For more than a year, Felix Santiago has worked as a barista at a Starbucks near Times Square, and for about half that time he loved it.
It was easy to swap shifts, easy to pick up new ones, easy to get along with supervisors who were largely accommodating.
His rent, $1,000 a month, for a room in a Bronx apartment, was no longer manageable, he said, so he began bouncing around from sofa to sofa, from friend’s place to friend’s place.
“I don’t have to tell you that Starbucks workers get our city moving every morning,” he wrote.
“Their city stands with them in their push for fair conditions and workers’ rights.”But what did that mean in practice?
Persons:
Felix Santiago, Mr, Santiago, Eric Adams, ”, “
Organizations:
Starbucks, Local, Service Employees International Union, City, Department of Consumer and Worker, Workweek Law
Locations:
Times, Bronx