Alright as someone who has seen this happen… Don’t. Fist off, if the employee doesn’t already know what the benefits of a union are and how to go about organizing one, this does nothing to change that. Second, it puts them in a dangerous position with management. Obviously, any good Union drive should be fully prepared for union busting tactics, but ideally you want to keep that shit secret from management for as long as possible. And imagine how frustrated you’d be if a customer pulling a stunt like this got you fired.
Instead what you want to do is talk to your family, friends, and coworkers about what a union can do for them and talk about how to effectively organize a union drive. Make sure that shit is led by the workers, and puts forward strong demands and escalating tactics. They should also absolutely get community support, but in organized, meaningful ways - think things like mailing lists to get the word out about rallies, boycotts, etc.
Unions are hell of a tool and they should be organized in the most effective possible ways.
That’s a pretty awful company if the customer can get an employee in trouble for just saying the word.
It’s Starbucks so yeah. They’re pretty paranoid about unions after a few locations unionized
One of many, many reason I do not step foot in one or give them my money. I know everyone has to earn a living somehow, but can’t support that place.
Starbucks has been known to shut down entire stores if they got even a whiff of a unionization attempt.
Next they’ll start running people over with tanks.
Oh I know, I’m in Seattle and have seen it. But a customer just making you say the word? That’s ridiculous.
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Better yet: start getting your coffee from a local shop and stop going to Starbucks at all! The trick is finding a local shop with real specialty drinks, not just a variety of syrup flavors.
Or just at least mid coffee. I live in a coffee producing country, and I’ve tried everything from really expensive coffee to bottom of the barrel, both local and from abroad. The only cup of coffee I sipped and spat out was a Starbucks in Houston.
That’s because it’s objectively terrible coffee.
Exactly this. Starbucks coffee is awful and Schultz sucks.
Easiest way to stop drinking Starbucks is to try drinking their coffee black or look at the nutritional content in your vanilla bean Frappuccino
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They don’t shout your name any more it would just be on the build sticker
lol that’s actually funny.
This is what Republicans did when Starbucks removed their Christmas branding for a general holiday theme. They made their names “Merry Christmas” and “Santa”.
Coffee for un-ion eyes
I don’t shop there, and wouldn’t want to risk an employee getting fired on my account.
Also, I’ll stick to “Rusty Shackleford” when i’m asked for a name.
Be careful if you like one, they might loose their job! :D
Yes because getting them fired is such a great idea.
Even ignoring the law, there’s a clear paper trail proving they were forced to say it. It would make more sense to ban the customer.
If they get fired for that, that shit is illegal.
That’s why they don’t get fired specifically for that, they just get fired.
And companies never do anything illegal
Maybe so, but proving without any possible doubt that was the cause is the burden of the fired employee, who also likely doesnt have money for a lawyer, let alone court fees to persue the case in the first place.
This difficulty is only amplified in at-will employment areas where your boss can fire you on the spot for no reason at all.
Its as if the system was built from the ground up to benefit businesses over people.
Luckily, unlawful termination doesn’t require proof beyond reasonable doubt.
So if the employee was fired on the spot, that would pretty much guarantee a win in most states unless the boss could show that they had already planned to fire them before they shouted “unionize”.
If the boss fired them a month later, that would be a different story. But yeah, the rest of that is valid.
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