Common Dreams | AFL-CIO
For more than three years, Starbucks has waged what New York Times columnist Megan Stack called a “dirty war” against its employees’ attempts to unionize. The company has fired union organizers and pro-union workers, cut their hours to deny them healthcare coverage, shut down unionized stores, and subjected employees to aggressive anti-union “captive audience” meetings. The Economic Policy Institute estimates that Starbucks has likely had more complaints of illegal union-busting filed against it than any other company in the National Labor Relations Board’s 90-year history.