STARBUCKS COFFEE COMPANY
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2025-05-01 (seattletimes.com)
Upstart unions at Amazon, Starbucks, REI mark a Trump-era May Day
As May Day arrives, fledgling unions at Seattle-area giants worry that long-stalled negotiations may be dead in the water as the National Labor Relations...
Read more2025-04-28 (cheddar.com)
Results from Friday's poll: 18% of you have used AI in your work without disclosing it! 🤫 Naughty!
Plus: Elon Musk's X sues to overturn a deepfakes ban; Labor group sues Starbucks over conditions in Brazil, and Jersey Mike's gets a new CEO
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2025-04-28 (law360.com)
NLRB's Retreat Doesn't Moot Constitution Suit, DC Circ. Told - Employment Authority
Two Starbucks workers seeking to void National Labor Relations Board members' job protections urged the D.C. Circuit to keep a challenge to their suit's dismissal alive over the objections of the board, which argued its acceptance of the workers' argument moots the case.
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2025-04-27 (labor411.org)
Starbucks Workers Reject Management's Offer Of 2% Minimum Annual Raises
The world's largest coffee chain offered a measly minimum 2% annual raise to union workers, who promptly rejected it. Reuters reports: "Starbucks union…
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2025-04-27 (bloomingtonian.com)
Court Rules Against Starbucks in Labor Dispute Involving Stores in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Jacksonville, Florida - The
Staff report BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A federal appeals court has upheld a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision against Starbucks, finding the coffee giant committed unfair labor practices by disciplining workers for union activity — including wearing union-themed T-shirts — and improperly enforcing its dress code. The April 17 ruling from the D.C. Circuit Court
Read more2025-04-25 (theglobeandmail.com)
Starbucks union in U.S. rejects company's recent offer of at least 2% annual pay raise -
Out of the 490 baristas representing the company's more than 550 unionized U.S. stores, 81% rejected the proposal
Read more2025-04-25 (marketscreener.com)
Unionized Starbuck Workers Vote Down Latest Contract Proposal |
Starbucks' unionized employees negotiating a first-time collective bargaining agreement rejected the latest company offer, Bloomberg reported Friday, citing a statement by the SBWorkers...
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2025-04-25 (reuters.com)
Starbucks union rejects company's recent offer of at least 2% annual pay raise
Starbucks union delegates involved in contract bargaining voted to reject the coffee chain's latest proposal that guaranteed ...
Read more2025-04-19 (jacobin.com)
We're Organizing Unions at Amazon and Starbucks. We Won't Back Down.
To capture the surging pro-union spirit across the United States, unions must be prepared to support worker-led organizing without attempting to control it, writes former Starbucks rank-and-file organizer Jaz Brisack.
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2025-04-17 (onlabor.org)
News & Commentary: May 1, 2025 ✦
SEIU 721 concludes a 48-hour unfair labor practice strike; NLRB Administrative Law Judge holds that Starbucks committed a series of unfair labor practices at a store in Philadelphia; AFSCME and UPTE members at the University of California are striking.
Read more2025-04-16 (law360.com)
Starbucks Wants 2nd Circ. To Reverse NLRB On 1-Pin Rule - Employment Authority
The Second Circuit must reverse a National Labor Relations Board decision finding that barring employees at a Manhattan Starbucks from wearing more than one union pin is illegal, the coffee giant argued, saying the board ignored a 2012 ruling from the same appeals court upholding the policy.
Read more2025-04-14 (gmtoday.com)
Starbucks and unionized baristas locked in a wage standoff | Business | .com
Starbucks and thousands of its baristas are locked in a labor standoff.
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