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Dave Jamieson: Right around 6 a.m., about 30 workers walked off the job in the middle of a shift after sending around a petition demanding a $3/hr raise. It's not like there are thousands of employees there to absorb the work. High-level mgrs had to fill in.
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Dave Jamieson: Enough workers walked off the job to make a significant impact on the job. They're not in a formal union; it's more of a loose-knit group. Every one I talked to felt they had each other's backs & the courage to walk out.
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Dave Jamieson: The workers really aren't going the route of signing cards to form a union, at least not at this point. There's no kind of formal body. It feels grassroots.
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Dave Jamieson: A bunch of community supporters had gathered & came out in support of the workers, bringing food & music. They asked people not to wear union insignias since it wasn't for any one particular union.
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Dave Jamieson: Some workers were nervous about walking out till they saw all the community support & signs. It was such a large group taking part in walking out that management didn't know what to do.
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Dave Jamieson: I talked at workers in Bessemer, AL, who didn't feel the pay was terrible, but the cost of living is a lot less down there than it is in a metro D.C. area. That same $16/hr doesn't get you as far in Prince George's County, MD, just outside D.C.
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Dave Jamieson: There are apparently a lot of people who disagreed with Howard Schultz about Starbucks workers not needing a union. The company is running a poorly-run anti-union campaign.
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Dave Jamieson: This is way beyond putting out a couple of fires in NY. At the end of the day, Starbucks is going to have to realize they'll have union workers.
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Dave Jamieson: Maybe things have shifted politically & Dems won't be as warm to Howard Schultz as they were before.
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Dave Jamieson: Schultz has always seen Starbucks as such a good employer that they don't need a union. There are worse food service employers out there.
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Dave Jamieson: Schultz & others need to understand there may be other reasons why workers want a union, such as staffing issues & wanting a voice on the job. I think Schultz takes it personally, it stings, when he sees workers trying to organize.
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Take a look at Dave Jamieson's piece on the Amazon workers who walked off the job today:
huffpost.com/entry/amazon-d…
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