As Starbucks employees begin an indefinite nationwide strike, including at several locations in Colorado, Sens. John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet joined 24 of their colleagues in calling on the Seattle-based coffee company to end its “union-busting” efforts and participate in good-faith negotiations with its employees.
The fifth Starbucks store in Colorado announced plans to unionize during a Monday morning press conference outside the Academy Boulevard and Flintridge Drive Starbucks in Colorado Springs.
Employees at two Starbucks stores in Colorado made headlines recently when they announced that they had petitioned the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for union representation. The store in Superior announced that it had petitioned on Dec. 30, and the Denver store followed suit a few weeks later, on Jan. 27.
