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Alendra 'Len' Harris says she feels validated by the judge's ruling, which she says also backs up the hundreds of similar allegations from other Starbucks workers around the country who have unionized in an effort to get better pay and working conditions.

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[–] Stamau123 163 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Should be backpay and a half at least to make it an actual deterrent, but whatever

[–] FuglyDuck 114 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Back pay, interest. And a whopping fine.

[–] rockSlayer 30 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Republicans are blocking the bill that would allow the NLRB to issue fines for ULPs.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

And of course they are...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Not to mention, re-hiring is kinda bullshit. Who's going to want to feel comfortable working at an employer that fucked them over once already?

[–] [email protected] 141 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I'm sure she's going to have an excellent working environment and management that really appreciates her.

[–] Ghostalmedia 103 points 11 months ago

Yeah, but good on her for fighting back.

I’ve been in a similar position, and can attest to it being something that takes a toll on your energy, mood, and health. The fact that she went to court and is going back is impressive as fuck.

[–] Couldbealeotard 29 points 11 months ago

Some times being the martyr is genuinely useful. She made an achievement, and she isn't obligated to stay afterwards. She could have just moved on without fighting for justice.

[–] ReiRose 9 points 11 months ago

She only has to work one day to get her backpay

[–] TheDeepState 57 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I wish the programming industry would unionize, but it's just not something I see happening any time soon if ever.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Tech people love to think they don't need unions. Unfortunately.

[–] cmbabul 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

IT in general is the biggest industry that has risen to its level of prominence since the heyday of unions. We’ve all been conditioned to be in conflict/competition with our fellow IT workers and also that we’re easily replaceable. Couple that with it being a fairly safe in comparison to mining or factory work and you have the recipe for not unionizing. Ironically only the medical industry would bring the country to a halt with a strike faster than if every support tech, analyst, designer, and engineer walked off the job tomorrow

[–] wabafee 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I understand if Medical Industry just strikes could grind the country to a halt. But for a statement with IT not causing huge issue on day one if everyone in IT industry just strike. Good chance it will affect not just the Medical but also everything else. I think we're underestimating how integrated IT is in our society. Some of those 99.9% uptime servers are basically just 50/50 a day and can breakdown suddenly for little to no reason at all and someone not in the helm or on call to fix those could become a nightmare situation.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Not all of them, I'd love to have a union but it's just not likely to happen.

[–] Suavevillain 33 points 11 months ago

Props to her and all the people fighting for better things. Unions have made some great gains last year.

[–] chocolateo 31 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Starbucks is evil coffee for evil people

[–] Paddzr 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not even good evil coffee!!!

[–] crsu 3 points 11 months ago

If you're going to have evil coffee, it should at least be good

[–] S_204 1 points 11 months ago

The e person in the article is extra evil for getting their job back!

[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago

What about punitive payments to cover mental health, legal and financial costs related to the firing?

[–] Custoslibera 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is the type of person I admire.

Hope she sticks it to them and the rest of her colleagues come to her defence.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah, she's a cool cookie

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Why couldn't Starbucks just ignore the just ignore the judge like they ignored the law?

[–] Stamau123 12 points 11 months ago

Video says they may appeal, which is the next best thing

[–] crsu 2 points 11 months ago

Then they send in Judge Dredd because he is the law

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago

By coincidence, I'm wearing a tshirt supporting Starbucks unionization from last night. It's the rainbow one.

Support here.

[–] nutsack 16 points 11 months ago

shit coffee suffocating small coffee shops doing infinitely better work

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Sounds like a case where they'll shut down the entire location and move across the street.