Efforts brewing at UC Riverside and UCLA to evict Starbucks from campuses for ‘union busting’ activities
LA TimesGraduate student Eliana Buenrostro, right, and number of other UC Riverside students rally against Starbucks, claiming company has “repeatedly violated labor law” and is a union-busting corporation took place in front of school provost’s office at Hinderaker Hall. The goal was to present Chancellor Kim Wilcox a petition with nearly 800 signatories calling on the school’s administration to dump licensing agreements with coffee juggernaut Starbucks because of what critics call “union-busting campaigns.” The protest Wednesday in Riverside mirrored a similar action Tuesday at UCLA, where students affiliated with the union-organizing group Starbucks Workers United have been leading efforts to push Starbucks off college campuses. “We want Starbucks off this campus,” said UC Riverside junior Eren Whitfield, an organizer with the group UC Riverside Students Against Starbucks. “This protest isn’t just about the workers on campus but about the actions that Starbucks has taken with its employees across the country,” said Max Ohshima-Li, a UC Riverside senior who’s majoring in political science.
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