My life is terrible since Starbucks fired me. I can't get a job despite filling out every app I can. I have no money. My internet is out bc non payment. It has caused irreparable damage to my mental health. All because I started a union.
This company is evil. I have no backup plan. No family to help. I have lived off gofundme money until understandably people couldn't give anymore.
I have nobody. No friends. Every day is bad. I can't even watch movies. My one refuge. I have to cancel all my services now.
I am losing my stability. I will have no home. All because I took a chance to make my workplace better for myself and my coworkers.
Starbucks doesn't care. None of the management that pretended to be my family for years reached out in any way.
Now I'm rotting in poverty.
I just closed the Collegetown store because the grease trap overflowed. The manager demanded I stay open. Not in this mess. I have consulted all my partners and we are about to walk out on strike. Please spread the word.
#starbucks
#sbwu
@coniinthegarden
They've been doing endless amounts of work for all of us who have faced unfair retaliation for our fight. It's just that the courts take a long time. And they can't protect us from everything. Capitalism is designed to destroy poor people.
Headed into my first union shift with my head up. No matter what they put us through there is strength in unity, and they will have to sit down at a bargaining table with us soon. What have you got, Starbucks? I've got my union. 💪
They're closing our store, and they're refusing to say it's because of union activity. We are one of the most outspoken stores there are. We've been been in constant battle with management for months. And they refuse to say if we will be able to transfer to other stores...
Scoop: Starbucks is closing an Ithaca cafe where workers recently unionized and went on strike. Company cites facilities, staffing, and "time and attendance" issues. Union filed retaliation claim with labor board and seeks injunction "Blatant act of war”
@Starbucks
I can't afford to go on a road trip because I'm going to go broke paying my rent and other bills based on my Starbucks wages. But if I ever do get to go on a road trip I definitely will stop at every Starbucks I see. So every barista knows they deserve to be in the union. :)
This is the grease trap we led a strike over. The one my manager said wasn't that bad when it was leaking out all over our back room. Two of our partners had to stay late today so someone could clean this. Y'all think we had a point?
Hi all, I appreciate people donating, but there are a lot more causes to donate to -- please go follow and read abou and donate to
@HalftownMustGo
instead. The atrocities happening to Native people in our backyard is unfathomable -- and the government is condoning it
Today we successfully shut down Collegetown Starbucks over a grease trap overflowing that they tried to make us stay open for. They told us it wasn't gonna get fixed until Monday, but the plumber ended up coming merely HOURS into our strike.
It really drives me crazy that Starbucks posted all of these trans health benefits but can't be bothered to do ANYTHING to protect its trans workers from verbal/psychological violence at work. There are no consequences for managers who constantly misgender and deadname.
My post was in NO WAY an indictment of unionizing. You can't help how people mince your posts but I want to be clear that UNIONIZING IS A NET GOOD. THE LIFE I HAD BEFORE MY UNION WAS EVEN WORSE. Starbucks did this to me. Never had a write up til they wanted to punish me.
Today is we strike as a union at the Collegetown Starbucks in Ithaca, we are playing and screaming along to the music of
@BootsRiley
. Thank you for providing *perfect* music to start a revolt to.
@tadpr0le
@drjackrasmus
@TweetyMctwat
I get why Jack wanted to correct how I said it and my thread was not meant to inspire anybody to doubt starting a union. I don't regret that one second and I fully support unionizing, there are nuances that are important to be aware of but I would not have done anything different
@lailaddaltonn
Thanks Laila. I appreciate you a lot. They are. We had a partner literally have to admit themselves so they didn't KILL THEMSELVES over what they put us through.
Hey Ithaca, let's sustain this momentum. Come to the Ithaca Commons Starbucks tomorrow and picket with us. If Starbucks thinks they can do whatever they want to unionized workers, we are going to stop their cash flow. Meet some of the workers that are going to be jobless tomorrow
The reality of this situation is that we get to sit and think about whether or not we will have a jobs in a few days. This is my greatest fear. Ive barely slept. A bunch of corporate people told us they were closing our store, then they hung up on us. And now we get to suffer.
I was fired because transphobia makes me upset. This year Starbucks dangled trans health benefits in the face of workers to scare them away from joining a union. We don't talk enough about how a crux of their union busting campaign is weaponizing hatred. It's despicable.
They fixed our AC and are being extremely nice to us now. They even let us close early. That's because we stood up last week. Exercising your union strength is scary but necessary. We get shit done!!!
@Navajo_Jackson
How is openly asking and being completely transparent and honest about my finances and what I'm going through scamming people?
You anonymous coward. All you want to do is rile people up and everybody's dunking on you.
$900 in tips from our Wednesday picket for our College Ave Baristas. Y'all are so amazing. Can we do the same for are unionized commons Baristas tomorrow during our picket from 12-2?
Thank you
@brianmurrray1
and other organizers from Buffalo for dropping everything to come support us. Thank you
@IthacaDSA
and
@ithacaTU
for coming out and supporting us, bringing us food, etc. And thank you to CORNELL for not crossing our picket line, and honking for us!!
I've never felt the safety I did as when I was in harmonious action with my union. We fought for each other and faced the absolute worst. They're stoll doing it to the Ithaca organizers but the UNION won't give up. Seize those means.
Here's my final written warning. Tell me 10 consecutive write ups isn't targeted. Anyways I told them I was still keeping the fan on after this so I'm probably losing my job.
Today our district manager did not let us shut off mobiles. He almost never does. We were so far behind I didn't get to take a lunch, which is a violation of NYS Labor Laws. I sent him a text letting him know, and now I will be filing complaints through SB and the DOL.
Hey
@BDayBoysMitch
, they're illegally closing our unionized Ithaca Starbucks. We might all lose our jobs. You hate Starbucks. Can you amplify us? We are fighting for our LIVES in Ithaca!!
Update from the College Ave
@SBWorkersUnited
workers in Ithaca on Starbucks attempting to close their store in retaliation for striking and organizing. If you are near Ithaca please come out Wednesday from 12-230 to support them!
Our own CEO told a partner, "if you don't like it, why don't you go somewhere else? Howard, you will never know what it's like to survive on Starbucks wages... we're paid just enough more than everywhere else to make it hard to leave, but little enough to make it hard to live.
@Starbucks
@TransEquality
What about our union busting store manager who continually misgenders trans partners and has not faced any consequences despite multiple coaching opportunities?
I got exposed to COVID at work and instead of isolating Starbucks just asked me to wear a mask for 10 days (I already do every day). Starbucks COVID measures are WACK and don't have workers or customers safety in mind. Just thought y'all should know as you order.
Starbucks is fucking evil. No corporation that dwindles access to a safe abortion in front of you based on whether or not you're in a union can come back from that. Sick to my fucking stomach. Unions keep people safe. Safety is NOT bargainable. Fuck Starbucks
What this doesn't tell you is that our district was connected with Albany - an area 3 hours away that none of us have or ever will work in - to erroneously inflate our district.
Do you feel heard, partners?
solidarity with striking Starbucks workers. I watched that company let their LGBTQ+ workers down over and over and over. they'd frame their capital gains as altruism, while not doing to protect anybody at a store level.
THEY CANNOT CRUSH AN ENTIRE WORK FORCE
STRIKE WITH PRIDE! Seattle Roastery leads nationwide Starbucks strike over Starbucks’ hypocritical treatment of LGBTQIA+ workers. Over 150+ stores and 3,500 workers will be on strike over the course of the next week.
In 2016 I told a coworker at Target I couldn't risk joining a union because if I lost my job my life was over, in 2022 I lost my job for starting a union. We love growth. I even led a strike this year, something I could not have done without my union.
I appreciate all people saying nice things and defending me. I'm getting brutally harassed by bad faith people. I'm trying to navigate this world and do the right thing. I want to be open and honest about how I feel. It means a lot to have earmuffs to the noise
So, we can't keep drinks in the back room anymore. Never heard this happen at any other Starbucks. We have to wait in line (almost always insanely long at out store) and only get "break appropriate sizes." I am telling you, union busting comes in many different shapes and sizes.
I have started a GoFundMe because Starbucks fired me. They've been trying to get me to quit for months, but I wouldn't do it. So they fired me over TWEETS. Please help, I have nothing. Starbucks cannot keep doing this to us.
@Starbucks
Y'all fired me, a vocal union organizer, because a TERF photoshopped unrelated tweets of me together to make it look like I was threatening our manager.
Instead of me having to fundraise from people that shouldn't have to pay my bills, can SB donate?
I have gotten my final warning at Collegetown. A list of ten things I think. I have told them that I will not remove the blue fan, they are throwing it way because it's not standard. Our store is cooking right now. Every Barista has told me it's too hot.
@coolbeans1898
@TalkingSoup
Managers aren't even supposed to touch tips, what happened here? Was the barista or shift assigned to doing tips told to put these in there? Infuriating.
@Starbucks
My dad was recovering from lung cancer and I was still forced to work throughout the pandemic because taking severance wasn't realistic. I used to go home every day thinking about how you took "essential pay" from us as soon as you could. I literally thought I was gonna kill him
Gee, I wonder why the lawyer Starbucks hired to stop unionizing stores sent us the email telling us we were closing?
Spoiler alert: it's because, and stop me if you've heard this one before...
NEW: We've obtained the email sent to unionized Starbucks workers in Ithaca announcing the closure of their store.
It wasn’t sent by Starbucks. The letter came from Alan I. Model, from the union-busting firm Littler Mendelson. He handles negotiations.
This is clear retaliation.
Sorry for quietness on behalf of the Ithaca Starbucks Workers United Union. We are regrouping and continue bargaining next week. A bunch of us are going to Labor Notes. Love and appreciate all of you.
@dionneflinn
I truly have no idea. I remember them saying it was going to be emptied but this thing has been smelling like a toilet since I first started at my store in late 2018. The last time they came all they did was seal it up.
Starbucks just fired me. A few weeks ago a TERF took three of my tweets out of context and put them together to imply I was threatening my manager. Of our closed store. Today, they fired me for "violent language." I'm in shock....
We will be striking until 7 p.m. tonight at the Collegetown Starbucks. Tomorrow morning we will start again. Please come out to support us if you can, or donate to our GoFundMe in my bio. Or just be loud about it on social media. Thank you so much. Solidarity.
Because of y'all donating to our GoFundMe we were able to strike without fear of losing wages. We are literally fighting for our livelihood against Starbucks. They wouldn't care if we were killed on the job if it didn't mean a lawsuit for them. Thank you all.
Join the DSA!
@IthacaDSA
has been there every step of the way for the Ithaca Starbucks Union -- today while we were on strike they kept our bellies full and got the word out. Every single workers rights violation is a human rights violation!!
Finally got a new job as a pharmacy tech. Holy shit I'm so relieved. Having to live off the kindness of comrades has been dystopian, but knowing solidarity can literally keep a person alive will never be lost on me. Solidarity forever. That shit doesn't go away. AITOIAITA ✊️
Go support the workers on the Ithaca commons. This is what it looks like when workers are in action. 40 workers will be out of jobs in 2 weeks. 40 Union workers. Let's make sure they don't starve.
BREAKING: Workers at a Starbucks in Ithaca, NY have walked out to protest the company’s plan to close all the stores in the city.
Every single store happens to be union.
The strike is happening at The Commons. They do not plan to return to work until their jobs are saved.
Weird because in the last few weeks partners who work at SB and are represented by WU have given me safe masks, driven distances to help supply us with materials, and just asked if I was OKAY. Seems like Partners Helping Partners to me.
It doesn't end. Today I got my first write up for missing two high variance counts (its usually one item the other person missed), and for not using PLAYBUILDER when I was stuck on bar for an hour. I did it and immediately showed her. Then she told me you can't appeal write ups.
@Starbucks
Every friend group has at least one:
☕ The friend who helped me hold our union sign on strike
☕ The friend who knows how to use a megaphone
☕ The friend who brings you food while you strike for safe labor conditions
Happy International
#FriendshipDay
💚
ITHACA COMMONS STARBUCKS will be going on strike today in protest of unilateral our changes made without bargaining, staff shortages, and lost hours. These baristas have been put through hell lately, please spread the word? And will I see you in those streets today at 8:30am???
Hi
@BDayBoysMitch
!!! Benjamin from the illegally closed Ithaca Starbucks store again. Our funds have dried up. we can't keep ourselves paid. We are doing what we can. The Starbucks lawyers even took a two-week vacation. Can you amplify our GoFundMe?
would love to see one of this millionaire hosts wear one of these on stage like Don Cheadle did with "Protect Trans Kids." Unions uphold your industries!! It's why yall get to profit!!
Ithaca, Starbucks just fired one of our original organizing members from The Commons location. The entire team walked out to picket. Come down and support if you are free. Please. This is when being in the streets really matters.
In Ithaca NY Starbucks is trying to force out students and others by denying any leave over spring break & threatening to fire workers if they call out. But amazing store leaders like
@valleyboyboy
are picking up so many shifts to protect jobs. Every one of you are an inspiration
I deeply appreciate and respect everyone who still wears their mask. It's a subtle sign of who is safe to trust, who is still willing to do the right thing.
NEW: A Starbucks in Ithaca, NY has been open for 17 years. It was the busiest Starbucks in the city.
When workers unionized & stood up for their safety, Starbucks suddenly decided the store had to shut down for “business reasons.”
Now workers across the city are fighting back.
Cornell Dining hired me for a coffee shop. Union job that starts at $21. Probably a month out from my first paycheck still, so I desperately need help. But this is a relief for me.
Anybody down to make a flyer for me? I don't have the ability or the talent and we are going to be out here for our baristas on Solidarity Day this saturday. Now that they fired me they have turned me into a public supporter, and damn right we are going to be out there in public
Please. I'm desperately begging for help. I have NO other options. I am still jobless. I am 5 months behind on rent in 2 days. I am struggling to raise much no matter how often I lost. PLEASE. I'm going to be homeless.
You can do a million interviews, and you can have a bunch of important people tell you you're doing the real work, but at the end of the day if you're poor, you are at the mercy of your job. And it's not right. And it has to change.
This is part of Starbucks' guide to union voting in our back room. You should let
@starbucks
know how you feel about directly lying to it's partners about the process of union voting.