One of the 10 principles of the U.N. Global Compact is that businesses should uphold workers' rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining.
Labor unions pushing to organize Starbucks employees this week filed yet another complaint accusing the company of union-busting practices, saying the coffee giant’s membership in the United Nations Global Compact is “self-serving” and does not reflect what’s truly happening.
The Service Employees International Union and its affiliate, Workers United, said in their complaint filed with the Global Compact on Monday that Starbucks SBUX violates that principle. They cited numerous examples, including that since 2020, when Starbucks employees in U.S. stores began to organize, the company has “fired more than 200 union activists and made multiple threats of reprisal against workers if they vote for a union.
“Big companies like Starbucks have a line [they say],” Henry said. “They repeat the line in the face of reality and evidence.” Trull added that “the complaints and [administrative law judge] rulings against Starbucks involve allegations some of which are disputed by Starbucks, none of which are final, and are not equivalent to findings that violations have occurred under the system of adjudication Congress created.”
A few weeks ago, the SEIU and Workers United, along with the AFL-CIO, filed a similar complaint with the International Labour Organization , the U.N. workers’ rights agency whose mission is to promote “decent work” for all.
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