Coffee chain objected to not being included in White House meeting, saying that most of its workers oppose effort to unionize.
Mr. Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Martin J. Walsh met Thursday with union organizers involved in organizing locations at companies including Starbucks and Amazon. In a, Mr. Biden said"these folks are inspiring a movement of workers across the country to fight for the pay and benefits they deserve."
Despite Starbucks' assertion that most workers don't want to unionize, the chain is facing a burst of labor organizing at locations across the U.S. Roughly 50 Starbucks stores have voted to unionize with Workers United, a branch of the Service Employees International Union, and workers at more than 250 U.S. locations have filed petitions with the National Labor Relations Board to hold union elections.
During Starbucks' earnings call on Tuesday, Schultz said the company can offer better pay and benefits than the union can provide."Compare any union contract in our sector to the constantly expanding list of wages and benefits we have provided our people for decades, and the union contract will not even come close to what Starbucks offers," he said.in worker pay and training, as well as potential new benefits such as increased sick time.
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