Darrion has been leading the fight for secure scheduling in Seattle. he even hand delivered a letter to Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz asking for the company to do right by its workers.
Read MoreWe need secure scheduling - Grant Medsker
How can you plan your life when your work schedule is all over the place?
Read MoreA barista, a billionaire, and three City Councilmembers
Whether you're a billionaire, a barista, or you have a different job, now is the time to add your voice for secure scheduling. Just fill out our quick survey, and we'll compile the information to make sure people know just how big an issue scheduling is — and how it affects our lives.
Read MoreWATCH NOW: Live online forum on secure scheduling
LIVE THURSDAY FEBRUARY 4TH: Seattle baristas & fast food workers hold online forum on secure scheduling... and call for action.
Read MoreWorking Washington Member Darrion Sjoquist: "I’m a Second-Generation Starbucks Barista. And I Want a Fair Workweek."
Check out Darrion Sjoquist's essay in Medium.com on why he and other baristas are calling on Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to sit down and meet with them to find solutions to scheduling issues.
Read More"This is our second attempt to contact Howard Schultz"
"We're here to discuss issues with scheduling and availability in regards to promises made publicly last August. We'd like to discuss our time, both the time we share with Starbucks and the time we feel every worker deserves to function happily and healthfully.… This is our second attempt to contact Howard Schultz."
Read MoreDear Howard Schultz
Starbucks has been an industry leader on workplace issues from healthcare to education to wages. But scheduling remains an issue for baristas across the country, and more can be done to make Starbucks a better place to work and respect the basic principle that our time counts.
Read MoreStarbucks baristas ask to meet with CEO Howard Schultz, because #ourtimecounts
"We are here because we are partners in this company. We’re here to ask to be spoken to like a partner. We get a lot of conversations about how available we can be. But I think it’s time for Howard Schultz, for Starbucks, for every large corporation, to be available to us, even if it’s just to listen."
Read MoreTall vanilla latte for 'Our Time Counts'
"We hear a lot of talk about how available we can be. It's time for Howard Schultz to be available to us, even if it's just to listen." Instead of memos asking managers to “go the extra mile”, workers are asking to meet with Howard Schultz and develop policies that ensure we all have weeks that work.
Read MoreStarbucks baristas to leaflet customers, co-workers, and corporate executives on 9/29, declaring that #ourtimecounts
Starbucks baristas should have schedules that are as consistent as their coffee. That's why baristas are calling on the company to step up and fulfill its promise to ensure every Starbucks worker has a stable, predictable schedule which respects that our time counts, too.
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