Starbucks is demanding equal time with President Biden after the White House invited a unionizing barista to meet top administration officials — including the commander-in-chief. Laura Garza,…
Laura Garza, an employee who is among thoseThe president invited Garza and 38 other national labor organizers, including Christian Smalls, who led theat an Amazon facility in Staten Island earlier this year.
Vice President Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh convened the meeting, but Biden dropped in unannounced a short time later, according to the White House. Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh met with dozens of national labor organizers at the White House on Thursday.In a letter to a top Biden adviser, Starbucks PR chief A.J. Jones slammed the White House for its “lack of representation” and noted that “a majority of our partners oppose being members of a union and the unionization tactics being deployed by Workers United.
“And our vision is based on listening, connecting, collaborating and engaging directly with our partners.”
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