Starbucks illegally withheld raises and tips from union workers, NLRB says
I am not sure I get the logic here. Labor unions create more structure and rigidity in the employer employee relationship, where everything is negotiated rather than ad hoc.<p>Presumably the employees in unionized stores got some benefits from the union (higher wages, stability? Otherwise what&#x27;s the point of the union.) So they must already have some baseline they negotiated and have been happy with.<p>Starbucks is rolling out a different model to it&#x27;s not structured employee situations, this is both their right since the rigidity of the union isn&#x27;t there, and perhaps it&#x27;s needed there more.<p>As a layperson that &quot;not relying on tips&quot; is a goal that a union should provide (else what&#x27;s the point?) So it&#x27;s weird that they now want those too.<p>Totally get why the union doesn&#x27;t like it but it&#x27;s kinda one sided. You are either married or you okay the field.