U.S : Put down that STARBUCKS latte and read this.

 

 

 

Starbucks just fired seven employees to stop its workers’ attempt to form a union. Sign Demand Progress' petition and tell Congress to step in and protect workers’ rights!        SIGN THE PETITION                         The workers who Starbucks fired were employed at a store in Memphis — where MLK was assassinated when he marched in support of striking workers.    Employees at more than 54 Starbucks stores in at least 19 states are currently organizing to form workplace unions. Starbucks is surely firing workers to try and stem the tide.    The groundswell happened after a Starbucks in Buffalo, NY won an election to form a union. The momentum is spreading fast, but the deck is still stacked in favor of corporations.    There’s a bill that can help stop corporations from blocking workers’ efforts to form a union. It’s called the PRO Act and it’s stuck in Congress right now.        Sign the petition: Tell Congress to pass the PRO Act!            SIGN THE PETITION           The PRO Act removes a lot of barriers to forming a union in the workplace and imposes harsher fines and penalties when corporate offices interfere in the process. That’s a big deal, because corporations like Starbucks and Amazon go to great lengths to squash union drives.    The Covid-19 pandemic shed a bright light on just how inhumane our economy really is. From low wages, unsustainable schedules, and unsafe workplace conditions for many at the bottom of the economic ladder, and soaring profits, and record-breaking wealth for the handful of billionaires at the top.    It’s time to level the playing field. It’s time to pass the PRO Act.    The PRO Act could be the jolt of caffeine American workers need to start getting energized about forming a union. That’s why Democrats need to push now, while they’re still in power, to pass it.        Sign the petition: Tell Congress to pass the PRO Act!            SIGN THE PETITION           Keep fighting,            Demand Progress.                                               Demand Progress. Does not equal endorsement. Daily Kos, PO Box 70036, Oakland, CA, 94612.