In the face of a rapidly changing economy, we stand firm that our rights must be respected. While we appreciate innovation, new technologies should not be an excuse to strip us of our basic dignity or take away our fundamental right to act together to improve our lives.
Read MoreSeattle: Do you know your rights at work?
Are you being paid the minimum wage you should be? Are you getting all your breaks at work? Are you getting your paid sick & safe time? Do you know how much you are supposed to be getting paid?
Read More$15 for Washington!
No matter where you live or what your job is, everyone should be able support themselves, afford the basics, and contribute to the economy.
A $15 minimum wage is a modest place to start. It's good for workers, good for our communities, and good for the whole economy.
Read More$15 for Olympia: It's the Wages
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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.
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