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News Articles: starbucks workers united

Starbucks workers including barista Kat Ramos stand with striking SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild of America members on the picket line in solidarity outside Netflix studios on July 28, 2023 in Los Angeles, Calif.

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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.

December 26, 2023
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
A member of the Starbucks Workers union wears a "solidarity brewing" pin at a rally for improved working conditions on May 1, 2023.

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Starbucks workers protest delayed union negotiations

Starbucks workers rallied at the company’s regional corporate office in Atlanta on Monday to hand over a list of demands for better working conditions at the coffee giant.

May 02, 2023
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
Sen. Bernie Sanders (left) will question Howard Schultz, who recently stepped down as Starbucks CEO, on the company's resistance to its workers unionizing.

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  • Business

In clash with Bernie Sanders, Starbucks' Howard Schultz insists he's no union buster

A hearing for the history books: The resolutely anti-union architect of the modern Starbucks faces the outspoken champion of the union movement in Congress.

March 29, 2023
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh and
  • Andrea Hsu
Starbucks workers strike outside a Starbucks coffee shop on Nov. 17, 2022, in Brooklyn, protesting the company's anti-union activities.

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  • Business

Unions are having a moment. So why isn't union membership booming?

Labor organizing surged last year. A Gallup survey found 71% of Americans approve of unions. Yet only 10% of workers belong to a union, as employers continue to fight back.

March 28, 2023
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Starbucks employees strike Nov. 17 outside their store in Mesa, Ariz. Starbucks workers around the U.S. are planning a three-day strike starting Friday as part of their effort to unionize the coffee chain's stores.

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  • Business

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.

December 16, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Starbucks employees strike outside their store on Nov. 17 in Mesa, Ariz.

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  • Business

Starbucks union organizing gave labor a jolt of energy in 2022

Starbucks workers unionized at record speed. But workers are now filing fewer unionization petitions, one year on.

December 09, 2022
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By:
  • Mary Yang
Starbucks Workers United members hope to win over customers who might not be thrilled with the strike by offering an even more exclusive commemorative item: A union-designed red cup with the Starbucks Workers United logo on the front.

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  • Business

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.

November 17, 2022
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Marchers raise picket signs during a "Fight Starbucks' Union Busting" rally held in Seattle in April.

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  • Business

Starbucks workers have unionized at record speed; many fear retaliation now

More than 300 Starbucks stores have held union elections in less than a year, a remarkable feat. But now workers blame "scorched-earth" union busting by Starbucks for a slowdown in the momentum.

October 03, 2022
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Seven Starbucks workers in Buffalo, N.Y. say they were fired because of their involvement in unionizing. The National Labor Relations Board is asking a court to reinstate them.

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  • Business

Starbucks fired 7 union organizers. The government wants a court to reinstate them

The National Labor Relations Board is asking a court to reinstate seven Starbucks workers in Buffalo, N.Y. who were allegedly fired illegally because they were involved in union organizing.

June 23, 2022
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By:
  • Jacqueline GaNun
Pro-union pins sit on a table during a watch party for Starbucks' employees union election in December in Buffalo, N.Y. Starbucks union organizers say the company is closing a New York store to retaliate.

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  • Business

Starbucks union says the coffee giant is closing a store to retaliate

Starbucks gave the employees at the College Ave. location in Ithaca, N.Y., a one-week notice of the closure, the union says, with the store slated to permanently close on June 10.

June 05, 2022
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By:
  • Rina Torchinsky
People hold signs while protesting in front of Starbucks on April 14, 2022 in New York City. Activists gathered to protest Starbucks' CEO Howard Schultz anti-unionization efforts and demand the reinstatement of workers fired for trying to unionize.

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  • Business

Starbucks says employees getting new benefits, but not at stores that are unionizing

On an investor call, Starbucks interim CEO Howard Schultz said the company was investing $1 billion to raise wages, enhance benefits and modernize stores. But unionized stores won't get some of that.

May 03, 2022
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Protesters march in Seattle during the "Fight Starbucks' Union Busting" rally and march on April 23, 2022.

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  • Business

Starbucks workers drive nationwide surge in union organizing

Starbucks workers have driven a surge in union election petitions filed with the National Labor Relations Board. Unionizing has also picked up at colleges, non-profits and pot dispensaries.

May 01, 2022
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Pro-union pins sit on a table during a watch party for Starbucks' employees union election, Dec. 9, 2021, in Buffalo, N.Y. The top lawyer for the National Labor Relations Board said Thursday, April 7, she will ask the board to rule that mandatory meetings some companies hold to persuade their workers reject unions is in violation of federal labor law.

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  • National

Employees at a Starbucks store in Minnesota become the first in the state to unionize

Twenty Starbucks stores have now unionized. Around 220 Starbucks stores have sought elections, with more added every day.

April 28, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Starbucks shift supervisor Gailyn Berg and barista Tim Swicord outside of their store in Springfield, Virginia.

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  • Business

Starbucks union campaign's streak of election wins ends with a loss in Virginia

Once seen as among the most generous of employers, Starbucks is now grappling with disillusionment among its workers. Since December, 20 stores have unionized with more filing for elections every day.

April 14, 2022
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Starbucks Executive Chairman Howard Schultz, seen at a shareholder meeting in 2018, returned to Starbucks as interim CEO on Monday.

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  • Business

Starbucks' longtime CEO is back again. This time, things are different

Howard Schultz rejoins Starbucks as interim CEO as the company faces multiple challenges, including an unprecedented wave of unionization at stores across the country.

April 04, 2022
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu

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