Employees of a Starbucks store and Trader Joe's, both located in Oakland, have filed to form unions, union officials said.
part of the workers' grievances has to do with employee safety, financial security and that there are about 150 staff members at the Trader Joe's location. store became the first in the city and the second in less than a month in Alameda County to seek to form a union, union officials said.
Fourteen people work at the Oakland store, and a supermajority are in favor of unionizing, a barista said in a phone interview Tuesday. The store has been understaffed, Ratto said, and while workers got a pay raise recently, managers cut employees' hours.The understaffing has caused stress for workers, who are doing the job of 1.5 to two employees, he said.
Starbucks spokesperson Andrew Trull said in an email Tuesday, "We believe our direct relationship as partners is core to the culture and experiences we create in our stores. We recognize that a subset of partners feel differently--and we respect their right to organize and to engage in lawful union activities."
"Should partners at our Estuary Cove store on the Embarcadero in Oakland vote in favor of union representation, we look forward to meeting Workers United in-person to begin the single-store collective bargaining process," Trull said.
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