A high-profile labor organizer has resigned from Starbucks, saying the company forced her out because of her union leadership.
Jaz Brisack, a barista who helped lead the unionization of a store in downtown Buffalo, New York — the— said Wednesday that her last day at the company will be Sept. 18. Since that vote last December, at least 238 U.S. Starbucks stores have voted to unionize, according to the National Labor Relations Board.
"Starbucks has deliberately made my continued employment at the company impossible," said Brisack, who has worked at the company for nearly two years.
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