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A year under CEO Niccol: Starbucks workers’ long fight for a union contract

Twelve months since Brian Niccol took the top job and promised change, the union and CEO are still at loggerheads

The Guardian - US

US Starbucks workers’ strike expands to 11 states as Christmas approaches

Walkouts have caused nearly 50 stores nationwide to close in five days, says Starbucks Workers United union

The Guardian - US

Decaf Christmas: Starbucks strike expands to 10 major cities during busy holiday season

The walkouts are organised by Workers United, a union representing over 10,000 baristas

The Independent UK

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After Amazon, Starbucks Baristas Strike Just As Holiday Rush Begins

Hundreds of Starbucks baristas are going on a 5-day strike in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle, citing unfair labor practices and stalled negotiations with the company.

Latin Times

Starbucks Baristas Strike In Major Cities Over Contract Negotiations

Hundreds of Starbucks baristas are going on a 5-day strike in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle, citing unfair labor practices and stalled negotiations with the company.

International Business Times

Unionized workers at US Starbucks stores plan strikes starting Friday

Workers at Starbucks stores plan to go on a five-day strike starting Friday to protest lack of progress in contract negotiations with the company

The Independent UK

Starbucks Workers To Start US Strike On Friday: Union

Workers at Starbucks will walk off the job Friday in three US cities in a strike their union threatened could spread around the country in the busy run-up to Christmas.

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Supreme Court, siding with Starbucks, makes it harder for NLRB to win court orders in labor disputes

The Supreme Court has made it harder for the federal government to win court orders when it suspects a company of interfering in unionization campaigns in a case that stemmed from a labor dispute with Starbucks

The Independent UK

Starbucks resumes bargaining amid fresh wave of unionized stores

World’s largest coffee chain agrees framework with Workers United as push to increase unionization continues apace

The Guardian - US

Starbucks Set For Talks With Unionized US Stores

Starbucks is set to hold talks with labor representatives from stores that have voted to unionize in a key step towards reaching contracts, both sides said Tuesday.

International Business Times

Starbucks and Workers United, long at odds, say they'll restart labor talks

Starbucks and the union organizing its U.S. workers say they have agreed to begin talks with the aim of reaching labor agreements

The Independent UK

Supreme Court to Hear Starbucks Appeal on Unionization Dispute

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from Starbucks in a dispute with the National Labor Relations Board over workers' unionization efforts in Me...

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Supreme Court agrees to hear Starbucks appeal in Memphis union case

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from Starbucks in a dispute with the National Labor Relations Board over workers who were trying to unionize a store in Memphis, Tennessee

The Independent UK

Amazon, Starbucks worker unions are in limbo, even as UAW and others triumph

Amazon workers formed their first union. And at Starbucks, 380 stores are unionized, but not one has a contract. But the big, established unions have won big raises for workers.

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Salon

Starbucks wants Gaza boycotts to stop

The recent plea comes in the wake of Starbucks' tensions with Starbucks Workers United and poor holiday sales

Chicago Sun-Times

Starbucks labor report — demanded by shareholders — calls for better training on union issues

Starbucks’ shareholders voted in March to conduct the assessment to see whether the coffee chain was adhering to its own human rights standards.

The Independent UK

In a reversal, Starbucks proposes restarting union talks and reaching contract agreements in 2024

Starbucks says it’s committed to bargaining with its unionized workers and reaching labor agreements next year

Salon

Red Cup Rebels: Starbucks workers strike

Members of the Starbucks Workers United are demanding improved staffing and fair labor practices

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Thousands of Starbucks workers go on a one-day strike on one of chain's busiest days

Workers at more than 200 U.S. Starbucks locations walked off the job Thursday in what organizers said was the largest strike yet in the two-year-old effort to unionize the company's stores.

The Independent UK

Thousands of Starbucks workers go on a one-day strike, one of busiest days of year for the chain

Workers at more than 200 U.S. Starbucks stores walked off the job Thursday

The Guardian - US

‘You can’t beat us’: Starbucks workers to strike in ‘Red Cup Rebellion’

Thousands expected to participate, including actions at non-unionized stores, in latest attempt to pressure company to bargain

WEKU

Starbucks increases U.S. hourly wages and adds other benefits for non-union workers

The company said Monday unionized workers won't be eligible for some of those perks, a sign of the continuing tension between the Seattle coffee giant and the union trying to organize its U.S. stores.

Chicago Sun-Times

Starbucks increases hourly wages, adds other benefits but not for unionized workers

The company said unionized workers won’t be eligible for some of the new perks, a sign of the continuing tension between the Seattle coffee giant and the union trying to organize its U.S. stores. including in Chicago.

The Independent UK

Starbucks increases US hourly wages and adds other benefits for non-union workers

Starbucks is increasing pay and benefits for most U.S. hourly workers after ending its fiscal year with record sales

InsideEVs

Triumphant UAW May Target Tesla, Toyota Next

Tesla is an obvious target as it employs tens of thousands of non-union workers at its factories in California, Texas, Nevada, and New York.

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