Designed to be flexible in both scale and detail, Strife is made to simulate dungeon crawls, platoon battles in triple canopy jungle, campaigns between hundreds of thousands of troops lasting months and fleet actions over light seconds of space. No longer do PCs have to be content with a small corner of the battlefield when Strife allows PCs to master the entire war. Occupying the space between traditional roleplaying games and wargames, Strife allows your PCs to become the commanders of their troops and become responsible for every aspect of the war. Are your PCs running from cybernetic assassins in a blacked out urban warzone? Do you need to simulate boarding actions for piracy in the Age of Sail? Do you need a narrative combat system as background for competing organized crime families? Recreating the Battle of the Bulge? Fleet actions in off the Shoulder of Orion? All of these are battles for you to fight and win with Strife, the Roleplaying Wargame. “Stop union busting and show up to the bargaining table,” barista Hailey Cribbs from Bellingham, Washington, told the rally.Strife is what happens when your PCs are in over their head. Hundreds of pro-union baristas and supporters protested outside Starbucks’ Seattle headquarters on Wednesday, according to Starbucks Workers United and video on social media.Ĭhanting and carrying signs reading “seize the beans of production” and “be kind to your workers,” baristas urged the company to increase staffing and schedule the workers for more hours so they could qualify for health insurance benefits.
Unionized employees say the company illegally retaliated against union organizers with firings and store closures. corporate-owned locations have voted to unionize. Since late 2021, workers at more than 290 U.S. Much of the meeting consisted of a video showing Narsimhan’s last six months with the company, visiting coffee farmers, suppliers and cafes around the world, donning a green apron and giving fist bumps and high fives to baristas. Jenkins’ comments “didn’t provide clarity” and were “very vague,” Kron said.īut Narasimhan taking over “is a real opportunity for a pivot” on unions, he said. Jonas Kron, chief advocacy officer at shareholder Trillium Asset Management, one of the investors that made the proposal, said this was the first time he had heard that argument. This represents a much broader commitment than the shareholder proposal requests.” The company did not disclose results of the voting.ĭuring the meeting, acting executive vice president and general counsel Zabrina Jenkins addressed the proposal, saying the company is conducting an independent assessment “that will include a deeper level review of the principles of freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining. Investors voted Thursday on a shareholder proposal for an independent review of Starbucks’ practices on union organizing and collective bargaining. Schultz is scheduled to testify next week before a U.S. It has accused the union of failing to bargain in good faith and the National Labor Relations Board of running unfair elections that favored the union. The company has said it complies with U.S. Narasimhan must contend with the company’s divisive record on labor unions, an issue of increasing concern to politicians and shareholders.
The former PepsiCo and Reckitt Benckiser executive, who joined the company in October, took over on Monday as Howard Schultz stepped down from his third stint as CEO of the chain he helped turn into a global coffee behemoth.
His comments came the day after Starbucks workers walked off the job at 100 stores around the United States, and a video posted by the union on social media showed hundreds of activists marching in protest outside company headquarters.
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