Starbucks fired a worker at its Mockingbird Station store last week. Employees say it was retaliation against unionization efforts.
The fired worker is known to be highly involved in organizing efforts there. The coffee giant says it was just following its policies.
Nelly Sanchez, the worker the store fired, said that she arrived late several times in recent months and that management warned her multiple times. But her termination “came as a surprise.”Management’s last warning to Sanchez came at least a month before her firing. Sanchez said she didn’t know it was meant to be a final warning.A man working security at Mockingbird Station stands by the shopping mall's Starbucks store on June 23, 2022.
Nikita Russell, 32, who signed the petition, said she received a written warning last week for being late. The warning took her off guard — it came almost two weeks after the day she was 15 minutes tardy. She said it was abnormally harsh compared to how management enforced rules in the past. “A partner has every right to organize, has every right to unionize,” said Borges, using Starbucks’ preferred term for employees. “I would deny any suggestion that we’re escalating or we’re being more strict with the policies. We follow our policies consistently and we give our partners the opportunity to correct behavior.”
Pro-union pins sit on a table during a watch party for Starbucks employees' union election on Dec. 9, 2021, in Buffalo, N.Y.
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