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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Aug 24, 2022, 07:17 PM Aug 2022

Starbucks closes unionized Seattle store, transferring operations to QFC

Starbucks Corp. (Nasdaq: SBUX) is closing a unionized coffee shop in Seattle, the company told employees Monday. It's part of a move to transition the store's operations to the QFC grocery store with which it shares a building.

The store at 9999 Holman Road NW will close this week, a spokesperson said. It's unclear when it will reopen under QFC's management.

"This decision will continue the long-term growth of this store and better align with the unique relationship this store has with customers and QFC," a spokesperson for the Seattle coffee giant said in an email.

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The Holman store's closure marks the sixth Seattle Starbucks coffee shop to close in recent months. The other five were closed over safety concerns, the company said. Of the six stores that closed, three were unionized by baristas.

https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2022/08/23/starbucks-seattle-closure-qfc.html

Haven't drank Starbucks since Howard Schultz sold the Seattle Supersonics to the swiftboating carpetbaggers from OKC.

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Starbucks closes unionized Seattle store, transferring operations to QFC (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2022 OP
Also Rebl2 Aug 2022 #1
Unionize them all. Then see if they close them all. 3Hotdogs Aug 2022 #2

Rebl2

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1. Also
Wed Aug 24, 2022, 09:10 PM
Aug 2022

one in KCMO closed a couple days ago in an upscale area called The Plaza. The people that worked there said SB was trying to doing union busting. Actually wasn’t aware that particular SB was unionized.

3Hotdogs

(12,321 posts)
2. Unionize them all. Then see if they close them all.
Wed Aug 24, 2022, 10:53 PM
Aug 2022

Same with Traitor Joe, after the union busting effort in Manhattan.

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