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Author: Jordan Zakarin

Starbucks Fires Union Leader For Protecting Herself Against Harassment

By Jordan Zakarin Starbucks on Monday fired a Phoenix-based barista and union leader named Laila Dalton, an act of retaliation that caps two months of…

Starbucks Managers Charged With Threatening Employees, Obsessing Over Dress Codes In New Labor Complaint

By Jordan Zakarin In a federal complaint, Starbucks workers in Santa Cruz, CA, say their managers are carrying out a rash of illegal union-busting tactics,…

EXCLUSIVE: Starbucks Hit With Charges Over Sweeping Illegal Union-Busting Scheme

By Jordan Zakarin Starbucks Workers United has filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board alleging that Starbucks has been cutting workers’ hours nationwide in…

Leaked Video: Starbucks Fires Second Union Leader in Buffalo

Starbucks fired a long-time barista and outspoken union organizer in Buffalo on Friday for being less than half an hour late to work several days…
Rojas and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Buffalo

Leaked Audio Of Firing Shows Starbucks Lied About Union Leader

By Jordan Zakarin Starbucks sent an extraordinary note to employees nationwide on Thursday, urging them not to believe a former co-worker, Cassie Fleischer, who said…

Poll: Most Starbucks Customers Want Starbucks Workers To Unionize

By Jordan Zakarin The vast majority of Americans, including most Starbucks customers, say they support Starbucks workers in their effort to unionize and bargain for…
Starbucks Workers United

Starbucks Attempting To Force Out Union Leaders At Buffalo Stores

By Jordan Zakarin Multiple leaders of the Starbucks union drive in Buffalo, New York, have been warned that they may be fired in the coming…

Exclusive: Leaked Memo Reveals Kroger Executives Knew For Years That Most Workers Live In Poverty

By Jordan Zakarin An explosive new document obtained by More Perfect Union reveals that supermarket giant Kroger has long been aware that its workers can’t…
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