People keep asking SBWorkersUnited workers like me: Why do you stay at this job? Well, here's my answer.
On a warm summer afternoon, my coworkers and I huddle around a single phone outside of my Starbucks, watching as our union election votes are counted. Everyone has a noise maker gathered from the dollar store between their lips, blowing into it at every time a 'yes' is announced, altering our other coworkers that are inside the building of our results.
Since then, our working conditions have only gotten worse. In my two years at this job, I have experienced a dramatic shift from when I first started. I've watched my coworkers drop from working 30 hours a week down to 15, no longer qualifying for the company's 'incredible' benefits. When we used to expect six people working during our busy morning peaks, we're lucky to have four.
When I tell people this story, the question I am most often asked, and admittedly one I ask myself, is"why do you stay at this job?" If I were to focus only on these points, the future appears bleak, and it would be, if not for the union behind us.
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