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Podcast: Indy Audio
Episode: Fired Starbucks Worker-Organizer Austin Locke Speaks Out Against Union Busting
Description: We look at the ongoing struggle to unionize workers at Starbucks franchises across the US. Starbucks Workers at 316 stores in 36 states have filed to unionize despite Starbucks’ aggressive anti-union campaign. So far, 201 Starbucks stores in 32 states have won union elections. Just 40 stores have lost an election. In retaliation, Starbucks has been union-busting. Among other tactics, they have fired worker-organizers and sometimes even closed down stores. Austin Locke, a key Starbucks organizer, was fired from Starbucks on July 5 just five days after his store on Starbucks at Ditmars Blvd and 31st Street in the Astoria, Queens won their union election 7-4. He...