By Austen Erblat | CBS Colorado
Starbucks baristas at the company’s West Alameda Avenue and South Federal Boulevard location in Denver filed for a union election Friday and on Saturday, baristas from across the Denver metro area are protesting outside another Denver location with a list of demands for the coffee giant.
The baristas are organizing after Starbucks unions nationwide have made considerable gains over what workers describe as “unfair labor practices.” It also comes at what the union says is Starbucks’ busiest season.
“I am unionizing for better scheduling practices and to improve work-life balance,” Luis Sanchez Hernandez, an 11-year shift supervisor, said in a statement. “We are proud to join the movement alongside our union siblings on strike this week.”