negotiations taking place with the movie and tv workers union (I.A.T.S.E.) and their struggles with huge ceo pay and diminishing wages

  • @MrCOLBSTAH
    @MrCOLBSTAH 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    It's actually quite shocking to me that the shareholders gave a shit about the company's employees. I think it was more likely that they weren't going to get any money back this year so they forced the company to do something

  • @String.
    @String. 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I'm from Alaska. We didn't allow Starbucks in our state except at the international airport. I have never been to a Starbucks. I'm an independent coffee roasters fan.

    • @annanelson6830
      @annanelson6830 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I hate to tell you, but in Fairbanks, both Fred Meyer stores have Starbucks inside.

  • @mikeg8276
    @mikeg8276 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Between the tip stealing, union busting, jen-of-side supporting, making store less welcoming, and ludicrous price increases, I bought a fully automated espresso machine and only get to-go coffee if I’m out of town. It paid for itself in 1.5 months.

  • @Castle743
    @Castle743 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Corporations are fighting workers to unionized.
    Only way employees can get wages & benefits they deserve...
    Greedy corporate profits for YEARS!

  • @seanys
    @seanys 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    “Partners?”
    Any organisation that uses such a coercive name for employees is fkiing bullsh!t!

    • @Yessssz
      @Yessssz 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Real partners would have a say and help make decisions.

    • @Iquey
      @Iquey 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      If you were a private equity firm, you would be an actual partner. Amazon calls their warehouse workers their "associates."

  • @HarderMaster
    @HarderMaster 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    And I was wondering why the price of a bunch of their items just went up; now I know why. These corporations are terrible.

    • @zemtek420
      @zemtek420 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Unions always drive up prices. Thats one of the negatives about unions.

    • @QuietlyHere666
      @QuietlyHere666 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      ​@@zemtek420 here you are again, so I'll give you a different angle:
      No, that's not true, prices increasing when employees are getting paid more is so that the corporate overhead can keep raking in the amount of profit they were before the pay increase, it's greed.
      The solution? Worker owned means of production, eliminating the corporate greed

    • @dirtrider88
      @dirtrider88 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      i just made a comment about about the price of a small frapachino with a single shot of espresso now costing over $7. it use to be about $5 less than 1 1/2 years ago.

    • @jerryspringer6096
      @jerryspringer6096 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Nothing to do with the union, everything to do with opportunistic "inflation" pricing

    • @HarderMaster
      @HarderMaster 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jerryspringer6096 Inflation pricing which uses unionization as a convenient scapegoat.

  • @Vendavalez
    @Vendavalez 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Something that I would also like to see from this channel is review of history of how corporations infiltrated unions in the past to either try to destroy them from within or to try to control who they are bargaining with.
    It has been a while since the union movement had gained this kind of strength and it may loose momentum if we are not all aware of the old tactics that corporations use.

    • @edl6398
      @edl6398 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Very good idea! Yes, please! People don’t know this history! I grew up watching them destroy unions. I lived in America when it was “Union proud.”

  • @monkiesbanana321
    @monkiesbanana321 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Thank you to the ones who worked in the SM Santa Fe NM location, i saw the sabotage firsthand and i hope all those workers that got laid off and replaced with scabs in 2022 have found much better workplaces now.

  • @dieterh.9342
    @dieterh.9342 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I have absolutely empty set, goose egg, nothing in common with these people, but I stand with them in their pursuit of justice: fair wages, working conditions, etc.

  • @andrewcrawford1003
    @andrewcrawford1003 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The board finally see the writing on the wall. Probably out of fear. Keep going, baristas! Don’t stop until you have a seat on the board.

  • @dianagale581
    @dianagale581 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I stopped using Starbucks at home and in their stores quite a while ago when I heard they refused to negotiate with the union. It’s not right that people work for low wages while bosses make millions: also, I think it’s against the law to refuse to negotiate with the union.
    Respect to the folks who work for the rights of workers: without them it never would have happened

  • @ARandomDonut
    @ARandomDonut 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Unions help both parties if the company is willing to cooperate. If the company is not, it can tear both parties to the ground.

  • @MrRealeyesrealize
    @MrRealeyesrealize 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Worst job I ever had when I was younger. I worked at a lot of different places as a kid. I guess I don’t understand why people stayed? There was literally zero incentive to not go across the street to literally anything else.

  • @shanemb3
    @shanemb3 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    When are companies gonna learn to just treat their employees right in the first place? Then they can avoid all this unnecessary complication.

    • @scifirealism5943
      @scifirealism5943 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Because companies want power.

    • @EmyN
      @EmyN 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Never LOL why would they

  • @MMuraseofSandvich
    @MMuraseofSandvich 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Yo MPU, great video. You should also link to your union Starbucks map on your site. 😅

  • @Apheleion
    @Apheleion 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    big props to the peeps who got starbucks to sit down, shut up, and listen to the union
    now we need to get a union going in the games industry.

  • @joeuscanga7235
    @joeuscanga7235 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Poor ole W-Buffet.
    On the "pilot" side:
    A shower now cost $17.00 usd.
    If a truck driver wants to take a shower at at P-lot-Flyng-J Truck-stop.
    I personally heard that conversation when a driver wanted to buy a shower without buying their expensive fuel.
    He was told:
    If no fuel, it's $ 17.00 for a shower...💰.

  • @rhythmandacoustics
    @rhythmandacoustics 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    All my life, I have only been to Starbucks like 4 times. I always support small mom and pops shops.

  • @purplefanta7142
    @purplefanta7142 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Just want yall to know I didnt watch this video originally because of the generic "What happened next will shock you" headline. Videos are great but titles need to relax and just be clear. I like your news you dont have to be clickbaity about it.

  • @gigaus0
    @gigaus0 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It's good that you got them to the table finally. Don't let pressure up though. Remember, they can negotiate for years, and when it's finalized, just refuse to certify it. Keep the pressure on them until you get everything you want. Where ever you land, it's going to be a slow and uphill battle against lawyers rather than managers then.

  • @Pawpatrol119
    @Pawpatrol119 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I haven’t spent a dime at Starbucks since their union busting tactics started! You guys are awesome and remember the only reason they are treating you better is because you earned it!!! 👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥

  • @drac124
    @drac124 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is why the GenZ motto is great: minimum pay, minimum work. Work hard for corporations is not worth it. They have to value you or they have bad service. Simple as that.

  • @NA_49erFan
    @NA_49erFan 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Good for the union. Starbucks should do the right thing and be a leader in the industrial world and embrace the workers. #unions

    • @joshuagharis9017
      @joshuagharis9017 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      But then they'd have less to hoard. Come on, they need every dollar. Not just billions, don't be silly 😜 🤪 lol

  • @biffyshaw
    @biffyshaw 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Two stores in downtown Seattle, Pike Street and 3rd and near by Westlake Center. I don't know why, The Pike Store had a problem with homless people hanging out in the store. The closing of the Westlake is a mystery to me.

  • @mylifeisajoke1
    @mylifeisajoke1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    They did this last time, up here in Canada. They will then start giving everyone not in the union better pay and benefits.

    • @coreyburke3493
      @coreyburke3493 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Then the union strikes. They can't shut down all the stores lol.

    • @M4TCH3SM4L0N3
      @M4TCH3SM4L0N3 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      That's how it works - Unions end up benefitting even the workers who don't join, but the businesses work hard to make it look like it's just them being generous.

    • @moykoy5609
      @moykoy5609 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I work at chapters/indigo and its the same way. They offered higher pay, closed unionized stores, and even offered us gift cards as bonuses if we started physically intercepting shoplifters.

  • @macmcleod1188
    @macmcleod1188 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    And as of yesterday Starbucks reported their sales are down 7 pct.
    While it might be a union matter, it appears to be that there are too many coffee shops and prices for coffee are too high at starbucks.
    And people are experiencing financial difficulty and cutting luxury items like $7 coffee.

  • @alicegilbert4186
    @alicegilbert4186 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I quit getting anything from Starbucks until they treat all their workers fairly

  • @Exiled.New.Yorker
    @Exiled.New.Yorker 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The only way to drive change against these corporations is to make "the cost of doing business" too high to ignore.

  • @Mirror1973
    @Mirror1973 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I don’t buy anything at Starbucks, not a cent from my pocket,

  • @RealPackCat
    @RealPackCat 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    But, if a cup of regular coffee goes from $5 a cup plus refills, to $10 and no refills, then they will have shot themselves in the foot. Look at McDonald's... It is slowly in a fight to the bottom when you got to pay $18 for a simple meal.

  • @LTXsp
    @LTXsp 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Starbucks is highly overrated IMO.

    • @zacquelinebaldwin2555
      @zacquelinebaldwin2555 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Coffee milkshakes

    • @judychurley6623
      @judychurley6623 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      In Italy, you walk into the bar - coffee shop - , they recognize you, you order at the counter and they make your coffee and serve it to you in an actual cup, $1.20 for an espresso, $140 for a cappuccino, you drink it, at the counter or go sit, pay for it and leave, no tipping. And the coffee is rich and flavorful. I dread returning to the US, for so many reasons.

  • @ericburkett6349
    @ericburkett6349 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Starbucks will never see me walk in the door of any of their locations. I drink instant coffee. Want a tip? Don't fart in crowded elevators.

  • @magicwordxyzzy
    @magicwordxyzzy 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Nice start! Once they get all Starbucks locations unionized hopefully they won't stop there; the next logical step will be to work toward transitioning the business into a worker cooperative model. Now we need to start getting other large businesses on this roadmap too: Walmart, Target, McDonalds, etc.

  • @Anonymous_Eyeballs
    @Anonymous_Eyeballs 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Be careful. I was recently part of a union and they didn't do anything for us. The union rep took down our complaints but the illegality of our job never changed

    • @judychurley6623
      @judychurley6623 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Depends on the union; depends on the shop steward.

  • @GBiv78
    @GBiv78 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Starbucks won't need baristas soon, their sales are crashing and their stock is tanking

  • @hipporage18
    @hipporage18 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    “Human capital mismanagement” there’s a billion dollar word. Love it

  • @almaxie342
    @almaxie342 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    People just want their fair share. HEY UAW WALMART IS NEXT “OK”. WALMART COULD GIVE EVERYONE A NICE RAISE WITH OUT AFFECTING THE BOTTOM LINE. WHEN YOU FACTOR IN INCREASED WORKER ATTITUDE AND PRODUCTIVITY.

    • @okigi-wo5zm
      @okigi-wo5zm 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Don't shop there.

    • @almaxie342
      @almaxie342 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@okigi-wo5zm we don’t

  • @njh4473
    @njh4473 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You paid for the Starbucks name, now with unions get ready to pay more.

  • @theancientsam
    @theancientsam 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I never understood the appeal of starbucks, it takes them 20 minutes to pour a coffee 8 dollar coffee.

  • @tonatiuhornelas1472
    @tonatiuhornelas1472 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Starbucks should be grateful for their workers! They literally wouldn't make money without them

    • @masoncnc
      @masoncnc 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That statement works even better if you reverse it. Workers are lucky to have the risk takers investing in their jobs.

    • @RC-SATX
      @RC-SATX 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@masoncnc💯

    • @RC-SATX
      @RC-SATX 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Once these cry babies get pushed out, immigrants will do a better job for less and everything will work out just fine. Their days are numbered. If it's not that, machines will do the work they complain so much about. Simple economics.

    • @magicwordxyzzy
      @magicwordxyzzy 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@masoncnc the workers ARE the risk takers. If an owner class person has a business fail, they typically have the capital to try again, and if not, they might at worst become worker class. If a worker class person loses their job, they're likely to lose access to housing, food, and other basic human needs.

    • @varnishyourboard
      @varnishyourboard 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@masoncnc tasty boot eh?

  • @bicyclist2
    @bicyclist2 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Good for them. I don't go to Starbucks. I never have. I hope that these changes are lasting. Thank you.

  • @officialmultie
    @officialmultie 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Wonderful Information! Thank you very much.

  • @lukeanderson4940
    @lukeanderson4940 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    5:18 this is the exact issue with the Starbucks union mindset, as a former employee, having the mindset that you’re different or better than other food services creates your own negative reputation, you are equal to a McDonalds employee, you should be thankful for the benefits you do get that McDonald’s employees don’t.

  • @piku5637
    @piku5637 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Not shutting up about this but normalize cooperatives.🏴Ⓐ🍞🌸🏳️‍⚧️☭🏳️‍🌈

    • @magicwordxyzzy
      @magicwordxyzzy 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ^--This, exactly. I see transitioning into worker cooperatives as being the logical next step after unionizing.

  • @Millenimorphose
    @Millenimorphose 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The Unionized store in my city magically got closed for renovations like a month after the Union vote.

  • @DogBehaviorGuy
    @DogBehaviorGuy 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    labor should own all it creates, which is everything.

    • @joshuagharis9017
      @joshuagharis9017 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Agreed. I always say, democracy in OUR economy, we all, ALL decide together ❤️

    • @zacquelinebaldwin2555
      @zacquelinebaldwin2555 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Mandatory profit sharing.

  • @tokyosan7906
    @tokyosan7906 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Congrats on having a union. Congrats to me as well, no more tipping!

  • @SillyandgoofyAnim8or
    @SillyandgoofyAnim8or 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    the pro palestine boycotts probably also helped

    • @theancientsam
      @theancientsam 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Free palestine

  • @biosphereisland5666
    @biosphereisland5666 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What happened to Starbucks and when did this happen? Because Starbucks used to be the only place where you could work part-time and get full benefits. Starbucks used to be one of the few places where your same-sex partner could get benefits, even if you weren't married. The pay was a little above other places and yes they received tips. All these workers are asking for is what they already had for years and then somewhere along the way got taken away. I think it has always had the same CEO. What changed, when and why? I would love to know the answers to these questions.

  • @bluelithium9808
    @bluelithium9808 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Declaring war against employees working crap jobs is a losing battle.

  • @dusty4047
    @dusty4047 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you unions and to those workers who fought!!! KEEP FIGHTING

  • @chebonjimenez4034
    @chebonjimenez4034 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    a lot of jobs suck I’m with ya on that.

  • @jt5747
    @jt5747 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It's only greed when it's the other guy. When it's me, well then, it's just what "I deserve".

  • @RichardServello
    @RichardServello 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Love seeing how poorly this company is now doing. They deserve to go under!

  • @CC01E
    @CC01E 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Whats probably BILLIONS of dollars of wage theft and nobody will likely see a day of jail time. How wonderful :(

  • @Tayveiss
    @Tayveiss 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Victory’s for union workers are nice but never permanent under capitalism a reorganization of the means of production and of society in general is needed

  • @EcomCarl
    @EcomCarl 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Impressive display of resilience and strategic acumen from Starbucks Workers United. Their victory underscores the power of collective action and persistent advocacy in reshaping corporate practices. 💪 It's a testament to what can be achieved when workers unite for a common cause.

  • @ngf5077
    @ngf5077 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Their coffee is okay in a pinch. It’s one of the few coffee shops I don’t tip at.

  • @lolakauffmann
    @lolakauffmann 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I totally hate the bachground noise underlaid when the worker is talking.

  • @radicant7283
    @radicant7283 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It's afraid. It's afraid!