Wednesday, February 15, 2023, at noon (CT) we are welcoming Jaz Brisack, Starbucks union leader
Join us for the next Labor Forward Forum featuring Jaz Brisack, Starbucks illegally terminated union leader. The forum is a free, online series held on the third Wednesday of the month from 12:00 to 12:30 p.m. Each month, a School for Workers faculty member will interview advocates of the labor/worker movement to highlight their important work, celebrate their progress, and learn from their unique experiences. This event is free, but pre-registration is required to receive the webinar link.
Starbucks suffers setback as U.S. officials conclude it illegally forced out union leader Jaz Brisack
Eidelson, Josh, and Bloomberg. “Starbucks Suffers Setback as U.S. Officials Conclude It Illegally Forced out Union Leader Jaz Brisack.” Fortune, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2022, https://fortune.com/2022/12/31/starbucks-illegally-terminated-union-leader-jaz-brisack-us-officials/amp/.
“US labor board prosecutors have concluded that Starbucks Corp. illegally forced out a New York barista who has been a key architect of the union campaign that swept through hundreds of its cafes this year…Brisack, a Rhodes Scholar who got hired at a Buffalo Starbucks in hopes of unionizing it, has been a prominent face of the labor campaign, which notched a landmark victory at her store in December 2021 and has since won elections at around 270 more across the US. Brisack has been employed as the organizing director for Workers United’s upstate New York region since October 2020, a couple of months before she went to work at Starbucks.”