Starbucks Rehires Pro-Union Worker

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Associated Press

(AP) A Starbucks employee who said he was fired for helping to organize fellow workers into a union has been given his job back.

In a preliminary reinstatement agreement dated Aug. 14 obtained by The Associated Press, Starbucks said its firing of employee Erik Forman was "ill-considered and should be reversed."

Forman said he will start back at work on Sunday at the same Mall of America location in Minnesota that he was fired from in July.

When he worked there, Forman said he had been talking to employees at his own store and at other stores in the area about joining the Industrial Workers of the World union.


Read more: http://www.wibw.com/nationalnews/headlines/27725099.html

[BlooInBloo]

1. Thanks for all your posts in Labor forum!

I just noticed that it's almost all you. :)

[Omaha Steve]

2. I've been absent for the most part for a week or so

I do get help in the forum. I'm taking a study break today and maybe tomorrow. Tuesday is back at it. I have to pass my EPA test by January for my promotion. I'm not just only a union shop steward. I'm now also a steward of clean water and protecting the environment.

[OhioChick]

3. Good for you, Steve!

:applause:

I miss seeing you around all the time, though. :(

[ChromeFoundry]

4. I hope he continues... K&R /nt

[trthnd4jstc]

5. I was represented in a shop by the IWW. It was fantastic.

We had a safe work environment. Noone was injured for the 4 months that I was on a job, and not once did the boss ever lie, or abuse us.

[tbyg52]

6. Omaha Steve, you rock!

I know how hard it is to stay away from this place - just please do not neglect your studies! We need you to move up!

[mike_c]

7. yay wobblies!

Organize! Organize! Organize!