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Unions are just a symptom of a bigger problem
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has said he didn’t come back to the company because of the union efforts. “Workers are continuing to organise and win shows just how much workers need and desire a union,” Starbucks Workers United said in a statement. “The fact that Starbucks workers are continuing…shows just how much workers need and…
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Workers at 100 Starbucks stores are planning to go on strike for three days
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has said the coffee chain is “going from Russia for good”, adding he believes Starbucks is gone from Russia “for good”. “I think Starbucks is gone from Russia for good,” Schultz said. Starbucks exited the country last year because of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, and Schultz doesn’t see the company ever…
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Starbucks workers are unionized at a record rate, and many are afraid of being retaliated against
Gailyn Berg, an employee at a unionized Starbucks in Virginia, said she got angry when she found out they weren’t getting benefits. “It’s not the union organisation doing it, it’s the workers,” she said. Berg added, “There’s value in work and working, and I think there’s a dominant narrative that makes it look like people…
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The University of California and its workers have a tentative agreement
Thousands of Starbucks workers went on strike in US on Friday, demanding better wages and working conditions. The striking workers had walked off the job for three hours after the company refused to meet their demands. Starbucks had threatened to ban the workers from taking classes if they didn’t pay the tuition and other charges…
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Starbucks customers who earn Delta SkyMiles will be able to redeem them.
Starbucks has partnered with Delta Air Lines to let rewards members earn airline miles. Members of the Starbucks Rewards program who make a purchase at Starbucks will be able to earn two stars when they use their Starbucks Card. For credit card or other payment methods, members will earn one star per dollar.
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Workers at 100 Starbucks stores are going on strike in a unionization effort.
The National Labour Relations Board (NLRB) has filed 35 complaints against Starbucks for allegedly “coercing, threatening and firing employees over their union activities and withholding wage increases and benefits from unionisation stores”. Starbucks said it disagreed with the judge’s ruling, maintaining that those fired had violated company policies. The complaints were filed after Starbucks CEO…