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![The Starbucks Coffee logo is seen on a cup in a photo taken on October 10, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1228-starbucks-400x300.jpg)
Federal Judge Orders Starbucks Rehire Wrongfully Terminated Union Leader
The judge also ordered the company to stop threatening, interrogating or surveilling employees.
![UAW members attend a rally in support of the strike at the UAW Local 551 hall on the South Side on October 7, 2023, in Chicago, Illinois.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-1712273368-400x300.jpg)
10 Victories the Working Class Won in 2023
From picket lines to state houses to the White House, workers fighting against inequality landed huge wins this year.
![A Starbucks logo is seen outside of a Starbucks store in Dupont Circle on November 16, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1214-starbucks-400x300.jpg)
NLRB Says Starbucks Must Reopen 23 Stores It Closed for Union Activity
Labor officials say the stores were closed in response to union activity.
![People stand outside of a restaurant to deliver an addressPeople pose for a photo around a sign that reads "WE ROLL BURRITOS TIGHT FOR EQUAL HUMAN RIGHTS" while standing on a city sidewalk](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/2023_1127-buffalo-starbucks3-400x300.jpg)
Unionization Wave Spurred by Starbucks Workers Is Spreading Across Buffalo
Workers at Elmwood Taco and Subs, an iconic local food shop, are continuing the wave of worker-led organizing.
![Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 29, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1010-howard-schultz-400x300.jpg)
Schultz Broke Law When He Threatened Pro-Union Starbucks Worker, Judge Rules
Last year, Schultz told an employee, “If you’re not happy at Starbucks, you can go work for another company.”
![Starbucks workers stand with striking SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild of America (WGA) members on the picket line in solidarity outside Netflix studios on July 28, 2023, in Los Angeles, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/09/2023_0929-starbucks-400x300.jpg)
Judge Rules Starbucks Illegally Withheld Raises, Benefits from Union Workers
The ruling is sweeping, affecting stores nationwide.
![Los Angeles city workers holding placards gather at City Hall during a 24-hour strike over unfair labor practice on August 8, 2023, in Los Angeles, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/08/2023_0831-unions-400x300.jpg)
Nearly 90 Percent of Young People Support Unions, Poll Finds
The AFL-CIO, which commissioned the poll, said the union had never seen support levels that high.
![A demonstrator holds a Starbucks union sign as Starbucks workers stand with striking SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild of America (WGA) members on the picket line in solidarity outside Netflix studios on July 28, 2023, in Los Angeles, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/08/2023_0817-starbucks-400x300.jpg)
Cornell Drops Starbucks After Company Shuttered All of Ithaca’s Unionized Stores
The decision came after students launched a campaign to get the university to end its contract with the company.
![A protester wearing a shirt that reads "UNIONS" holds a sign a sign reading "WE DEMAND FULL STAFFING NOW" during an outdoor protest](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/08/2023_0816-starbucks-protest-400x300.jpg)
As Starbucks Stalls Negotiations, Workers Use New Tactics to Push for Contract
An ambitious new campaign urges customers and allies to take action in support of unionizing Starbucks workers.
![People picket in front of a Starbucks store in the Greektown neighborhood on June 24, 2023, in Chicago, Illinois.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1501201038-400x300.jpg)
NLRB Accuses Starbucks of “Purge” of Organizer-Workers in Pittsburgh
A judge ruled that coffee giant Starbucks violated federal labor law by terminating the workers.