Union Busting at Starbucks
Last week, Gabriel Ocasio Mejias, was fired from Starbucks at Orlando International Airport hours after another union organizer/barista, Ilea Correa was fired.
“I was fired three hours after another union organizer was fired,” Mejias told the Guardian. “They took me to the back of the food court, in a dimly lit area, and a manager fired me over a third write-up for drinking water. That was their way to get rid of me, for drinking water, because they know I was one of the strongest organizers. They targeted me specifically to create fear for my co-workers of joining the union.”
Starbucks workers at Orlando International Airport and Denver International Airport are currently organizing to form a union with Unite Here, as workers face low pay and discriminatory working conditions. Management is responding through intimidation, firing workers, and holding captive audience meetings.
Read more here:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/feb/25/starbucks-worker-labor-unions-organizing