Starbucks Barista Extraordinaire!

It's her first day. 💕

She was excited about being a pro-union liberal in a non-union store, but already she's more concerned with how the transition to union work is impacting smaller stores, low-level managers, and partner-manager relations, already she knows that her new manager's feelings would actually be hurt if the team unionized "against" the manager. I'm glad she gets to learn these complexities and this nuance in an environment in which her adult livelihood is not on the line.

I don't know enough about unions to advise her, but I suggested an approach might be to ask her manager to support their union efforts, so they can ensure they get as good a manager as she is if/when she ever leaves or gets promoted. They could organize under a current manager, agreeing to shift to union at next manager turnover, could they not?

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