Employees at Starbucks are showing the first signs of weariness with the labor movement, as workers in New York are trying to dissolve the union at two stores. We've gathered articles on the news from SHRM Online and other news outlets.
Employees at Buffalo Store Seek to Decertify Union
Buffalo, N.Y., was the original center of union organizing at Starbucks but employees in a store in downtown Buffalo are now trying to decertify the union. No reason was given for why they want to disband it. Workers United, the union that represents the Starbucks employees, said the situation was due to union-busting tactics.
Workers at Rochester Store Move to Decertify Union
Employees at a union in Rochester, N.Y., filed a decertification petition on May 8. That was the second attempt in the last two weeks to remove a union from a Starbucks location.
A decertification bid must be filed at least a year after the unit's certification with proof that at least 30 percent of the workers support an effort to unseat the union. A union spokesperson said that the union expects the decertification petitions to be dismissed.
Proposed Rule Would Make Decertification More Difficult
Employees will likely have a harder time voting out unions the workers no longer want to represent them if the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) finalizes a proposed rule to rescind a 2020 amendment to the "blocking charge" rule. Delaying decertification elections through blocking charges is a...
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