Starbucks
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Business
Starbucks and Union Restart Contract Talks After Bitter Standoff
The company and Workers United, which represents more than 10,000 of the chain’s employees, broke off negotiation nearly a year…
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Business
Starbucks Franchise Lays Off Workers in Mideast Amid Gaza-Tied Boycotts
Starbucks franchise operators across the Middle East and Southeast Asia are losing significant business amid boycotts linked to the Israel-Hamas…
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Business
Labor Unions End Starbucks Board Fight
The decision to pull a slate of board nominees comes after the company agreed to meet workers at the bargaining…
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Business
Starbucks and Union Agree to Work Out Framework for Contract Talks
In an initial move, the coffeehouse chain said Workers United members would get improved benefits that other employees received in…
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World
Starbucks Baristas Fuel the Working World. But Is Anyone Helping Them?
New York has stood at the vanguard of progressive workplace legislation, yet some Starbucks workers say the city isn’t standing…
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Business
Starbucks Faces New Pressure Over Union Campaign
Amid a dissident bid for board seats and boycotts by activists, the company has sent mixed signals about its willingness…
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Business
Federal Regulators Seek to Force Starbucks to Reopen 23 Stores
The National Labor Relations Board says the locations were closed because of union organizing, violating federal law.
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Business
Starbucks Workers Plan Walkout During Red Cup Giveaway Day
Unionized employees say promotional events like Thursday’s exacerbate staffing and scheduling problems at the chain’s stores.
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Business
Starbucks Union Strikes at Dozens of Stores as Talks Stall
Workers are pressing for a contract and accuse the company of anti-labor tactics. Management blames the union for the lack…
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Business
Why Is Howard Schultz Taking This So Personally?
Howard Schultz did not like the smell of burnt cheese. For weeks in 2007, he stewed about it. At the…