Starbucks Ruling by SCOTUS Curbs Labor Regulator’s Authority
From today’s New York Times: The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Starbucks on Thursday in a challenge against a labor ruling by a federal judge, making it more difficult…
Amazon and SpaceX Claim NLRB is Actually Unconstitutional
From today’s The Conversation: Amazon, SpaceX, Starbucks and Trader Joe’s have all responded to allegations that they have violated labor laws with the same bold argument. The National Labor Relations…
Starbucks, US union agree to form ‘framework’ for organizing, bargaining
From today’s Yahoo Finance: Starbucks and a union seeking to organize the coffee chain’s U.S. workforce said on Tuesday they have agreed to create a “framework” to guide organizing and…
21 Starbucks Stores Plan To Form Unions In 1-Day Blitz
From today’s HuffPost: Starbucks baristas from 21 stores around the country told the company Tuesday that they plan to organize, potentially adding hundreds of new members to a union campaign…
Starbucks Increases U.S. Hourly Wages For Non-Union Workers
From today’s NPR News: Starbucks is increasing pay and benefits for most of its U.S. hourly workers after ending its fiscal year with record sales. But the company said Monday…
Starbucks Workers Strike Over LGBTQ Pride Decor Removal
From today’s Reuters News Service: Workers at dozens of U.S. Starbucks locations held strikes on Sunday to express their outrage over accusations by the baristas’ union that managers at several…
These Companies Are Taking a Harder Line on Union Organizers
From today’s New York Times: After working for more than seven years at an Apple store in Kansas City, Mo., Gemma Wyatt ran into trouble. Last year, she said, managers…
Starbucks Tarnishes Its Progressive Brand by Denying Workers’ Rights
From today’s Newsweek: Starbucks has long claimed to be a “different kind of company”—one that cares about the health, safety, and well being of its workers nationwide. It doesn’t even…
Starbucks Union Campaign Pushes On, With At Least 16 Stores Now Organized
From today’s New York Times: Starbucks workers have added to the momentum of a union campaign that went public in late August and has upended decades of union-free labor at…
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Starbucks Fires 7 Employees Involved in Memphis Union Organizing Effort
From today’s CNN Online Starbucks fired seven workers who were involved in unionizing in Memphis, Tennessee, fueling accusations that the company is retaliating against a growing labor movement at its…