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Read More"This is our second attempt to contact Howard Schultz"
"We're here to discuss issues with scheduling and availability in regards to promises made publicly last August. We'd like to discuss our time, both the time we share with Starbucks and the time we feel every worker deserves to function happily and healthfully.… This is our second attempt to contact Howard Schultz."
Read MoreDear Howard Schultz
Starbucks has been an industry leader on workplace issues from healthcare to education to wages. But scheduling remains an issue for baristas across the country, and more can be done to make Starbucks a better place to work and respect the basic principle that our time counts.
Read MoreSeattle City Council just took a big step to secure workers rights in the Uber economy
It’s unanimous: Uber & Lyft drivers win Seattle City Council committee vote to close $51 billion loophole in right to organize
Read MoreStarbucks baristas ask to meet with CEO Howard Schultz, because #ourtimecounts
"We are here because we are partners in this company. We’re here to ask to be spoken to like a partner. We get a lot of conversations about how available we can be. But I think it’s time for Howard Schultz, for Starbucks, for every large corporation, to be available to us, even if it’s just to listen."
Read MoreTall vanilla latte for 'Our Time Counts'
"We hear a lot of talk about how available we can be. It's time for Howard Schultz to be available to us, even if it's just to listen." Instead of memos asking managers to “go the extra mile”, workers are asking to meet with Howard Schultz and develop policies that ensure we all have weeks that work.
Read MoreStarbucks baristas to leaflet customers, co-workers, and corporate executives on 9/29, declaring that #ourtimecounts
Starbucks baristas should have schedules that are as consistent as their coffee. That's why baristas are calling on the company to step up and fulfill its promise to ensure every Starbucks worker has a stable, predictable schedule which respects that our time counts, too.
Read MoreWhich Seattle City Councilmembers & Candidates Will Sign on in Support of Basic Rights For Passengers & Drivers in the Uber Economy?
Hundreds have already added their names to the passenger/driver Bill of Rights, which spells out basic principles that everyone in the Uber economy should be able to expect — like safe transportation, living wages, open communication, privacy, nondiscrimination, and a voice in the rules. We're asking every Seattle City Councilmember & candidates to add their name too.
Read MoreWith new motion, Alaska Airlines once again attempts to block good jobs from arriving at Sea-Tac
A question for Alaska Air Group CEO Brad Tilden: "What is your plan to ensure all your subcontractors follow the law, including the inflation-adjusted $15 minimum wage, paid sick and safe time, and other labor standards, retroactive to the law’s effective date of January 1, 2014?"
Read MoreAn innovative approach to workers rights in the Uber economy
A Seattle City Council committee is considering an innovative proposal to address the fact that Uber & Lyft take advantage of a loophole to classify their drivers as “independent contractors” rather than employees. By working this loophole, these companies avoid the responsibilities that other employers have to their employees — including basic rights like minimum wage and the right to organize.
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