In 2009, progressive Democrats were working on the most significant labor law reform in decades. So in stepped Schultz, then the chief executive of Starbucks, along with the CEOs of Whole Foods and Costco. The Seattle-based chain’s Washington roastery and a half-dozen of its first stores were unionized in the 1980’s by the United Food and Commercial Workers union. There were maybe 120 Starbucks union members back then, estimates Dave Schmitz, who was head of organizing at UFCW Local 1001 at the time. Erik Forman, former Starbucks union activist

Source: Huffington Post February 01, 2019 00:00 UTC