The Starbucks Union Drive Is Slowing Down but Still Moving Forward
A year ago, nobody would have expected that thousands of US Starbucks workers would unionize. But they have. The pace of Starbucks workers' victories slowed slightly last month, but the union is still rolling on.
The Starbucks union drive that shocked the nation keeps chugging on. (Athar Khan / Unsplash)
Every month, I release a report on the Starbucks unionization drive (see May 2022, June 2022) using data from the National Labor Relations Board supplemented by data from More Perfect Union. This is the report for July 2022.
Union Elections and ULP Charges
In July, the Starbucks Union filed 52 unfair labor practice (ULP) charges against Starbucks, bringing the total number of ULP charges to 276. These charges typically allege that Starbucks has engaged in retaliation of one sort or another.
The Starbucks Union won twenty-three union elections last month, which increased the size of the union by around 578 workers. At the end of July, the Starbucks Union had successfully organized 208 stores covering around 5,588 workers.
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