Author: Jordan Zakarin

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…

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…

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…

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…

by Jordan Zakarin The National Labor Relations Board has filed a major national lawsuit against Starbucks, charging that the company’s employee handbook imposes "overly-broad and…

by Jordan Zakarin Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz violated federal law when he promised to provide new benefits only to non-unionizing employees, a labor law expert…

By Jordan Zakarin Amazon is lavishing more money than ever on lawmakers and lobbyists in Washington, DC, as it combats the drive by its unionizing…

by Jordan Zakarin Amid a growing union drive, Starbucks founder Howard Schultz last week implored the company's local and regional managers to more actively intervene…

by Jordan Zakarin A supermajority of Americans have a favorable opinion of unionizing Amazon workers, according to a new poll. In a survey of nearly…

By Jordan Zakarin In mid-to-late January, Alyssa Sanchez asked her manager at a Phoenix, AZ Starbucks if she could modestly scale back her work schedule.…

By Jordan Zakarin Tensions flared during a meeting between Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz and workers in Long Beach, CA on Friday, closing out a tumultuous…

By Jordan Zakarin Starbucks fired another outspoken union leader in the Buffalo, NY market on Friday, continuing a purge of key members of Starbucks Workers…