About five minutes: That’s how much notice workers at the Starbucks on the Country Club Plaza had before the company permanently closed the store. “Starbucks sat the workers that were in this location down and said effective at 3:30 p.m. today (Monday) this store is no longer operating because of safety and security reasons,” said Josh Crowell, a barista at the store at 302 Nichols Road. “That was basically all they all they gave us. Starbucks Corporation believes that we as workers are safer not working here is what they essentially told us.” Crowell was among about 10 workers who gathered Tuesday morning outside the store to protest the closing, saying they believe the true reason the store was closing was that workers were trying to unionize. Read more of the story at the link in our bio ✏️ Robert A. Cronkleton #KansasCity #KCPlaza #Starbucks #Unions