According to Workers United, union delegates representing Starbucks employees rejected the company’s latest contract offer. The offer included guaranteed annual salary increases of at least 2%. In a vote among 490 baristas representing more than 550 unionized stores across the U.S., 81% voted against it.
According to the union, the offer did not include improvements in other economic benefits such as healthcare, nor did it offer an immediate salary increase.
Therefore, they found the offer insufficient to finalize a contract agreement. […] […] […] […] Starbucks, in its statement, said that the draft contract submitted for voting was incomplete and that this was slowing down the process of reaching a mutual agreement. The company currently pays its baristas an average of $19 per hour, and with benefits added, this amount reaches approximately $30 per hour. Starbucks also emphasized that it guaranteed that annual raises would not fall below 2%.] […] […] […] […] […] In contract negotiations conducted through a mediator since February, some provisional agreements had been reached on issues such as health and safety standards. Recently, the parties also took a step towards cooperation by agreeing to withdraw the lawsuits they had filed against each other. However, the union stated that the latest offer was still insufficient.
