LINCOLN CITY STARBUCKS WORKERS ARE UNIONIZING

The store would be the twenty-sixth unionized location in Oregon.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

March 22, 2023

Contact:

General: starbucksmedia@workers-united.org 

LINCOLN CITY, OR – Yesterday, workers at the Highway 101 & 30th Starbucks in Lincoln City, OR, filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to unionize with Starbucks Workers United. The announcement from the Highway 101 & 30th workers comes the day after over 100 Starbucks stores went on strike for better working conditions through a union ahead of the Company’s annual shareholder meeting.

Workers sent a letter to Starbucks Interim CEO Howard Schultz to announce their organizing campaign. In the letter, workers explained that they are organizing as “we want to feel seen and valued by Starbucks and we believe that unionization is the best way for all of us to live out the values that this company was built upon.”

“After over ten years with Starbucks, I feel like we, the baristas, finally have a voice! By joining Starbucks Workers United, we want it known that our little store on the Oregon Coast stands in solidarity with our partners across the nation, who are simply asking for the ability to negotiate for better wages, benefits, working conditions, and job security,” said Micah Grogan, a partner and organizer at the Lincoln City location.

Starbucks has launched a ruthless union-busting campaign that includes firing over 200 union leaders across the country and shuttering union stores. At least six union leaders in the Beaver State have been fired in retaliation for their organizing activity, and more have been forced out of the Company. 

The NLRB has issued 80 official Complaints against the Company, encompassing over 1,400 violations of federal labor law. 

Starbucks Workers United is the union drive that has taken the labor movement by storm, with more new unions formed in 12 months than any US company in the last 20 years. There are now 285 Starbucks stores in 42 states and the District of Columbia that have successfully unionized.

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