Starbucks Workers United Responds to Schultz Stepping Down Early
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 20, 2023
PRESS CONTACT:
starbucksmedia@workers-united.org
PHILADELPHIA — This morning, Starbucks announced that CEO Howard Schultz has officially stepped down from the role of CEO two weeks earlier than the previously announced date of April 1, 2023.
“Over 7,500 workers have been actively organizing to return to Starbucks’ mission and values. Our movement stands for racial justice, inclusivity, and sustainability. We are hopeful that Laxman Narasimhan will chart a new path with the union and work with us to make Starbucks the company we know it can be. We look forward to Howard Schultz testifying before the Senate HELP committee on March 29th and being forced to answer for his actions,” said Michelle Eisen, Buffalo barista and organizer at the first unionized store.
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 U.S. company in the last 20 years — now sitting at nearly 300 unionized stores. New locations are filing for and winning union elections every week, despite Starbucks’ aggressive union-busting campaign. The NLRB has issued over 80 official Complaints against the Company, encompassing over 1,400 alleged violations, and making Starbucks one of the worst violators of federal labor law in history.
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