Workers at a Starbucks Corp. in Ann Arbor, Michigan, walked off the job again on Friday morning and plan to stay on strike through Sunday following what union organizers call retaliatory measures and a denial of union representation.
The action happened after the company on Thursday fired a colleague and union organizer at the store in the Glencoe Crossing Shopping Center off Washtenaw Avenue. In addition to her reinstatement, employees are demanding the repeal of some other corrective actions against workers and that the company come to the bargaining table to negotiate a contract.
"If anything, they've unleashed a beast with my store," said Sasha Anisimova, 26, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, who was terminated from her job as a partner, what Starbucks calls its employees. "They're displaying it's more than just me. It's a whole union of workers."
