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I saiah <keyword id="6356986" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="thomas" source="Orion">Thomas</keyword> was only 7 years old in 2008, but he was old enough to understand that his family was struggling. He noticed his parents were around less: They'd go straight to sleep once they got home from work and were out the door first thing in the morning. They were being forced to pick up extra shifts at work to make ends meet, and the lack of family time left an impression on Thomas. "That made an impact on me because my parents worked for a living, and we lived paycheck to paycheck," he said. "And I personally think that all of us in <keyword id="159493" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="gen-z" source="Orion">Gen Z</keyword>, when we experienced that with our parents, we were like, 'Fuck that. We don't want to continue going through that.'" As a young Black man working to organize an Amazon warehouse in deep-red Alabama, Thomas has his work cut out for him. But he's committed to making his workplace better and ensuring future generations don't have to miss out on time with their parents because of job pressures. He isn't alone in his activism. There's a growing wave of labor organizers and reformers in their 20s who have been working overtime across the country to change the workplace. Workers born between 1997 and 2012 have come of age at a time when college degrees <a href="https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-closing-gender-education-and-ideological-divides-behind-gen-zs-union-movement/">no longer promise job stability</a> and <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2022-07-08/inflation-has-americans-anxiety-levels-surging-poll">economic anxiety is high</a>. More than any other generation, these new entrants to the workforce prioritize fair treatment on the job and refuse to bend to exploitative or outdated corporate norms. And now, Gen Z is turning to organizing as a way to stand up to corporate bosses. Recent union drives at varying workplaces such as Starbucks, Amazon, Home Depot, Minor League Baseball, and even North Hollywood's Star Garden Topless Dive Bar have all involved Gen Z workers — and some have been led by Gen Z outright. <h2>'There comes a point where enough is enough'</h2>The internet is littered with <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/28/business/gen-z-workplace-culture.html">articles fussing</a> over Gen Z's alleged distaste for workplace "norms," but young workers are not lazy, entitled, or keen on slacking off — they're simply choosing to reject some of the practices that previous generations were forced to accept. Surveys have found that Gen Zers are less likely than their elders to go along with <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/gen-z-work-five-days-office-173640467.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJq6cUmGCOZIQr54DBDVOH4zRLyJf_i6obZDgNkGYuqoOV4o97NmKBmRXlbB67KLhJNXOSuUgcDpUpa8-VxlACRftXGiqsNLtZcNVYTTHynw2E5XixmKtaIEbqNLxbr6YjYQ7MFSSLBNKJhEZRtJe3lPdAYQ-KK5IBVVITGG9VyV">long hours</a>, <a href="https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/22977663/gen-z-antiwork-capitalism">overbearing bosses</a>, or a lack of <a href="https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220613-gen-z-the-workers-who-want-it-all">boundaries</a> between the personal and the professional. Instead, this new wave of workers is actively pushing back on the behaviors that make the workplace a toxic environment. "When I started at Starbucks, I never understood why I had to deal with the treatment I was given," <keyword id="15428811" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="laila-dalton" source="Orion">Laila Dalton</keyword>, a 20-year-old college student who was <a href="https://perfectunion.us/starbucks-fires-union-leader-laila-dalton/">fired from Starbucks</a> earlier this year after organizing a union in her store, told me. "I think my generation is finally starting to realize that it doesn't matter if you're in the food industry, retail, construction, healthcare, etc., we all deserve to have healthier working conditions." When Dalton would complain about being disrespected on the job or the prevalence of poor working conditions, others would brush off her concerns, saying, "It's the food industry. What do you expect?" But she and her Gen Z peers are not ready to accept that mode of thinking. A recent National Society of High School Scholars <a href="https://www.nshss.org/media/35707/nshss018-report-final-v2.pdf">survey</a> of 11,000 high-school and college-aged people found that Gen Z's highest priorities when choosing an employer were the fair treatment of all employees (across genders and races), followed by quality of life, employer flexibility, and corporate social responsibility. They are also <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-04/should-i-quit-my-job-for-more-money-great-resignation-has-workers-taking-risks?sref=jUG5PqcP">more likely</a> to leave jobs that don't <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@theninthsemester/video/7058733659733462319?is_from_webapp=v1&amp;item_id=7058733659733462319&amp;web_id=7069537873968776709">meet their needs</a> and find better-paying employment elsewhere (though they're not alone in that propensity; <a href="https://www.gallup.com/workplace/231587/millennials-job-hopping-generation.aspx">Gallup</a> dubbed <a href="https://www.gallup.com/workplace/231587/millennials-job-hopping-generation.aspx">millennials</a> "the job-hopping generation"). Put simply, young workers want something better than their parents had and aren't afraid to seek it out. The content creator Jade Carson, 22, <a href="https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/22977663/gen-z-antiwork-capitalism">told Vox's Terry Nguyen</a>: "I want to be in a role where I can grow professionally and personally. I don't want to be stressed, depressed, or always waiting to clock out." Younger workers have spent their lives facing crises from climate disasters to the erosion of reproductive rights. <keyword id="15428810" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="rebecca-givan" source="Orion">Rebecca Givan</keyword>, an associate professor of labor studies and employment relations at Rutgers University, told me that as a result, they were far more likely to speak out against injustice. "They are used to holding power accountable, and they understand the deep flaws in the system," she said. "These workers are demonstrating that they will not accept a lack of voice in the workplace, or employers who pay lip service to progressive values and then fall woefully short." As Jun Shin, a 23-year-old labor activist in Honolulu, put it: "There comes a point where enough is enough." Quitting isn't for everyone, though, and many young workers have opted to create change from within instead, whether that's been by workplace activism or unionizing. "Young workers are open to finding ways to make their workplaces and jobs better, especially if they could not afford to quit and find another job," Shin told me. As Jacqui Germain recently wrote in <a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/gen-z-most-pro-union">Teen Vogue</a>, a <a href="https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-closing-gender-education-and-ideological-divides-behind-gen-zs-union-movement/">new report</a> from the Center for American Progress labeled Gen Z "America's most pro-union generation," and its members have spent the past two years flexing their collective muscle on the picket lines and at the bargaining table. "A lot of us in Gen Z are saying we need an alternative, something that actually gives us a voice, something that's a mechanism to implement some kind of change," Thomas told me. "And so we're like, the union is the way to go because these companies are not offering us anything." <h2>'I'm not going to stop fighting anytime soon'</h2>Jonah Furman, the former national labor organizer for Sen. Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign and a staff writer and organizer for Labor Notes, points toward the upswing in union-election petitions as a sign that the young generation is turning to labor organizing as an outlet for its political energy. The number of new filings at the National Labor Relations Board, which oversees union elections, has jumped significantly. <a href="https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/election-petitions-up-53-board-continues-to-reduce-case-processing-time-in">According to new data</a>, 2,510 union-representation petitions have been filed in 2022, which represents a hike of 53% from 2021 and is the highest number of petitions filed since 2016. In September, Gallup found a whopping <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/354455/approval-labor-unions-highest-point-1965.aspx">77% of adults ages 18 to 34</a> approved of unions (compared with 68% overall). And many members of the "pro-union" generation have been at the <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/21/economy/gen-z-young-workers-union">forefront</a> of the current organizing wave. <div type="image" title="starbucks amazon union rally" height="2401" width="3205" msid="95281922" hostid="261"></div>"Not only are young workers pro-union, but they're actively turning to the NLRB to assert that stance, which is pretty unheard of," Furman told me. While other generations challenged the status quo using other means of dissent or protest, Furman said Gen Z was "turning to union-authorization cards and unfair-labor-practice charges." And while identity markers like race, gender, and country of origin have long been used by employers to drive divisions in the workplace and prevent organizing, Gen Z isn't biting. According to the Center for American Progress report, the <a href="https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-closing-gender-education-and-ideological-divides-behind-gen-zs-union-movement/">racial and ethnic diversity</a> that characterizes the generation has contributed to an uptick in support for unions, and even across a highly polarized political divide, Gen Z's gap in union support between Democrats and Republicans is the <a href="https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-closing-gender-education-and-ideological-divides-behind-gen-zs-union-movement/">narrowest</a> of any generation. As Thomas told me, a union makes it clear that "this bigotry shit is just meant to divide us so that the employer class can continue making as much profit as they want to." He added: "I'm not going to stop fighting anytime soon." Every new generation forges its own relationship with the powers that be, and Gen Z has made it quite clear which side it's on. As a loudly pro-worker, pro-union cohort, it's saying no to exploitation and standing up against corporations that want to grind them down the same way they did with these young workers' parents and grandparents. <h2>Rethinking the worker-boss struggle</h2>Since Gen Z is perhaps America's most online generation, it's no surprise that young organizers have found success using platforms like Twitter and TikTok as organizing tools to educate labor-curious workers. "We're tired of the lack of political action from those who supposedly represent us," Elise Joshi, 20, told me. "We shouldn't be handing our life away for a CEO that couldn't care less about us." Joshi is the acting executive director of Gen-Z for Change, a youth-led nonprofit that works with a network of 500 online creators and activists to promote "civil discourse and political action" around issues like the climate crisis, reproductive rights, voting, and workers' rights. The organization has also been taking on corporations trying to screw over their workers. In one notable example, when the grocery giant Kroger was attempting to hire replacement workers ahead of a strike, the digital strategist <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/93bv45/tiktok-script-ralphs-scab-fake-applications" target="_blank">Sean Wiggs</a> wrote a script of code that was used to flood its careers website with bogus applications to keep the scabs out. "We're using creative tactics that we've learned from growing up in the digital age, from social media to online scab campaigns," Joshi said. TikTok, in particular, has proved <a href="https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/22977663/gen-z-antiwork-capitalism">a powerful tool</a> for organizations like Joshi's and individual content creators to <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-army-union-busters-amazon/">spread pro-union messages</a> and <a href="https://www.mic.com/life/tiktokers-new-labor-movement">educate their peers</a> about their rights as workers. Unlike some older union members, who may prefer to focus solely on "bread and butter" economic issues, younger workers understand the need to take a more intersectional and inclusive approach to bring in as many workers as possible to their cause. Instead of focusing solely on better pay, Gen Z organizers are also fighting for racial justice, trans rights, and reproductive freedom, recognizing that economic well-being comes from more than a paycheck. "It's obvious to Gen Z how all of the issues are connected, and how in order to combat one issue, we must address them all," Joshi said. Givan, the Rutgers' employment-relations professor, sees this surge in youth-led organizing as a significant moment for labor, and one that may have a lasting influence on the workforce as Gen Zers continue in their careers. "Many of them may go on to organize in their next jobs as well," she said. The current US labor movement is stronger, and more digitally savvy, thanks to Gen Z's contributions. And because of this new generation of activists, the future of the American working class is shining a little brighter than it was only a few short years ago. Because if there is one quality that Gen Z has in spades, it is audacity — and no mass movement has ever succeeded without it. As Shin summed up: "Young workers have decided to make a very simple demand, which the Irish socialist and trade unionist James Connolly put best: 'For our demands most moderate are, we only want the earth.'" <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/author/kim-kelly">Kim Kelly</a> is an independent journalist, organizer, and author of the book <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Fight-Like-Hell/Kim-Kelly/9781982171056" target="_blank">FIGHT LIKE HELL: The Untold History of American Labor</a>.

Gen Z's not lazy — they're just refusing to put up with the toxic work culture that boomers created

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A Phoenix <keyword id="11897508" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="starbucks" source="Orion">Starbucks</keyword> store is facing a federal complaint for retaliation against unionizing employees.</li><li>Laila Dalton and Alyssa Sanchez both say they were retaliated against for supporting the <keyword id="11897816" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="union" source="Orion">union</keyword>. </li></ul>Employees at a Starbucks in Arizona, who began unionizing earlier this year, allege the coffee giant has engaged in a pattern of retaliation for organizing – leaving workers with cut hours, threats and harassment, and the loss of their jobs.While waiting for a hearing regarding a complaint they filed with the National <keyword id="11910050" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="labor" source="Orion">Labor</keyword> Relations Board about the poor treatment, employees who remain at the store say working conditions inside are getting worse. "Things have really started to shift and change and now I'm at the point where like, this job is causing my mental health to be at such a low point. I think the lowest it's ever been in my entire life," Tyler Gillette, a Starbucks employee of two and a half years, told Insider.Gillette is an experienced training barista who worked at several locations before helping to open the Scottsdale &amp; Mayo location in Phoenix, Arizona, last year.Gillette, as well as three other current and former employees of the location, said a change in management at the end of 2021 signaled a shift in working conditions. The once warm and friendly environment turned cold and rigid. Suddenly, scheduling accommodations were denied, requests for days off were left pending, and management began "cracking down" on every little rule.Several employees, inspired by <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/starbucks-union-votes-counted-today-in-buffalo-2021-12">unionization at Starbucks locations in Buffalo</a>, began to discuss organizing their store earlier this year.Laila Dalton, a 19-year-old former barista at the Phoenix store, is a vocal advocate of unionizing at her location but says retaliation began almost immediately after beginning to publicly organize – and eventually led to her being fired. "After I handed out the ballot cards, on my next shift I was punished, basically for wanting to start a union and create a better work environment so we can all have a voice," Dalton told Insider. The harassment increased — one coworker said Dalton had "a target on her back" — with Dalton, a supervisor on the floor with no extensive history of disciplinary action, being written up for infractions like wearing headphones after closing, "improper call outs" for absences while in the hospital and after her aunt died, and recording the meetings where she said she was harassed to tears. <div type="image" title="Starbucks union supporters protest for Laila Dalton's reinstatement." height="1238" width="1650" msid="90897758" hostid="261"></div><h2>Federal union-busting complaints</h2>Dalton, as well as Gillette and their coworkers Alyssa Sanchez and Bill Whitmire, filed <a href="https://www.nlrb.gov/case/28-CA-289622">a complaint</a> with the National Labor Relations Board on January 26, <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/starbucks-union-phoenix-arizona-b2037649.html">alleging</a> Starbucks had violated federal law by retaliating against union supporters.In its March 29 <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21615455-nlrb-2022-000834_final-records?responsive=1&amp;title=1">response to the complaint</a>, Starbucks denied all allegations of retaliation made by employees of the Arizona store. Starbucks Workers United, a growing union effort that began with Buffalo, New York, Starbucks employees, has filed more than 20 complaints alleging similar retaliation directed toward union supporters.As union efforts have gained steam at <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/starbucks-workers-in-buffalo-union-vote-results-2021-12">Starbucks</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/22/business/starbucks-union-seattle.html">locations</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/list-of-starbucks-stores-reported-to-be-pushing-to-unionize-2021-12">nationwide</a> — with multiple stores <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ubs-labor-environment-not-seen-decades-unions-union-organizing-2022-4">voting unanimously</a> to unionize — the coffee company has faced increasing reports and formal complaints regarding <a href="https://www.wbfo.org/business-economy/2022-03-06/buffalo-area-starbucks-workers-allegations-against-the-company-and-how-the-nlrb-might-handle-it">union-busting tactics</a> and <a href="https://www.nlrb.gov/case/28-CA-292326">retaliation</a>. In Memphis, Tennessee, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/starbucks-union-organizers-fired-in-memphis-2022-2">seven would-be union workers were fired</a> for what Starbucks called "safety" reasons after they invited press to a closed store to discuss their efforts.In Buffalo, at least two stores that attempted to unionize were closed entirely, which <a href="https://buffalonews.com/business/local/starbucks-has-closed-two-stores-that-tried-to-unionize-and-says-its-a-coincidence/article_f26c6e66-2c57-11ec-a67b-a7b1e4d31b59.html">Starbucks said was a coincidence</a>.At the store in Phoenix, two union organizers are facing cut hours, one had her hours cut down until she had to find a new job, and Dalton was fired in what she calls "100% retaliation" for organizing. Dalton's firing was not included in the original complaint of retaliation. A Starbucks spokesperson told Insider: "Any partner's interest in a union does not exempt them from the standards we've always held. We will continue enforcing our policies consistently for all partners. And any claims of anti-union activity are categorically false.""We are 100% committed to following the <keyword id="12061259" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="nlrb" source="Orion">NLRB</keyword> process," the spokesperson added.<h2>Starbucks prepares for union fight</h2>For its part, Starbucks appears to be preparing for increased union activity. The coffee chain recently <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/starbucks-hires-strategy-chief-baristas-join-unions-2022-4">hired a new strategy chief</a> as unionization efforts ramp up across the US and on Wednesday began advertising for an in-house lawyer with experience in 'strike contingency planning.' In an April 4 Town Hall meeting, his first since returning to Starbucks as CEO and the same day Dalton was fired, <a href="https://perfectunion.us/starbucks-barista-challenges-ceo-howard-schultz-at-secret-meeting/">Howard Schultz</a> said the company was being "assaulted in many ways by the <a href="https://www.nrn.com/workforce/starbucks-founder-and-interim-ceo-howard-schultz-says-companies-are-being-assaulted-threat">threat of unionization</a>."While Dalton remains active in trying to organize the Phoenix store and hopes to be reinstated following the results of the NLRB hearing on June 14, she says workers who remain at the store have been telling her how much worse work has been since the union effort has gained more attention."Everyone is texting me, keeping me in the loop. And I mean it sounds like they're really trying to intimidate them," Dalton told Insider. "They're starting to take people one by one, starting to ask them if they have any questions about why I got fired, or any questions about how to vote, on how to vote on the ballot."<h2>A reinstatement rally</h2>Sanchez left Starbucks after her managers declined to accommodate her schedule, which she said was directly related to organizing. While she didn't want to leave her position and was never officially fired, she said her hours were cut until she couldn't afford to continue working with the company and found a new job. Whitmire, a supervisor and union committee member, remains at the Phoenix location but says the store environment has become hostile and his hours are being cut down from full-time to part-time.Gillette told Insider the company appears to be doing something similar to them. Both employees previously had consistent schedules of over 30 hours to make ends meet. Since publicly supporting the union, both have had their hours cut nearly in half."I'm at the point where I have to for my own well being I have to really consider quitting, which is exactly what they want — and they've done this to so many other people; pushed them to the point where it's like, for their livelihood and for their sanity, they have to quit. We have to quit," Gillette said.<div type="image" title="Starbucks union supporters protest for Laila Dalton's reinstatement." height="1385" width="1846" msid="90897760" hostid="261"></div>In addition to the cut hours, Gillette — who is transgender and autistic — said they are now also facing increased harassment about their gender and disability since publicly supporting the union. Coworkers and managers now consistently misgender them and they said they were forced to take a two-week leave of absence until they could get medical documentation that said they were cleared to work after requesting accommodations to make their shifts more comfortable. "It's causing my mental health to really suffer. It's messing with my livelihood. I wasn't able to pay rent this month. So now if I don't figure something out by the end of this month, I'm gonna be homeless because Starbucks is royally screwing me over," Gillette said. At the Arizona location, despite the impacts of the managerial crackdown on former and current staff, union support has been increasing. Employees and regular customers of the store held a reinstatement rally on behalf of Dalton on April 6 and the remaining workers are holding an official union vote this week. Ballots are due April 19 and the store should know if its union efforts were successful within two weeks after that. "They could try this on me. I'm not scared. I still have a smile on my face. I still know that I will be back and I am confident about this election because it doesn't really matter what management does," Dalton said. "We have such a great team and we love each other so much."

Starbucks employees detail pattern of corporate retaliation for their unionization efforts in Arizona

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Employees of a <keyword id="12189511" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="phoenix" source="Orion">Phoenix</keyword> <keyword id="11897508" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="starbucks" source="Orion">Starbucks</keyword> location said the company retaliated after they tried to unionize. </li><li>They filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board. </li></ul>The National Labor Relations Board filed a petition in federal court for Starbucks to rehire three <keyword id="11907754" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="arizona" source="Orion">Arizona</keyword> employees who say they were removed for unfair labor practices, the agency <a href="https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/nlrb-files-in-federal-court-seeking-immediate-reinstatement-for-three">announced</a> on Friday. The <keyword id="12061259" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="nlrb" source="Orion">NLRB</keyword>'s Phoenix Director Cornele Overstreet asked the court for an injunction that would require Starbucks to reinstate three employees with their usual schedules and accommodations, and expunge disciplines from their records. The employees say they were either illegally discharged, forced out, or placed on unpaid leave for union involvement, the NLRB said. "Employees have the fundamental right to choose whether or not they want to be represented by the union without restraint or coercion by their employer," Overstreet said in a statement. "The faith of Starbucks employees nationwide in workplace democracy will not be restored unless these employees are immediately reinstated under the protection of a federal court order." Employees at a Starbucks in Arizona that began unionizing this year previously told <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/starbucks-employees-face-retaliation-for-unionization-in-arizona-2022-4">Insider's Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert</a> that the company has engaged in a pattern of retaliation for organizing. Laila Dalton, a 19-year-old former barista at a Phoenix Starbucks, told Insider that she was fired after publicly organizing. Dalton said the retaliation began as soon as the union effort went public. Dalton, alongside other co-workers, filed <a href="https://www.nlrb.gov/case/28-CA-289622">a complaint</a> with the NLRB in January claiming the coffee giant violated federal law by retaliating against unionizing employees.Starbucks locations across the country are increasingly participating in a nationwide unionizing effort across the coffee chain. In December, a Buffalo, New York location became the first company-owned Starbucks store in the US that <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/starbucks-workers-in-buffalo-union-vote-results-2021-12">voted to unionize</a>. Several other locations across the country have voted to unionize since then, including stores in Virginia, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Washington.

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