Baristas at two Starbucks locations in Santa Cruz County are walking the picket lines this week as part of a national strike as contract negotiations at the coffee giant drag on.
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Santa Cruz Starbucks workers join national rallies, demanding fair union contract
Unionized Starbucks employees in Santa Cruz are joining 35 cities across the country for Saturday rallies to continue demanding a fair contract. The move comes after two county Starbucks locations closed as part of a broader consolidation.
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Sixth Santa Cruz-area Starbucks wins union election
Employees at the Starbucks location at 41st Avenue and Soquel Drive have voted to join the union representing Starbucks employees across the country.
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Fifth Santa Cruz-area Starbucks wins union election
The Starbucks on Mount Hermon Road near Skypark in Scotts Valley has voted 15-3 to join Starbucks Workers United, the union representing Starbucks employees across the country.
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Three Santa Cruz County Starbucks join national unfair labor practice strike
Starbucks locations on Mission Street and Ocean Street and at 41st Avenue and Clares Street are part of a national one-day unfair labor practice strike Thursday that includes more than 100 Starbucks stores.
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Lookout Update: Still no local Starbucks union negotiations, but NLRB to hold unfair labor practice hearing
Three months ago, the Starbucks on Mission Street and Ocean Street in Santa Cruz became the first Starbucks stores in California to vote to unionize. The process of agreeing to a contract was expected to move slowly, and negotiations still have yet to begin. There’s currently no timetable for the bargaining kickoff, but the parties will meet in federal court Sept. 13 for a hearing on a charge of unfair labor practices.
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Santa Cruz Starbucks workers rally, strike over ‘unfair labor practices’ and ‘union busting’ efforts
Santa Cruz continues to be at the center of unionizing efforts among workers for the coffee giant. Young organizer Joseph Thompson remains at the center of those efforts.
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Third Santa Cruz Starbucks votes in favor of unionization
The Starbucks store on 41st Avenue and Clares Street voted in favor of forming a union. It is the third store in Santa Cruz County and the sixth store in California to do so.
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Two Santa Cruz Starbucks vote in favor of unionization, a first in California
Workers at Starbucks locations on Mission Street and Ocean Street in Santa Cruz have voted in favor of joining the Starbucks Workers United union, becoming the first two stores in California to do so.
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Joseph Thompson, lead organizer for unionizing Starbucks, is just getting started
As three Santa Cruz Starbucks stores lead much of the chain unionizing in California, local leader Joseph Thompson cites their great-grandfather for union inspiration: “Organizing gives me energy, and because I’m young it’s going to be a lot easier for me to keep that up.”