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Starbucks founder’s testimony before U.S. Senate committee will be an accountability moment for coffee chain on alleged union busting.

Capital & Main

Schultz resigns ahead of Senate grilling

Schultz is slated to testify before Bernie Sanders’s Senate HELP Committee next week

Salon

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

Few American companies strive to project as warm and welcoming an image as Starbucks, in its treatment of customers and workers alike.

Los Angeles Times

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Starbucks CEO to testify before Senate over opposition to stores unionizing

Bernie Sanders had threatened to subpoena Howard Schultz if he refused to appear while workers file unfair labor practice charges

The Guardian - US

Two Philly baristas were fired after leading organizing efforts. Now Starbucks must rehire them and give back pay

Two Philadelphia Starbucks baristas who were fired in 2020 after helping to launch an organizing effort have won their jobs back, as well as back pay, the National Labor Relations Board has decided.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Starbucks refused union contract talks at 21 cafes, NLRB says

Starbucks Corp. has illegally refused to negotiate at 21 recently unionized cafes in Washington state and Oregon, US labor board prosecutors alleged in a complaint.

Tribune News Service

Bernie Sanders backs Starbucks workers starting three day strike at 100 US stores

CEO Howard Schultz local coffeeshop among those closed as part of action

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Starbucks workers plan a 3-day walkout at 100 U.S. stores in a unionization effort

More than 1,000 baristas are planning to walk out, according to Starbucks Workers United. More than 264 of Starbucks' 9,000 company-run U.S. stores have voted to unionize since late last year.

WEKU

At 1st anniversary, Starbucks, union workers face reality check

SEATTLE — Starbucks workers and supporters rallied in major cities across the country Friday to celebrate the anniversary of the first unionized store in Buffalo, New York.

Tribune News Service

Workers at over 100 US Starbucks stores strike on ‘Red Cup Day’

Strike was launched to protest against Starbucks’ failure to bargain with unionized stores and failure to adequately staff stores

The Guardian - US

Starbucks workers strike at over 100 stores on Red Cup Day

The protests come on Red Cup Day, one of the most popular days of the year for the coffee giant.

Axios

On Red Cup Day, thousands of Starbucks workers go on strike

Hardcore Starbucks fans eagerly await the day the coffee company gives out limited-edition holiday cups. The union organizing Starbucks workers hope those same customers will help support their cause.

WEKU

Starbucks workers plan strikes at more than 100 US stores

Starbucks workers at more than 100 U.S. stores say they're going on strike Thursday

The Independent UK

Ex-Starbucks manager claims he was told to punish pro-union staff: ‘I didn’t want to do illegal stuff’

The company has been accused of union-busting tactics at stores across the country

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The Independent UK

Starbucks barista claims he was fired for wearing suicide awareness pin in honour of former co-worker

Starbucks spokesperson said barista was fired for ‘refusal to abide by dress-code policy’

The Independent UK

Starbucks barista claims he was fired for wearing suicide awareness pin in honour of former co-worker

Starbucks spokesperson said barista was fired for ‘refusal to abide by dress-code policy’

Salon

Starbucks accused of union retaliation

"Their goal is to retaliate against and punish union stores," said Starbucks Workers United

Bangkok Post

Starbucks Interim CEO Maps Out Rebound for Coffee Chain

Starbucks Corp. interim chief executive Howard Schultz outlined a wide-ranging revamp of the coffee chain on Tuesday, ranging from cafe upgrades to expanded employee benefits, which he said is necessary to put the company on track for a turnaround by 2024.

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Chicago Sun-Times

After years of decline, labor is experiencing a resurgence

The new generation of youthful activists are fighting for better wages and working conditions, but they’re also united in their common struggle for dignity and humane treatment on the job.

Financial Times

US trade unions: Inside the revival brewing at Starbucks

The grassroots effort to organise workers at the coffee chain has spread to over 200 stores. Can it re-energise the labour movement in the US?

The Guardian - US

Starbucks creating ‘culture of fear’ as it fires dozens involved in union efforts

More than 85 workers heavily involved in organizing at coffee chain dismissed in recent months, says Starbucks Workers United

WEKU

Starbucks must rehire 7 Memphis employees who supported a union, a judge says

The first Starbucks union was formed in Buffalo, N.Y. a year ago, launching what has since become a nationwide organizing campaign

WEKU

Starbucks asks for a nationwide pause in mail-in union votes, alleging misconduct

In a letter shared with NPR, the company alleges that labor board personnel exploited "weaknesses in the mail-ballot election process" to help union organizers.

The Guardian - US

A New York Starbucks abruptly closed – was it retaliation for a union drive?

Workers in Ithaca say closure represents pure opposition from Starbucks, whose CEO says he will ‘never embrace the union’

Chicago Tribune

Starbucks baristas vote to unionize another Chicago cafe

Baristas at a Starbucks in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood voted nearly unanimously to unionize Tuesday, making their store the fourth unionized Starbucks in the city.

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