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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…
May 9, 2024
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…
August 23, 2023
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…
June 20, 2023
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…
June 14, 2023
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…
May 3, 2023
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…
March 27, 2023
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…
February 24, 2023
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…
February 16, 2023
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…
December 9, 2022
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…
December 2, 2022
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…
November 23, 2022
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…
October 24, 2022
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…
September 18, 2022
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…
July 13, 2022
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…
July 12, 2022
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…
June 27, 2022
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…
June 23, 2022
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…
June 15, 2022
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…
June 13, 2022
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…
June 10, 2022