Starbucks Workers Fight for Labor Rights and Unionization

Employees at a busy Starbucks store in Sunnyvale, California, are working to unionize, citing unfair and exploitative conditions, including purposeful understaffing to boost profits and prevent workers from accessing benefits. The workers have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with Starbucks Workers United. If successful, it would be the fifth Starbucks location in the greater Bay Area to unionize. Despite Starbucks' record profits, the company is working aggressively to stop unionizing efforts across the country, according to workers.