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Starbucks workers begin strikes that could spread to hundreds of US stores by Christmas Eve
3 days, 9 hours ago

Starbucks workers begin strikes that could spread to hundreds of US stores by Christmas Eve

Associated Press  

Workers at Starbucks stores began a five-day strike Friday to protest lack of progress in contract negotiations with the company. Starbucks Workers United, the union organizing Starbucks’ baristas, said at least 10 locations were closed down as of midday Friday. Workers at 535 company-owned U.S. stores have voted to unionize, but Starbucks has nearly 10,000 company-owned U.S. stores Starbucks Workers …

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As Starbucks CEO, Howard Schultz violated labor law with barb at Long Beach barista, labor board finds
2 months, 2 weeks ago

As Starbucks CEO, Howard Schultz violated labor law with barb at Long Beach barista, labor board finds

LA Times  

Former Starbucks Chief Executive Howard Schultz acted unlawfully when he told an employee, “If you’re not happy at Starbucks, you can go work for another company,” the National Labor Relations Board has found. Howard Schultz, who had just begun his third stint as the company’s chief executive, became irritated and shot back: “If you’re not happy at Starbucks, you can …

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Efforts brewing at UC Riverside and UCLA to evict Starbucks from campuses for ‘union busting’ activities
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Efforts brewing at UC Riverside and UCLA to evict Starbucks from campuses for ‘union busting’ activities

LA Times  

Graduate student Eliana Buenrostro, right, and number of other UC Riverside students rally against Starbucks, claiming company has “repeatedly violated labor law” and is a union-busting corporation took place in front of school provost’s office at Hinderaker Hall. The goal was to present Chancellor Kim Wilcox a petition with nearly 800 signatories calling on the school’s administration to dump licensing …

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Brewing change: The impact of the 2023 Starbucks boycotts on the labor movement
1 year ago

Brewing change: The impact of the 2023 Starbucks boycotts on the labor movement

Salon  

Early last month, Starbucks Workers United organized what it described was the largest work stoppage in Starbucks history. Thousands of workers at more than 200 Starbucks locations nationwide went on strike on “Red Cup Day,” an annual promotion that’s also one of the most infamously understaffed days for the coffee chain’s baristas. Last year, unionized workers also went on strike …

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Company bosses and workers grapple with the fallout of speaking up about the Israel-Hamas war
1 year, 2 months ago

Company bosses and workers grapple with the fallout of speaking up about the Israel-Hamas war

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Starbucks accused a union representing thousands of its baristas of damaging the brand and endangering co-workers with a pro-Palestinian tweet. In a LinkedIn post and a letter to employees, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said he has been constantly on the phones with friends and relatives in Israel and expressed his horror at hearing of “civilians of all …

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Starbucks, Workers United union sue each other in standoff over pro-Palestinian social media post
1 year, 2 months ago

Starbucks, Workers United union sue each other in standoff over pro-Palestinian social media post

Associated Press  

Starbucks and the union organizing its workers sued each other Wednesday in a standoff sparked by a social media post over the Israel-Hamas war. Starbucks sued Workers United in federal court in Iowa Wednesday, saying a pro-Palestinian social media post from a union account early in the Israel-Hamas war angered hundreds of customers and damaged its reputation. Starbucks is suing …

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Column: How touchy-feely Starbucks became the poster child for illegal union-busting
1 year, 9 months ago

Column: How touchy-feely Starbucks became the poster child for illegal union-busting

LA Times  

Few American companies strive to project as warm and welcoming an image as Starbucks, in its treatment of customers and workers alike. That may have ended with a ruling last week by a National Labor Relations Board judge, who cited the coffeehouse chain for “hundreds of unfair labor practices” amounting to “egregious and widespread misconduct demonstrating a general disregard for …

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Starbucks Committed ‘Substantial’ Violations To Defeat Union: Feds
1 year, 11 months ago

Starbucks Committed ‘Substantial’ Violations To Defeat Union: Feds

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Federal labor officials say Starbucks broke the law repeatedly during a union organizing campaign in Florida and should be forced to bargain with the workers there. He said compelling Starbucks to bargain with the Estero workers was the only certain way to rectify the situation, given the company’s “serious and substantial violations.” “Requests for a bargaining order …

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Starbucks unionization effort explodes as 200 stores seek elections despite company's scorched-earth strategy
2 years, 8 months ago

Starbucks unionization effort explodes as 200 stores seek elections despite company's scorched-earth strategy

Raw Story  

We speak with Starbucks Workers United organizer and barista Jaz Brisack on the growing Starbucks union drive that has swept across 30 U.S. states since she helped successfully organize the first U.S. unionized location in Buffalo, New York, last December. Brisack also talks about Amazon’s first union in Staten Island, New York, saying the move “shows we as workers and …

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Starbucks workers form first-ever union in company history
3 years ago

Starbucks workers form first-ever union in company history

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In his first public comments following …

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