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Starbucks Tried to Crush Its Baristas. What Happened Next Will Shock You

Starbucks workers have done what many thought was impossible — force one of the largest corporations in the world to negotiate a union contract. It's…

Behind The Billionaire-Led Plot To Undermine The Starbucks Union

In August 2021, a few Starbucks workers in Buffalo formed Starbucks Workers United. The union has now organized more than 350 stores and represents over…

Starbucks Manager Admitted That Pride Was Canceled By Higher-Ups

Starbucks executives last year decided to cancel future Pride month celebrations at more than 100 stores across three states. “I know there has been some…

Exclusive: Starbucks Agrees to Settlement For Violating Workers Rights in Seattle

Starbucks agreed to a settlement with the NLRB and Starbucks Workers United that will compensate nearly a dozen unionized employees in Seattle who were illegally…

How Starbucks Just Broke the Law (Again)

Starbucks founder Howard Schultz had a meltdown when questioned by the Senate about union-busting. Then he sought revenge. Multiple workers were fired, including the founder…

EXCLUSIVE: Starbucks Illegally Withheld Raises & Tips from Union Workers, NLRB Says

Starbucks violated federal labor law when it excluded unionized stores from a new policy that facilitated tipping via credit card, according to a new complaint…

In Midst Of Union Busting, Starbucks Covertly Plans To Give Away $20 Billion To Wealthy Shareholders

Starbucks has quietly resumed its stock buyback program, less than a year after CEO Howard Schultz announced their suspension in a bid to quell the…

Under a New Labor Rule, Justice is Coming for Starbucks Workers

She was 17, working as a barista, and living in her car. Days before her high school graduation, Starbucks fired Katie for union organizing. Her…

Howard Schultz’s Own Foundation Decries Starbucks’ Treatment of Its Workers

By Ginny Keenan Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s foundation has released a report that rates Starbucks as one of the worst large employers in the country…

Workers at This Starbucks-Amazon Hybrid Store Are Unionizing

Workers are taking on two of the biggest union-busters in America. Starbucks and Amazon opened a new store together in Times Square where workers are…

Red Cup Rebellion: Inside The Largest Starbucks Strike Ever

Narrated by Tori Tambellini, Starbucks Union Organizer [On picket]: Good morning! We’re striking! We didn’t think it would come to this. A nationwide strike. 111…

Starbucks Walks Out of Contract Negotiations With the Union

After months of delays, the first day of collective bargaining between Starbucks and Starbucks Workers United ended before negotiations even began. Representatives for the Seattle-based…

EXCLUSIVE: Starbucks to End Covid Pay, Deny Union Workers New Benefits

Starbucks will announce on Monday that it is ending its long-standing Covid pay policies, according to documents obtained by More Perfect Union. The company will…
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Starbucks Workers Expose The Corporation’s “Progressive” Benefits

Produced and edited by Jordan Zakarin and Ian McKenna Starbucks brags about offering health insurance to workers. But workers say the plans are unaffordable. Some…

Starbucks Scatters, Abandons Union Workers With More Store Closings

by Jordan Zakarin Starbucks is closing 16 stores throughout the country, including two stores with unionized workforces and another awaiting election results. The company cited…

Starbucks Fires Union Leader for Being Late Once in Her Five Years on the Job

by Jordan Zakarin Less than a week after her store in Buffalo won its union election, Starbucks has fired lead union organizer Victoria Conklin in…

Starbucks’ New ‘Heritage Market’ Could Be a New Union-Busting Ploy, Workers Warn

by Jordan Zakarin Starbucks is forcing out most of the staff at several of its flagship Seattle stores, a stunning shakeup that some workers believe…

EXCLUSIVE: Leaked Starbucks Memo Instructs Managers to Lie About Pay, Benefits

by Jordan Zakarin Starbucks corporate management is instructing store and regional managers to lie about wages and benefits to workers across the country.  An internal…
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Starbucks Closes Ithaca Store in Retaliation for Unionizing

Video produced and edited by Jordan Zakarin and Josh Hirschfeld-Kroen A Starbucks in Ithaca, NY has been open for 17 years. It was the busiest…

Howard Schultz Says Starbucks Will Never Engage With Union

by Jordan Zakarin Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has no plans to ever negotiate in good faith with Starbucks Workers United, the billionaire said Thursday. The…