Congresswoman Chellie Pingree Meets with Biddeford Starbucks Workers

Last week, Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree met with workers at the Biddeford Starbucks location to learn more about their issues and support their unionizing effort. Earlier this month the Biddeford Starbucks employees announced their intent to unionize, joining hundreds of Starbucks employees at the company’s stores across the country who have filed for union elections. 

"I firmly stand with them and support the right of workers across the country to organize and form a union," said Congresswoman Pingree.

In a letter to Starbucks CEO Howard Schulz, the workers at Biddeford Store #48490 said the decision “comes from a love for our store and communities.” However, they pointed that while Starbucks’ profits are soaring, the employees are overworked, underpaid and "burnt to the core.” By unionizing, they said said they hope to “rebuild the company that once valued us as partners.”