Shannon Skinner (she/her)<p>“Howard Schultz’s own family foundation says Starbucks is near the bottom of food and retail employers with respect to how it treats its workers.” In a study of America’s 250 largest companies, funded in part by the Schultz Family Foundation: </p><p>- Starbucks received the lowest possible rating on its pay and frequency of internal promotion<br>- Of the 11 food and retail companies studied, Starbucks ranked second to last regarding pay, promotions, and retention – worse than Dollar Tree, Walmart, Dollar General, and Kroger and just slightly better than McDonald’s</p><p>“Starbucks has engaged in the most significant union-busting campaign in modern history. It has been led by Howard Schultz, the company’s founder and 3-time CEO, who is synonymous with the brand.” </p><p>The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has more than 500 pending cases against Starbucks and NLRB judges have found Starbucks has violated the law over 100 times.</p><p>According to a March 27, 2023, US Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP) report. </p><p> (PDF <a href="https://www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/No-Company-is-Above-the-Law-HELP-Report.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/</span><span class="invisible">uploads/No-Company-is-Above-the-Law-HELP-Report.pdf</span></a>)</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Starbucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starbucks</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/UnionBusting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnionBusting</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NLRB</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/EmployeeRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmployeeRights</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/UnionStrong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnionStrong</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solidarity</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/HowardSchultz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardSchultz</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BoycottStarbucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottStarbucks</span></a></p>