Neha

So after nine months of bargaining, it's December, we're expecting to finish up contract bargaining. And after like a few months of like delaying and not really giving us a counter on wages or benefits, Starbucks like finally gave us a counter proposal. And I mean like counter proposal. It was literally like a page. Yeah.

So after nine months of bargaining, it's December, we're expecting to finish up contract bargaining. And after like a few months of like delaying and not really giving us a counter on wages or benefits, Starbucks like finally gave us a counter proposal. And I mean like counter proposal. It was literally like a page. Yeah.

So after nine months of bargaining, it's December, we're expecting to finish up contract bargaining. And after like a few months of like delaying and not really giving us a counter on wages or benefits, Starbucks like finally gave us a counter proposal. And I mean like counter proposal. It was literally like a page. Yeah.

And their counterproposal was basically no changes to benefits whatsoever and a 1.5% raise if non-union stores received a raise that was less than that. And for context, 1.5% for most of us is 30 cents. So yeah, for nine months, that was the best they could do. Yeah. So it wasn't really a serious like counterproposal. I mean, frankly, it was a fucking insult.

And their counterproposal was basically no changes to benefits whatsoever and a 1.5% raise if non-union stores received a raise that was less than that. And for context, 1.5% for most of us is 30 cents. So yeah, for nine months, that was the best they could do. Yeah. So it wasn't really a serious like counterproposal. I mean, frankly, it was a fucking insult.

And their counterproposal was basically no changes to benefits whatsoever and a 1.5% raise if non-union stores received a raise that was less than that. And for context, 1.5% for most of us is 30 cents. So yeah, for nine months, that was the best they could do. Yeah. So it wasn't really a serious like counterproposal. I mean, frankly, it was a fucking insult.

These sites are directly connected to the broader political situation in America, right? I think that a big issue that trans organizing has right now is that there's not a lot of on-the-ground reaching out, connecting to, mobilizing people people who are impacted by these policies that are like negatively impacting trans people.

These sites are directly connected to the broader political situation in America, right? I think that a big issue that trans organizing has right now is that there's not a lot of on-the-ground reaching out, connecting to, mobilizing people people who are impacted by these policies that are like negatively impacting trans people.

These sites are directly connected to the broader political situation in America, right? I think that a big issue that trans organizing has right now is that there's not a lot of on-the-ground reaching out, connecting to, mobilizing people people who are impacted by these policies that are like negatively impacting trans people.

And so I think the kind of organizing that unions are doing, right, that we've been doing this entire time, right, where we're speaking to people directly, where we're getting them organized, getting them involved, is really a helpful starting point for like turning discontent and turning anxiety and fear around issues into like actual action.

And so I think the kind of organizing that unions are doing, right, that we've been doing this entire time, right, where we're speaking to people directly, where we're getting them organized, getting them involved, is really a helpful starting point for like turning discontent and turning anxiety and fear around issues into like actual action.

And so I think the kind of organizing that unions are doing, right, that we've been doing this entire time, right, where we're speaking to people directly, where we're getting them organized, getting them involved, is really a helpful starting point for like turning discontent and turning anxiety and fear around issues into like actual action.

I think it's like super essential that we have this contract now. We're heading into 2025. We're heading into a frankly pretty fucking scary time for trans people. We need a contract that protects trans healthcare. We need a contract that guarantees better wages. We need a contract if only for the protections that it guarantees workers in terms of like

I think it's like super essential that we have this contract now. We're heading into 2025. We're heading into a frankly pretty fucking scary time for trans people. We need a contract that protects trans healthcare. We need a contract that guarantees better wages. We need a contract if only for the protections that it guarantees workers in terms of like

I think it's like super essential that we have this contract now. We're heading into 2025. We're heading into a frankly pretty fucking scary time for trans people. We need a contract that protects trans healthcare. We need a contract that guarantees better wages. We need a contract if only for the protections that it guarantees workers in terms of like

safety at work in terms of making sure that they're not being taken advantage of at work, right? What Starbucks offered us, again, was an insult. It wasn't a real counterproposal. We're more ready than ever to finish this contract and to have something. But we need movement from Starbucks. We need a serious counterproposal. $0.30 and no changes to benefits isn't going to fucking do it.

safety at work in terms of making sure that they're not being taken advantage of at work, right? What Starbucks offered us, again, was an insult. It wasn't a real counterproposal. We're more ready than ever to finish this contract and to have something. But we need movement from Starbucks. We need a serious counterproposal. $0.30 and no changes to benefits isn't going to fucking do it.

safety at work in terms of making sure that they're not being taken advantage of at work, right? What Starbucks offered us, again, was an insult. It wasn't a real counterproposal. We're more ready than ever to finish this contract and to have something. But we need movement from Starbucks. We need a serious counterproposal. $0.30 and no changes to benefits isn't going to fucking do it.

Right, and I think we're at a moment where we actually have to like... fight for ourselves, right?

Right, and I think we're at a moment where we actually have to like... fight for ourselves, right?