DID STARBUCKS JUST BUST KANSAS CITY BARISTA UNION?!?

A power play offers incentives for workers who don't support unionizing.

And so we ask . . .

WILL THE BARISTA WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE??? OR TAKE THE FAST CASH?!?!

Here's a peek at the sitch . . .

The coffee giant will not offer the enhanced benefits to workers at the roughly 50 company-owned cafes that have voted to unionize. Such changes at unionized stores would have to come through bargaining, Starbucks said.

“So, partners will receive these pay, benefits and store-improvement investments at all U.S. company-operated stores where Starbucks has the right to unilaterally make these changes,” the company said in a statement. “However, at stores where workers have union representation, federal law requires good faith bargaining over wages, benefits and working conditions which prohibits Starbucks from making or announcing unilateral changes.”

In total, Starbucks plans to spend $1 billion on wage hikes, improved training and store innovation during fiscal 2022, which ends in the fall.

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