More workers say Starbucks retaliated for union efforts: 'I lost everything when they fired me' [View all]
In April 2022, Hannah Whitbeck, a barista at a Starbucks store in Ann Arbor, Michigan was fired just weeks after she helped file for a union election at her store, which many employees voted in favor of shortly after her termination.
Whitbeck filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board, alleging her termination was in retaliation for union organizing. On 7 October, a judge with the NLRB ruled she was illegally fired, ordering her reinstatement with back pay and the arrangement of a meeting to clarify workers’ rights and how Starbucks broke the law.
“I think it’s abhorrent what Starbucks is doing because ultimately, we are all people, and I know most of us, myself included, relied very heavily on this job. This was my income, and then I was getting schooling, which I lost. I had healthcare, lost that, I had mental health services, I lost that. I lost everything when they fired me,” said Whitbeck.
Dozens of workers have now filed unfair labor practice charges with the NLRB alleging they’ve experienced retaliation for union organizing, including terminations. On 12 October, a NLRB judge ruled in favor of four other fired Starbucks workers in Kansas and Missouri, ordering their reinstatement as well.
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