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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?

A reporter went to her local Starbucks to find out if this trick really works - and this is what she discovered

Department of consumer and worker protection says coffee chain violated ‘just cause’ protections in dismissing Austin Locke

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams’ administration is suing Starbucks over allegations that the coffee corporation unlawfully fired a Queens barista who had been involved in unionization efforts — marking the first time the city has taken legal action under its landmark “just cause” labor law, the Daily News has…

Surprise move to Seattle comes as global coffee chain faces unionisation drive

Labor Day 2022 comes smack bang in the middle of what is increasingly looking like a pivotal year in the history of American unions.

Laxman Narasimhan is swapping Slough for Seattle and takes up the top job there in April

This Labor Day, we’re thinking about the people who make our picnics possible. People like Marielena, who works in a poultry plant in North Carolina. More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the workers “do not have sufficient time to even disinfect our hands,” says Marielena.

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