Krempa says her family is inspired to see her continuing the union tradition. So, a female-dominated industry, a labor market where workers are simultaneously in high demand and fighting for better conditions, and rising popularity of union organizing-that’s a recipe for young women to take charge.
Hourly jobs like restaurant work-or serving coffee-are often dominated by women. Public approval of labor organizing has reached its highest level in decades, per Gallup, and three-quarters of new union members across the country are under 35. LaRue Heutmaker, 19, and Maya Panos, 17, are both baristas at a Buffalo Starbucks, and say they’re supporting unionization for several reasons, from the disconnect between Starbucks’ corporate and retail workers to better health benefits. The three activists who spoke to Jane have more in common besides their place of employment: all are Gen Z women. If the vote achieves a majority, Starbucks will be compelled to bargain with organized labor for the first time. More than 100 workers at six New York stores will soon vote on whether they would like to unionize. Krempa, 23, is one of three Starbucks union activists who spoke to Fortune‘s Jane Thier about why they believe the $29 billion-in-revenue coffee chain needs a union. So when a unionization effort started to gain ground at the Starbucks store where she worked as a shift supervisor in upstate New York, she wanted to get involved.
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