Fresno Starbucks worker pushes for union

[RandySF]

A sword attack, assaults by customers, understaffing, and other issues prompted a Fresno Starbucks worker to warn the coffee chain’s president Friday that workers planned to unionize, joining a nationwide movement.

“We have endured much in our attempts to create the Third Place,” Benjamin Takemoto, of the Marks and Herndon store, wrote in the open letter to Starbucks’ President Howard Schultz, referring to the coffee company’s effort to be known as the social spot between work and home.

he sword attack took place in November when two men began arguing in the parking lot, and one retrieved the sword from his car and attacked the second, cutting his arm. The suspect was arrested.





https://amp.fresnobee.com/news/local/article260682907.html