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Looks like it, Starbucks has a tendency to suddenly close stores in areas where unions are attempted. Doesn't seem to matter to them if the store was doing well
by lawlessone 3y ago
Looks like it, Starbucks has a tendency to suddenly close stores in areas where unions are attempted. Doesn't seem to matter to them if the store was doing well or not.
- FireBeyond 3y agoAround here (near Seattle) they are having to explain why the foam floor mats behind the counter used for anti-fatigue were removed as trip hazards, but only in stores attempting to unionize...
- willcipriano 3y agoI destroyed my back working without mats in the resturant industry. Every winter I get back pain and have to use a cane for a few weeks. Use mats if you are going to stand somewhere 8+ hours a day kids.
- sleepybrett 3y agoI have those mats in my kitchen as a normal person who only spends at most a couple of hours in there a day.
- codethief 3y agoWhat kind of mats are those?
- willcipriano 3y agoThey look like this: https://www.amazon.com/ROVSUN-Anti-Fatigue-Drainage-Non-Slip-Industrial/dp/B072KN9CL3 https://www.amazon.com/ROVSUN-Anti-Fatigue-Drainage-Non-Slip...
- codethief 3y agoThanks! So why do you think does it help with your back pain?
- diziet 3y agoDo shoes with absorption work to a similar effect?
- willcipriano 3y agoNot completely, a big part of the problem is resturant floors tend to get wet. When I first injured my back I slipped on a damp greasy floor. If I had a mat like that I wouldn't have slipped.
- ruined 3y agopractically, mats can be much thicker
- silisili 3y agoI'm not going to get into the why's at Starbucks, but I worked retail years ago and one person insisted on having a standing mat, and I tripped over that thing -all- the time. Just get more comfortable shoes. As ugly as Crocs type shoes are, my back pain disappeared when I started wearing them. They don't -have- to be gaudy, I wear the Santa Cruz often which just looks like a typical loafer. They also make 'work shoes', which are apparently loved by nurses...
- redserk 3y agoI've worked behind the counter in a similar job to Starbucks while in high school and college. Shoes were not an end-all-be-all solution. Anti-fatigue mats helped significantly in my case.
- comprev 3y agoIt's a power move to show any store can be shut down, and probably quite an effective method at that.
- notJim 3y agoStarbucks has lost several cases related to NLRA violations. You can find more information searching "Starbucks NLRA", but here are a couple https://www.hrdive.com/news/starbucks-how-we-communicate-policy-unionizing/690704/ https://www.hrdive.com/news/starbucks-how-we-communicate-pol... https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/nlrb-region-3-buffalo-wins-administrative-law-judge-decision-requiring https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/nlrb-region-3-...