Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz was recently caught on a video referring to unions as “some outside force” that is “desperately trying to disrupt our company.” He has described baristas’ efforts to elect union representatives as an “assault” on the company.
While Andy Jassy, Amazon CEO, has used less inflammatory language to describe his views on unions—describing them as an impediment to empowerment and agility—his company’s actions speak much more loudly about how he really feels. In the run up to votes on unionization in Staten Island, N.Y., and Alabama, Amazon ran an all-out anti-union campaign, including barraging workers with anti-union propaganda, forcing them to attend mandatory anti-union meetings and even arresting union organizers.
In the wake of the successful vote to unionize the JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island, Amazon has fired workers and vowed to fight to overturn the workers’ yes vote. The National Labor Relations Board general counsel has alleged that both companies violated the law in their quest to oppose unionization.
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