How Starbucks Just Broke the Law (Again)
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- Опубліковано 30 кві 2023
- Starbucks founder Howard Schultz had a meltdown when questioned by the Senate about union-busting. Then he sought revenge.
Multiple workers were fired, including the founder of Starbucks Workers United. The company also disciplined workers who dared to speak to Schultz in public.
We interviewed Starbucks workers from Buffalo to understand what is going on.
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That comparison to the holocaust as justification for business practices is absolutely disgraceful and abysmal.
No, I think it's perfectly fitting. for 99 employees at Starbucks, there's 1 getting rich off their labour, so the comparison fits.
"This reflects what we're trying to do at Starbucks" is a _true statement._
Its en exaggerated comparison but it kinds makes sense to transmit the seriousness of the situation with only words
Good god.. I just saw that part.. I don't understand how we can have public figures throw around the holocaust and genocide like they're these silly vapid concepts. If Howard Shultz cares about the quality of his business then he should allow his employees to unionize but since he is an opportunist who enjoys being able to use genocide as a talking point in the name of profit I understand that that is a hard thing to do.
I don't think he realizes he's suggesting that his leadership is akin to Nazis trying to destroy people's souls using concentration camp mentalities.
All massive corporate CEO's are exactly like this - sociopaths who care about nothing but money and see people as nothing but objects and obstacles to use or get rid of. Bezos, Bill Gates, Musk, they are no different. Bill might not sound crass and appear polite, but he's just as much of a Nazi supporter as Musk
Schulz Holocaust analogy was just deeply insulting.
He's responsible for employee pay. In his analogy he's not part of the group that's sharing a blanket, he's the camp supervisor.
I can't belive we have to still say this. STOP. COMPARING. SHIT. TO THE. HOLOCAUST.
No he's not. He's the one prying the fillings from teeth and pocketing all the rings.
Amen
As a Jew I find his whole comparison sickening.
Still less insulting than the other presidential candidate who talked about how much he loved " Big Gay Ice Cream ".
Union busting should be punished with jail time. It's the only way to get the 1% to stop breaking the law.
Many things should be that way. Fines are laws for poor people.
Exactly. And it has to be very public so that every person running any corp gets the message. Unfortunately, these corps have reshaped the government in their own image. But I still hope.
They have huge law firms to fight any regulation and the fines are built into their budgets. The "cost of doing business." 🤮
like that’ll ever happen
it's not the only way. BEEF. IT'S WHAT'S FOR DINNER. lol jk.
He'd probably be all stringy, anyway, look at him. He doesn't even look like he golfs.
He literally came out and said that he wants Starbucks to stretch 1 blanket for 5 people. What a fitting metaphor for a multibillion dollar company who refuses to pay workers a living wage
It's an underlined addition in the playbook that many employers have gotten together and spoke of on their little elite retreats. Along with "make them believe we're a family".
@@Nietsnebarg They broke up our families and replaced it with ‘work family.’
If someone doesn’t get love and support at home, they’ll get it elsewhere. Which means they’ll try to get that meaning through work.
I definitely fall into this camp. I live hundreds of miles from my family but miss me with that work family shit.
@@ProudBlankFlank or in some cases they'll try and replace any family you are in proximity to. Like a true cult.
What's worse is he's telling them all to stretch their blankets but he won't share his millions of blankets with a single other person
He literally came out compared the practices of his business to the practices of concentration camps.
His message to workers: Embrace poverty.
That is *ALWAYS* the corporate message. It's simply distilled and masked by motivational videos and cool catch phrases like: "Our workers take pride in their jobs. They are serving a greater purpose. One bigger than ourselves. We save the world one cup at a time!" 🙄
But it's almost always about lining rich people's pockets with the blood money earned by enslaving thousands. Laws be damned.
Literally
@@escanor349 Prison-camp level poverty where they all have to share one fucking blanket. And they liked it. Right.
More like "work makes you free", judging by his analogy
@@bannor99 his story was about a bunch of refugees in a concentration camp having only one blanket to share between them and they were so happy. There's only one meaning to that story coming from a billionaire to poverty level workers.
Funny how he references the circumstances around Nazi Germany while also performing similar anti-union actions that the Nazi's performed as they rose to power.
At least he's being open about it 😌
@@lyrablack8621 I think the Nazis were pretty open about it. So ~gross~ either way. 🤮
Another lesson is that the Nazis were a minority power for quite some time before they grew their power through all means available to them. That COULD BE a Lesson about the growing influence of a few billionaires OR IT COULD BE a Lesson for a growing movement from the bottom up. Pick your side then do something every week.
???
Are you rewriting history?!
The Nazis attitude to wards Unions was about the same as the USSR's. They consolidated all the Unions into an organization that was run directly by the party in power.
So he basically compared his company to a concentration camp?????? 😳I have no words. This man is a demented sociopath. Well, at least we all now see what capitalism is at its core - sociopathy and deliberate vindictive cruelty. 100% support to these workers in their lawsuits.
Schultz's willingness to oppress working-class people (like Nazis did), is as disgusting as the African-Americans who are willing to oppress working-class people in their communities (like slave-patrollers did).
Schultz is a descendant of the oppressed, working-class, Jewish victims of the enslavement and genocide perpetrated against them by Nazis. People like Schultz enslaved and murdered his ancestors.
African-American LEOs are the descendants of the oppressed, working-class, African victims of enslavement and genocide perpetrated against them by Confederate, American and European slave-patrollers. People like African-American LEOs enslaved and murdered their ancestors.
The phrase, "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em," comes to mind.
Schultz is a perfect example of the phrase, "If you can't beat the Nazis, join the Nazis."
African-American LEOs are perfect examples of the phrase, "If you can't beat the slave-patrollers, then join the slave-patrollers."
If I was a proponent of hyperbole, I might say something like:
"The murdered ancestors of Schultz and African-American LEOs are rolling over so fast in their graves, I'm surprised the Earth hasn't spun off its own axis and flung itself out of orbit."
But I'm not hyperbolic -- hyperbole is part of the propagandist tool-chest used by wealthy-class right-wingers -- and I'm not a wealthy-class right-winger.
So, instead, I'll say something like:
"Schultz acts like he's trying to help the Nazis win the war, over a hundred years later. And African-American LEOs act like they're trying to help the Confederates win the war, over 150 years later.
But one thing is certain, and that is that both Schultz and African-American LEOs are acting to help right-wing Conservatives to conserve their white-supremacist power under the inequitable system of Capitalism.
F*kc 'em all.
And f*kc anyone who disagrees."
... you've never seen what communism does, have you?
@@vyor8837 ...you've never seen what capitalism does, have you?
@@EulaliaDaisy Been poor most my life.
Better than being poor, starving, and in a labor camp though.
@@vyor8837 the Nazis had labor camps, the communists had prisons; the CIA even stated that the Gulags' prisoners had the same, if not better, nutrition than the average American. They were also paid for their labor (fairly, I can't guarantee that), while the United States government legally allows slave labor to happen in prison.
14th amendment states "neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime [...] shall exist in the United States"
He’s not wrong, they pay 5 people cumulatively what it takes for one person to live ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Just like every other minimum wage employer in this country
Really goes to show how fucked the common workers are
As the US Gov whistles and pleasantly looks the other way, counting their own piles of stolen cash. Criminals rule the Country. It's time to wake up. ⏰️
Then STOP WORKING FOR THEM
Get a better job. It's a fucking barista job?!? Why would it pay for your life. It's nothing job for kids.
Then get a skill set and knowledge base and most importantly an attitude an employer wants. Poor baby. As a deputy I used to work a 10 hour night shift. Then maybe an extra 2 to 3 hours of paperwork. Plus court for misdemeanor arrests or traffic citations. Go home, get 4 or if i was truly lucky, 5 and 1/2 hours of sleep. And she whines because she can't go out partying. When i was in the infantry, protecting her right to protest, strike etc, we were told that on combat footing we would get 4 in 24. Or 4 hours of sleep a day for weeks at a time. Instead of complaining, why doesn't she start her own brand and put him out of business. And make sure her 401k isn't investing in these businesses. I now work in health care. The hospital chain I work for is very ethical. However it's stock holders ultimately control how money is spent and they cut so much from the budget that patient care suffers. But the people that force the 401k funds to be like that are regular people. Who don't gaf about anyone if it makes them a penny more
The concentration camp speech would've gotten me fired pretty quick gonna be real.
Howard Shultz comparing himself and Starbucks management to Nazis was unexpected, but I entirely agree.
he'd call the union leaders "subversive reds" and put them on a cattle car if he somehow won that presidential bid
He compared himself and the Starbucks corporation to victims of the Holocaust, selflessly sharing what little they have with the employees, the other victims of the Holocaust.
This isn't quite as alarming as comparing himself to Nazis would have been, but it's still extremely weird and distasteful.
@@plainText384 yeah but honestly that doesn’t make sense.
It’s just much more fitting and logical for him to be the Nazi in that situation because he’s fucking rich
Howard is the person who is hoarding the blankets that everyone else needs to survive. He doesn't need that many, he will never use that many, but he wants them all just to have them.
Classic megalomaniacal, narcissistic behavior.
He'd be the dude at the Fyre festival pissing on other people's mattresses.
Howard is the one handing out the goddamn blankets in the first place. He knows this which is why he makes up insane stories like that and has people fired for ridiculous things. Authoritarian sociopath like the rest of the corporate ilk
Like a typical one percenter.
And these sick people are running our country, using government as they go.
I like your example; I could not understand where he was going with blanket thing. WTF?!
The part at the end when she says, "When he goes to sleep, some part of him knows this is wrong"... No chance. He doesn't give a #$%^ about anyone. And he'll get away with it until he dies. Nothing will change until drastic measures are taken.
No, that's the point of what she's saying. He knows it's wrong and is deliberately silencing his conscience, which makes it worse than if he didn't know/was acting in innocence.
@@Window4503 CEO's executives, board members, most of these people are sociopaths. They don't see other people as fellow human beings worthy of ethical considerations. If they did they wouldn't be CEOs.
Pro tip: megalomaniacal narcissists don't have conscious awareness of their effects on others. Even Chump publicly stated that he could "shoot someone in broad daylight in Times Square and not lose votes". These psychopaths have ZERO EMPATHY. Zero understanding of what it means to pay heed to an emotional compass.
@@Window4503 No he doesn't. It's not possible given the way he behaves. Who references the Holocaust to speak to employees? Just gross. 🤮
@@Window4503 He knows _other_ people believe it's wrong, but he definitely does not believe it himself. Criminal sociopaths like him will do anything they want to as long they believe they won't receive negative consequences, and what they want rarely aligns with the best interests of society. When they do receive an unexpected negative consequence, especially after a long life of no consequences, they don't self-reflect, they instead look for someone to blame and retaliate against, to punish them to the fullest extent they hope they can get away with. It's about as emotional as these monsters get.
Hoawrd Shultz is not sharing a blanket. He's the one prying gold filings out of corpses.
...or the Nazi handing out the blankets!
I used to go to Starbucks multiple times a week. I have gone like once in the last 2 years because of stuff like this.
While boycotts do not work as a tactic. That is a personal and ethical choice with sound reasoning.
@@Lobos222 Who says boycotts don't work?
I only go to unionized stores
We just had 1 open here about a month ago. It is in the Wal-Mart parking lot. I REFUSE to go there. Until their workers can join a union, I will NOT order anything there.
@@cherryghost15 Seems like both sides argue that the other side's boycotts don't work 😂 It's all nonsense, people believe whatever they want to believe.
Isn't he amazing, always wonderful to hear rich people tell us how down too earth and fair they are.
It's kind of like listening to a dude tell you what a nice guy he is & what a strong, capable alpha male he is, & how "females" never "give him a chance." Literally the same energy.
The five people to a blanket story was appalling and deeply disturbing. So he basically equates employment with his company to being kinda similar to being in a concentration camp, and that the best thing for employees is to cheerfully make the best of it. Because he could improve conditions, but he chooses not to. OMG! OMFG!
He does not equate specifically his company with a concentration camp, but instead the larger system, in which it operates. Perhaps the concentration camp stands for Capitalism or the US government in his analogy.
Starbucks itself is compared to a victim of the Holocaust, who has been given a blanket, and must now share it.
The Starbucks corporation has been minimally favored by Capitalism in respect to the average citizen. As such, it is their mission to share their prosperity with Employees and/or customers.
Still quite distastefull
Tf was that thing about the blanket sharing is Howard saying we're in a concentration camp????
Schultz wants to be hit--ler & wants to feel the POWER!
Howard could always give his employees more blankets and enough money to get out of said concentration camps.
Socialism, equal and fair pay for all…
It just works.
He is basically saying that they are paying them over 6x less the worth of their productivity🤣
Roses are red
Violets are blue
You don't need the bosses
The bosses need you
Without Howard Schultz there would be no Starbucks for them to work at. So the employees do need the boss if they want a job, unless they start their own business.
Without Howard Schultz, Starbucks workers would have an extra $9'700'000 to distribute amongst themselves annually.@@jsoftwareect
He doesn't have a conscience. Not all sociopaths are serial killers.
i would argue that someone who systematically causes people to live in poverty, starves and deprives them of a place to live... is worse than a serial killer... people like him are responsible for so many deaths
@@SharienGaming Greed is an ugly thing.
@@bevinboulder5039 and we have let them build a society that rather than condemning it... exemplifies greed...
that might well be the tagline of capitalism... its all about maximum greed
Still, he seems like the type who'd have handed out towels at Auschwitz.
KROGER employee here in a class action law suit... Kroger didn't pay me for almost a month during the holidays but is trying to buy Albertsons. Corporations need to be held accountable. If everyone stood up at the same time...Stoped giving them money 💰
I saw a great segment about their widespread wage theft and how they blamed some of it on a payroll software "glitch." Sure, they just can't get good IT help. 🙄
They're HQ is in my hometown and I'm very embarrassed for how ruthless they've become.
@@cherryghost15 , hrm I didn't hear about the software glitch. As someone that has worked on IT; I actually believe it is possible. I've been through two major system changes for different companies. BOTH of them were an utter nightmare.
One of them was for a city water department and meant that people were not getting water bills for 9months and then suddenly hit with MASSIVE bills.
But, it's actually the fault of the company for having the issues in the first place so....
The rule should be and USED to be that you do NOT take the old system down until you're 100% that the new system is up and running bug free. Even if this means that you have to have employees clock into TWO different systems for awhile. Or, have two payroll or billing systems, etc etc.
I really don't know what companies moved away from that method. The first system conversion I did 20 years ago did it. The water department though, nope.
and I wouldn't be surprised if Kroger didn't do it either.
@@OgdenM ua-cam.com/video/BTqrGBsUhAg/v-deo.html
"Kroger Wage Theft Exposed"
There are several videos about this, but I think Kroger has different excuses.
Anything that benefits employees and customers is immediately fixed in 24 hours. Everything else are features
Skill issue
"Some part of his conscience"
You don't get to the top of the board for having a conscience, that wouldn't get in the way of profits.
there is a starbucks near my house in a grocery store.. every-time i go to that grocery store i ask em if they have unionized yet lol
Keep up the good work!
Starbucks in grocery stores are not corporate stores. They are employed by whatever grocery / retail store they are located in.
@@madzog ah so tell the employees of the grocery store to do the same then
Been boycotting them for well over a decade. What kills me is how the employees actually STILL call themselves partners.
My boycott stated the first day I walked into one of their stores and saw the prices.
So when people where in concentration camps.
How economically viable, lets do that.
LMAO what an irredeemable piece of work.
If she wasn't written up for every time she was late for even a minute, and if she wasn't given written notice that being even a minute late would result in termination, and if every other employee wasn't treated exactly the same way for being late then she has a case for wrongful termination.
Howard Schultz and every one of his ilk should face prison time for this sort of thing. Actually, they should face a lot worse. None of us will be free until people like him are forcibly removed from power.
They should yes, but their buddies control the for profit prisons. Oh, and the court system .
Not trying anymore is called "learned helplessness". That helplessness is what is keeping the status quo.
Support local coffee shops instead. Even if they aren't unionized, you can be reasonably confident they aren't treating their people like this
All companies big or small pay the least they can for labor. It's just in their nature.
I agree with supporting local. First off they do treat people better than giant corporations, but they also usually have better coffee and service. I never understood why people like starbucks coffee. Burnt and horrible. We have 3 rrally good local shops in my town and i only use starbucks if stuck somewhere with no other choice. I'd rather have mcdonalds coffee over starbucks. 😂
People should support independent artists, creators, and authors as well. Otherwise, they'll get more of the same from Tzarbucks, Fakebook, 'Zon, and all the other slave mines.
@@davidfoster3427 larger companies can get away with paying less though.
No, they are likely treating people the same.
Only difference between a billionaire CEO and a small buisness owner is the size of the buisness
Divided we beg, United we bargain!✊🏻
Love how they snipped the video of his speech to get to the point. He's giving 6 people 1 blanket and expecting them to share it without complaint.
Howard Shcultz: working at Starbucks is like living in a concentration camp, and workers need to adopt the same survival strategies.
Nice one, Howie.
I'm going to enjoy *"Lexi's Coffee"* as soon as she wins
Hard disagree with the last statement. People like Howard don’t get into those positions with a conscience.
Very odd (sad?) that these employees refer to themselves as "partners". Shows how much the company pushes their own lingo on staff (and customers) for their own benefit. First and last time I went to Starbucks was around 1990 (new to Vancouver then). The whole thing with made up language for cup sizes rubbed me the wrong way, and the ridiculous pricing. I didn't realize these made-up definitions extended to employees too, but that seems to be the trend for corporations now, with employees at various companies being called "associates" and similar. The issue with using these terms is that even if an employee knows they are not part owner of the company they are groomed to behave as if they are, but without any of the benefits that being an actual partner provides.
Workers of the world unite and stop calling ourselves employees or any other corporate friendly word.
Family at Target and essentially every retail or service job. Cast member at Disney.
Someone called me out on referring to myself as a former "partner" recently, and I was so thankful to them. The brainwashing be real, though. 😅
As a former partner, we are called partners because we do get stock from the company. We are shareholders. The amount of vitoril going against Starbucks right now is a largely unfair to the company. The more you know, the better you understand the company. Ptoblem is Starbucks didn't address the manipulative managers and region leaders it has. And they let this whole thing get out of hand. However, in no way will a union make anything better at Starbucks. It'll make things worse.
@@Midori_Seabreeze I was there for 12 years, as a barista, supervisor, ASM, and then finally SM. Only left because a job in my original career field opened up. Anyway, every partner gets stock. Problem is most who complain they don't either don't know how to cash it out, or weren't shown by their trainers. But that's the direct fault of a manager. Not a company. I never fault Starbucks for the dumb crap a few of my SMs did. Have there been bad SMs and DMs at Starbucks? Sure. Call them out. But flat out lying to propagate a needless union hurts everyone at the end of the day.
Notice how nobody clapped when he did that Holocaust bullshit.
The MOMENT Gianna stepped the fuck up? Clapping.
Clapping and applause, and the energy of the room changed as well.
Thank you for sharing this! I'm done with buying from Starbucks!!
Dang, this is going to get expensive for Starbucks.. everyone I know is boycotting them until they start negotiating seriously..
I have avoided Starbucks by and large. On the very few times I have gotten a cup of coffee, I have made a point of talking about how much I encourage them to unionize. I even turned back to address the other customers and said, "We recognize their right to join a union, don't we?" Customers always agree even if it's just a head nod
Funny, I asked the employees at my local Starbucks and they have no interest in unionizing. For one, Starbucks just upped wages and benefits for nonunion stores. For two, 70 percent of them are part-time and are leaving eventually.
@@zippymufo9765 why would they tell you when employees who have openly worked to assert their rights to organize themselves and unionize were unjustly fired in retaliation and suppression of them? Maybe they are growing more wise to act strategically Mr. Brown Nose Manager. Customers know how much we support them in their struggles.
@@Human_Rights_23-zl1hv Grow up, kid 😂 There's 16,000 Starbucks stores in the US and they've only unionized 300 of them. That's 2 percent. 50 stores had votes that went AGAINST unionizing, and they've been stalled at the same number for months. And some of the stores that have voted to unionize have lost most of the employees who voted to begin with. Most of their employees aren't planning to make a career of it and don't care about unionizing. Stop being programmed by propaganda and research an issue before making yourself look stupid.
"So much of that story is threaded into what we have tried to do at Starbucks" including apparently, Arbeit Macht Frei
I have to say this guy is doing a service of showing how incredibly useless our current labor law enforcement is. Folks, shame your democrat reps into actually representing labor.
Shame the republican reps while you're at it. Seems like they want old people to work with no Social Security for retirement and also child labor as low as 16 years old for bartending and slaughterhouses.
Both sides have been bought.
Republicans don’t represent us either 😅
There's corruption especially at the federal level in the democratic party for sure, but it is *possible* to pressure them with a lot of voter communication. Even if all they care about is getting elected, going back to labor is the obvious winning strategy at this point. To suggest some equivalence with republicans is stupid or disingenuous.
@@cherryghost15 Both sides are certainly influenced by money, but there's no chance of shaming a Republican into doing anything. With Democrats, there's at least a chance to achieve something.
She is wrong. Howard Shultz is so rich that he no longer bothers with a conscious. It's bad for business.
I was a partner at numerous stores around the US for about 5+ years, and can confirm, Howard and Starbucks management really don't care about workers. They will heavily publicize any action that makes it *look* like they *just might* care about workers, but it's always just that: publicity.
Sharing the blanket....what whole load of corporate baloney!
he's the one hoarding all of the blankets!
Let's boycott STAR BUCKS EVERYONE
It's easy enough to make espresso at home in a regular coffee pot. Bustelo brand in the filter with less water. Have to tend it, though. Haven't had a starbucks for 16 years!
Listen, boycotts do not work. I am not saying you should use unethical businesses, but thinking this is a viable tactic to create change. Then, sorry, but it is not. USA boycotts on North Korea has a wider reach than citizen boycotts could ever do, for several reasons, but does that mean North Korea isnt around anymore? Unfortunately, they and their dictatorship is still around. So no, boycotts is a personal choice, not a tactic that works toward changing business climate.
One has to get regulation that increases cost for doing bad things.
I'm with it. Boycotted.
already started buh bye howard and his concentration camp story
kinda hard for me to boycott starbucks since I was buying from it anyways.
HOWARD THE COWARD
Our taxes subsidize the exploitation.
CEOs and other bigwigs should be sentenced to work in the same conditions they've forced their employees to work in.
There's one part that I'd like to push back on. There's absolutely zero chance that Schulz understands or believes that what he's doing is wrong. You don't get that immorally, egregiously wealthy without screwing over literally every person possible and believing that you are doing it for the good of everyone. As much as we would like to think otherwise, this man is not capable of feeling shame. Do NOT rely on the hopes that he can be convinced into understanding what the right thing to do is and keep pushing for the rights until the laws are changed to reflect the demands.
Thank you for your incredible efforts, the risks you were and are willing to take to fight for everyone, and keep up the good fight. Labor solidarity.
eventually, if companies aren't adequately punished for this behavior, the people will take matters into their own hands.
and I'm not talking "voting with your dollar" here.
6:39 That would require a conscience in the first place. Remember there are tons of psychopaths in this world and only a small small number are murderers. The rest are just horrible people.
I know a lot of people who didn't want to unionize and work to regret it. The companys promised everything then never did what they said . I worked for one of those sweat shops then went union and would never regret it. Retired now with a nice pension thank union's keep America strong.
When you're able to buy our lawmakers from not changing our laws? We find ourselves in the same two-tired fiefdom you enjoy on your yacht, Schultz.😡
I don't even like Starbucks coffee anymore when they changed up the mocha I couldn't stand the taste of it or anything else they had. Quite frankly I'm amazed they're still open
I feel bad for the workers they're the ones that are suffering
At this point I think that Starbucks should have all of it's executive and corporate board of directors locked up for a long time and their entire company given over to their workers.
Being fired for a collective 11min is laughable to me. I have been late on so many occasions at many jobs for minutes to the rare hour or longer (usually from being overworked). I have yet to be fired for being late or anything really. The best story I have is from a chemical disposal plant where I would be late occasionally by a few minutes only to join my crew before they had moved beyond the prep stage which nobody really cared. Once I was late because of the train yard which has stalled traffic for hours thanks to the long ass trains (its own terrible problem founded on greed) that once also prevented us from leaving work. Another time was when my dog died and I spend half an hour burying her before heading straight into work. Eventually, my boss (a downright dumb and lazy man who earned his entire salary as a bonus each year while we worked below the average for similar dangerous jobs) called me in to talk about my tardiness and said "I can't keep dealing with these shitheads," and followed by saying I was on thin ice because they had a whole crop of new hires in training...None stayed to finish training and so I was called in again. This time he changed tune and said he was going to forgive and erase some of my tardies. I left soon after another incident where he berated me for using the bathroom (while no work was being done anyway) all because the big boss was present. He too was on thin ice for not coming in to do his job and extended past his vacation time. It was annoying, but I could stand that more than the lack of safety in handling dangerous materials. Since leaving I believe they have unionized and the big boss was let go which eased tensions. I wish them the best of luck as well as any other working class person who just wants to live without being treated like a tool to be used and disposed of.
I am late to work everyday. Why we need hours of work anyways? The business should adhere to my needs, not the customers. I can be late one minute. Never thought of been on time everyday. Who do that? I am what is important. You should be the boss, or business owner.
If your not dealing with customers then its not the same as being late to a job that has your dealing with customers because you take over from other people so they can take their breaks.
DONE with Starbuck's! UNION YES!
🤔🤔🤔
If you’re not paying employees a livable wage, aren’t you basically saying you don’t care about the local economy in which you’re operating? Like that person can’t pay bills, buy groceries, or spend it on any local leisure activities. I guess the city/state/country might get taxes but we all know corporations be skipping that side quest.
That's right. But for some reason local governments beg for these companies to come in and break ground. And they get ridiculous tax breaks for "job creation." With zero strings attached. And sometimes they just bribe lawmakers to get access. Our gov has reached a new high in corruption. For every branch: local, state, and federal.
What needs to be done for workers is to make remake how workers contracts operate. People are getting fired arbitrarily and as revenge. Working contracts should have no more vagueness or wiggle room. Years later I realized I have work that I wasnt stated to do on my resume and should have been paid for. Also, getting fired because or people above me's screw ups. We need more government regulation on hiring contracts.
I feel for her on the scheduling BS. I had a co-worker who wanted to get rid of me. She was in charge of scheduling everybody's shifts. So she scheduled me for every shift on the two days that I said I wouldn't be in town, and I was fired.
This dude literally just told on himself…
The whole “every sixth person got a blanket.. and then they shared it with five people! This is what we as Starbucks are doing =D”
…..like whaaaat??!!!
In many European countries by law your employer has to give you 12h rest minimum.
Unions are not the solution, although they are very good and important. The law is what needs to be changed.
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Edit: I know the importance of unions, I'm not saying 'forget the unions, change the system,' I'm saying it's one step of many.
I would also say that I see in Europe the importance of unions growing, since a lot of companies and politicians are looking to the USA with greed in their eyes.
The unions fought to get labor laws added in the 1900s, they can do it again now
@Felix You have those rights BECAUSE of Unions.
Trust me, as a transport broker, meaning I negotiate the cost of transport with companies and such. Without leverage you get JACK SHIT!
These companies are only thinking of their single company bottom line, not what is best for the national economy. They do stuff that indirectly lowers the middle class and in turn will reduce their markets in the future via lower demand for goods and services. They are not real capitalists and they are actually hurting their own future income. Unions, aka leverage for workers and enabling them to retain buying power in the future, is the solution, but something you might not understand. Is that for small businesses, the future for their best as well are *EMPLOYER Unions.* Because they can take care of the interest of smaller bis, while also being interesting for big bis AND lobbing for removing those companies that try to do bis via breaking the law and therefor get a competitive edge via socially dumped labor or other.
Unions drive pro labor laws. Thats how it works.
Unions build worker power and class consciousness. The law isn't what needs to be changed - it is the entire system of wage labor.
Unions are how you get the laws changed. No employer has EVER made concessions without first the pressure of labor.
The holocaust story is so nauseating and these union-busting tactics are infuriating. I'll never buy anything from starbucks ever again and I'll show this to everyone i know.
The fact that he stood there and was like "I'm not giving you another blanket, learn to share!" is mindblowing.
3:39 the fact that he used that particular analogy really speaks volumes.
like seriously, this must have been planned, and that means no one involved thought "maybe we shouldn't be drawing a line between our actions and the cruelty of internment camps"
recording "late" clock ins, 1-5 mins late, it is so obvious what they are doing by recording those times. They write you up if you clock in early, and apparently write you up if you clock in 1-5 min late. starbucks knows what they are doing, and what they are doing is not only illegal, but cowardly as shit
you cant be rich like Howard and have a conscience..
Bro I though Schultz was dead wtf I hate that guy
To think in a country of workers this man thought he had a shot at being President. lol.
It's so unfortunate that we have federal protections for workers, but don't enforce them.
“Partners”? Is that empty title Starbucks' benefits package? Share the blanket but not the profits Starbucks made on the backs of their “Partners”?
I didnt know about this! Thank u for reporting on this!
Thank you for the coverage!
Can't appeal to the conscience of a person who doesn't have one. Considering how callous and bizarre his comments are, I wouldn't be surprised if he was a psychopath. It's like we're watching his mask slip.
Unions changed the economics of the workforce and used their growing clout on behalf of all workers.
Starting a small coffee shop is one of the easiest businesses to start. You already know the whole process.
2:01 Walmart fired me because I didn't show up for a day I scheduled myself. Not a day a manager assigned me, but a day I took a shift for. The reason why I could do this was because someone probably called off that day. A spot was open to fill. Whether I showed up or not, the outcome would have been the same.
The same sort of bullshit that got Lexi fired from her job, over coming in late mere minutes compared to her 8 years of employment, sickens me to no end.
I was only their for 9 months. What really stung, was that the managers really enjoyed my company, and said that I was a amazing employee, but because the system says you have the maximum tolerance of points, it's automatic. Saying the same thing as 'the power is over my head, and I can't do anything about it'.
Bruh 1 minute late?💀
Keep. Fighting.
Just a minute late? And they say soldiers are disciplined, she's made of steel!
The only thing wrong in the video is Lexi's speculation into Howard's thoughts at night. The disgust and anger that comes across in Howard's speech towards the organizing of his employees is exactly how he's thinking at night.
I love Starbuck Americano Misto but I stopped being a customer when I heard about this. There are many other places to get a good cup of joe.
At this point, I think all these illegally fired Starbucks employees should get together to start a rival coffee chain to one day put Starbucks in its place. This chain's flagship store could even be in Buffalo, where the SBWU movement began.
Best as a coop. The workers are the only shareholders
If it was illegal they would sue not b1tch about it and do nothing.
Is there a way to somehow organize parallel structures? Like a coffee shop for workers to switch to when a strike may not work? It couldn't be exactly the same but maybe it could be similar enough to provide service and sustain income. I've seen other people briefly mention having a similar idea. I think the complexity and minimum required capital would make it a good test case.
He wants his workers to share a single pillow while they sleep on a mountain of pillows.
These are strong workers. Very impressive fight. Schultz and co are evil
Never been to starbucks never will. Not to say this but i am colored American and most colored Americans i know have never been to starbucks ?? Wonder why?? Yes i can easily afford their coffee but question is why buy when i can meke for 50c
I almost thought Howard's buffalo clips were a meme: "Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" is a complete sentence.
Most companies with an ounce of compassion give 8-15 mins to a lot for traffic. You don't want people speeding to work, it's dangerous. Those charges are insane.
Did this dude really bring up the Holocaust that justify what he's doing oh what a guy
1 minute late I-
I haven’t used SB for ten years. No to union busting businesses.
When is Schultz going to share his multi-million dollar blanket?
It's very optimistic to think Schultz thinks he did anything wrong. He's rich. He didn't get that way by letting poorer people than him live their lives in peace
Years back, Starbucks was known for how well it treated its employees. I'm not sure what changed at the corporate level, but the anti-worker policies have led me to stop purchasing their products.
bro imagine using 1 minute late as an excuse to fire someone. Think about how insane that is a legal precedent that is set (or they are trying to set).
Just imagine you sprain your ankle and it takes you 1 EXTRA min to get to work. INSANE.
"Share your own blankets slaves, cause mine is made of solid gold and diamonds and I ain't sharing it with you!" - Howard Schultz
"Overthrow the bourgeoisie" is sounding better and better
If you stop drinking Starbucks, they will go out of business and make room for much better, local coffee shops and cafes.
Stop giving your money to this terrible company.
These millionaires and billionaires need to get taxed at an FDR rate. End their control over workers, they refuse to pay decent wages and they treat people like garbage Union Yes ✊️ local 34 Oakland CA
At our union training center we had a sticker that said friends don't let freinds drink at Starbucks
I just took Starbucks coffee out of my online cart for grocery delivery.
I probably won't buy anything from them again.
That blanket story Howard told is nauseating to hear. Completely insane.