Starbucks Workers United announced that it has voted to authorize a strike ahead of the last scheduled bargaining session of the year.
In the post of Xand the union said 98% of baristas voted to authorize a strike if necessary.
“Our union is strong and we are ready,” the union said.
Unions that are attracting attention in that statement Member states have not decided when to go on strike, but said the vote was finalized on Tuesday just as delegates returned to the table for the final session of the calendar year.
Starbucks and the union have spent hundreds of hours negotiating, and both sides have been working on tentative agreements throughout the year. Still, the company has yet to bring “a comprehensive economic package to the bargaining table” and other unfair labor practices remain unresolved, the union said.
“The time is now to complete a basic framework that includes meaningful investment in baristas and resolve the unfair labor practice charges,” Sylvia Baldwin, a Philadelphia barista and lead negotiator, said in a statement.
“Starbucks needs to invest in the baristas who run Starbucks,” she added.
The Hill has reached out to Starbucks for comment. but, In a statement to CNBCStarbucks disputed the union's explanation and said it remains committed to reaching a final framework agreement.
“It is unfortunate that the union is considering a strike instead of focusing on very productive negotiations. Since April, we have scheduled and attended more than eight multi-day bargaining sessions, and Workers United “We reached 30 meaningful agreements on dozens of topics, including many economic issues that our representatives said were important to us,” the company said in a statement. To CNBC.
