Tag: Starbucks
Union Organizing Is Exploding in This Unlikely City
LOUISVILLE, KY — In the heart of one of the South’s most ardent right-to-work states, workers are leading a wave of union organizing. Employees in…
October 31, 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

Amazon Worker Target & Fired For Supporting The Union
Produced and edited by Jordan Zakarin and Megan Herschlein Amazon’s illegal union-busting has hit a new low. In June, Sharon Bogat-Weathley, a pro-union worker at…
August 22, 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

Starbucks Investors Demand the Company Stop Union-Busting as Stock Plummets
Video edited by Ian McKenna Starbucks stock has plummeted 31% since the company started its aggressive anti-union campaign. Major Starbucks investors, led by Trillium Asset…
June 9, 2022
