- Workers at the Starbucks and Amazon Go store in midtown Manhattan filed a petition for a union election on Friday.
- The store generates high volume but also has high employee turnover, according to Starbucks Workers United.
Workers at the Starbucks and Amazon Go store in midtown Manhattan filed a petition for a union election on Friday.
It’s the first cafe that uses Amazon’s cashierless technology to try to unionize under Workers United and just the second of its kind. The store, which is located next to Port Authority and on the ground floor of the New York Times building, generates high volume but also has high employee turnover, according to Starbucks Workers United.
In addition to traditional barista tasks, employees also have to help customers navigate the Amazon Go technology without any additional pay, the union said.
There are currently seven unionized Starbucks cafe in New York City. Nationwide, more than 250 company-owned locations have voted in favor of unionizing, although the pace of petitions has slowed down in recent months.
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Source: Business - cnbc.com
