First union at Starbucks in the United States: “So that’s what it feels like to make history?” – Release

In Buffalo, New York, employees of the sign voted Thursday for recognition of Workers United, despite a “staggering army” dispatched by headquarters and a union culture still weak in the country.

Is it the allure of the majestic gurgling of Niagara Falls, irresistibly reminiscent of a blonde cappuccino in the process of milk emulsion? Or the reddish and ashy splendors of autumn in this American Northeast sublimated by snow from the first days of December? Or, finally, the remains of an old crush for Vincent Gallo, born and become a filmmaker in the area (the iconic Buffalo ’66, in 1998) ? Something held Rossann Williams in Buffalo for many months, until the last few days. Arrived in early September, the president of Starbucks for the North American continent has since spent most of her time in this city on the borders of New York State and Canada.

Again Tuesday evening, we could meet her trying to undertake the employees of the various shops in Buffalo, tell them about her vacations in Switzerland by mopping or even scrubbing the toilets, with ease. “She pretty much did everything to prove to us that she was like us. Everything, except the preparation of the drinks, of course. Because it requires technical skills, which she does not have as a good manager ”, blew Wednesday James Skritta, an employee aged 34, who also denounces “Constant psychological pressure” since the parachuting of the cumbersome boss.

Thursday, after months of proceedings, a quiet then resounding campaign, backfires, pressure shots and other summons, a sign from the center …