Starbucks Union

I've never heard of workers earning a bonus for a good snapshot. It certainly doesn't happen in my store. I sort of assumed/was given to understand that the manager gets the bonus.
Thanks for your remarks, Secret Shopper. I for one appreciate the sympathy. :)

how dare they send in people to make sure you are actually doing the job the company pays you for.

I'm a simple barista. I get 45€ each month I or my fellow Partners pass a Snapshot. We pass it every single month.

So either Starbucks works a completely different way over here (I doubt it) or the store team isn't doing their job right.

Califman831,your comments are welcome. I wouldnt worry too much about these Mystery shoppers. If the baristas are doing their very best,every day, to serve their customers with fast and customer friendly service,then that should suffice. Mystery shoppers may or may not give a neutral opinion based on their bias. The Mystery shopper may be a company manager trying to give someone bad reviews in order to fire him/her,especially if they are not Starbucks enough or whose leaning may be towards unionization at Starbucks. I support the Starbucks baristas right to join the IWW Union if they so choose. Union workers, generally speaking, enjoy better wages and benefits than non union workers.

Generally speaking? Ummmm.....the FACTS are quite different.

What facts are different?

Here's FACTS!

Why it Pays to be Union!
Better Wages

Union Workers Earn More

Through collective bargaining, unions have helped raise the standard of living for millions of American workers. There is a distinct economic advantage in belonging to a union and working under a union contract – and particularly under an IUOE-negotiated collective bargaining agreement.

Union workers earn 26 percent more than nonunion workers, according to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. Their median weekly earnings for full-time wage and salary work were $740 in 2002, compared with $587 for their nonunion counterparts.

The union wage benefit is even greater for minorities and women. Union women earn 31 percent more than nonunion women, African American union members earn 29 percent more than their nonunion counterparts and for Latino workers, the union advantage totals 53 percent.

According to the latest available U. S. Department of Labor statistics (see chart 1), union workers earned significantly more wages than non-union workers did. For instance, the average union worker earned $750 per week, compared to only $617 for non-union workers. That’s a difference of $133 per week. For Latinos, other minorities and women, the wage differences for union members versus non-union workers are even greater. For the year 2000, the earnings difference between union and non-union workers was 28%, and average of $154.00 extra per week.

screwstarbucks.com,thank you for posting the "Union Advantage". I totally agree and support the Starbucks baristas's right to join the IWW Union. As the Starbucks Union grows stronger, the working conditions and wages will improve ,as we have already seen in recent wage increases,due to Union pressure.

I have worked in union shops and the workers there had the attitude that their quality of work did not matter because there was nothing management could do to them. We had a couple of people who worked hard and were extraordinary but we could not reward them with increased pay or hours because the union demanded wage and hour fixes. Tell me why unions are good for the worker other than those who have no ambition or drive.

So non union businesses have all good workers?
Why is the workers work ethic the Unions responsibilty?

Come on! America is full of crappy workers! Being in a Union doesn't make a person a good or a bad worker or lazy or not.

Unions are setup to protect all workers . Most of us work in at -will states ,meaning they can fire a GREAT worker the same as a lazy worker , without any reason at all.

With a Union the lazy worker and the great workers have a process that the company has to go through to fire it's employee. Without a Union, good luck!