by Emma Davey 
Fresh off the heels of a historic series of union wins for Starbucks stores across the nation, four Starbucks stores located in and around New York City just filed to hold union elections, including the Williamsburg Reserve cafe at 154 North 7th Street.
In an excerpt from a letter addressed to CEO Howard Schultz, the group writes:
“Our location has not been provided with store leadership, instead forcing partners to rely on support from managers…
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If workers want to unionize that’s good (so is it if they don’t).
However, the prices at Starbucks are astronomical re diners and bodegas for coffee type products.
Look for mgt. to raise the price even more now that the workers will ask for better pay, benefits.
Bring a loan application with you. I make a good tasters choice coffee at home for 30 cents. Hipsters tell me it is nothing like a hipster coffee shop. I told them sometimes yes, sometimes no and I don’t have the disappointment of drinking the coffee and finding out they screwed it up and paying $3.50 for a small cup. I would go bankrupt with the amount of coffee I drink. For $3.50 I would want it gold trimmed with show girls serving it to me.