Starbucks Is on a National Union-Busting Crime Spree

The union-busting campaign carried out by Starbucks indicates that the company will not stop until they destroy Starbucks Workers United. The rest of the labor movement has a duty to support the Starbucks union drive — before it’s too late.

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Starbucks has broken labor law in just about every way imaginable. (Naomi Baker / Getty Images)


“No one is above the law” has become a common refrain among supporters of the various investigations into Donald Trump’s many illegalities. In a functioning democracy, they say, even the most powerful people must be held accountable for lawbreaking.

And yet, every day, with little public outcry, corporations like Starbucks and its billionaire CEO, Howard Schultz, are shamelessly violating the law in plain sight, with no fear of facing consequences.

To crush Starbucks Workers United, the worker-led movement that has successfully unionized over five thousand employees and counting at the coffee giant, Schultz and his underlings have broken labor law in just about every way imaginable. This has included spying on and firing pro-union baristas, closing down pro-union stores, and denying raises to unionized workers — all illegal acts of intimidation and retribution.

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