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Starbucks Kept List of Pro-Union Employees to Punish, Ex-Manager Says
Managers at the company would comb over employees’ records for nonunion-related infractions, he testified.
Starbucks Union Organizer Says He Was Fired for Wearing Suicide Awareness Pin
He says that he wore the pin in honor of a coworker who died by suicide earlier this year.
Sanders, Warren Slam Starbucks for “Unethical and Unlawful” Union Busting
The lawmakers torched the company for withholding wage and benefits increases to union members.
Unionized Boston Starbucks Workers Celebrate Win After 64-Day Strike
Management conceded to workers’ main demand after they picketed 24 hours a day for two months, workers say.
Starbucks Reportedly Plans to Deny Union Workers New Paid Leave Benefits
An internal memo states specifically that the company will attempt to exclude unionized workers from an improved policy.
Hundreds Protest as Starbucks Holds Investor Day Without Any Retail Workers
The company announced this week that it’s offering new student loan benefits to nonunion workers only.
“Billionaires Have Got to Go”: Labor Activists March to Bezos’s NYC Penthouse
The march then went to New York’s Times Square, which one speaker said is the “heart of capitalism.”
CEO Who Got $940 Million Richer in Pandemic Is Behind Starbucks Union-Busting
Howard Schultz's pandemic wealth gains alone could pay for a $3,847 bonus for every Starbucks worker.
Sanders Calls for Rent Control, Castigates Corporate “Vultures” in Fiery Speech
At a labor rally in Boston, Sanders said a strong labor movement is the public’s best bet to fight corporate power.
Ithaca Starbucks Stores Are Union-Busting, But Workers Are Undeterred
Workers are leveraging Starbucks's labor practices to expose the hypocrisy inherent in the company's progressive image.