A Night Unremembered
13 years ago
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Why Isn't Starbucks Paying More?
I just read an article about some fast-food employees protesting their pay and wanting a $15.00 an hour minimum wage. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is behind the protests which are primarily aimed at McDonalds and Wal-Mart.
That got me wondering... what about Starbucks? So, I looked it up and this is what I found:
Starbucks didn't announce what the new starting-pay rate will be, or how much baristas and shift supervisors can expect to make. However, according to PayScale's Research Center, baristas at Starbucks typically make between $7.63 and $10.63 per hour, and shift managers take home an average of $9.12 to $13.44.Oct 19, 2014
Noting that starbucks promised to increase wages in January of 2015, I looked further and found that things hadn't changed much.
http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Employer=Starbucks_Corporation/Hourly_Rate
So, tell me, why is the SEIU not targeting Starbucks?
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4 comments:
Maybe they favor Starbucks over McDonald's and Wal-Mart?
Or maybe it's because Starbucks leans left.
Because they can't afford to buy the coffee there?
Tom, I can't afford it either.
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