Thread by @melissamyrna_

ICYMI: The results of #Fresno #Starbucks unionization efforts are in: workers voted 14-0 against union representation. This story has been updated with comments from Starbucks & the worker that led organizing🧵
My latest for @FresnoBee @fresnoland
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Workers announced their intent to organize in April. The store would have been the first Central Valley Starbucks to unionize.
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Maria Rivera, a representative of @WorkersUnited, said the results show "clear evidence of the fact that the will of the workers is being affected by Starbucks’ anti-union campaign, which includes threats, discrimination and the targeting of leaders.”

Benjamin Takemoto, the worker leading organizing efforts, was put on an indefinite paid time off, which he said he thinks was "retaliatory." He was reinstated two weeks later.

A regional director with the NLRB filed over 200 allegations of unfair labor practices by Starbucks in a consolidated complaint; Starbucks said any claims of unfair labor practices against them are “categorically false."

Benjamin Takemoto said he's "shocked" and "frustrated" at the results -- he also said his vote wasn't counted, which he thinks was due to an administrative error related to the mail-in ballot process.

Ultimately, though, he’s “happy his partners got to cast their vote” and he encourages other Fresno area Starbucks stores to exercise their right to vote for union representation.
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