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Starbucks Union Leaders Were Illegally Fired, Labor Board Rules – Heemang Parmar
[ad_1] Starbucks broke the law by firing two union leaders, making illegal threats and surveilling baristas who agitated for better working conditions in Philadelphia, the National Labor Relations Board ruled Monday. The three-member panel’s decision affirms a judge’s findings in 2021 that the coffee chain violated employees’ rights repeatedly in late 2019 and early 2020,…
Starbucks Workers Plan Strikes At More Than 100 U.S. Stores – Heemang Parmar
[ad_1] Starbucks workers at more than 100 U.S. stores say they’re going on strike Thursday in what would be the largest labor action since a campaign to unionize the company’s stores began late last year. The walkouts are scheduled to coincide with Starbucks’ annual Red Cup Day, when the company gives free reusable cups to…
House Democrats Blast Starbucks For ‘Union-Busting, Intimidation And Retaliation’ – Heemang Parmar
[ad_1] A group of House Democrats sent a scathing letter to Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz on Friday, accusing the coffee chain of wielding its workplace benefits as a cudgel against unionizing baristas. “We are closely monitoring Starbucks’ broad strategy of union-busting, intimidation, and retaliation against employees,” they wrote in the letter, which is posted below….
Starbucks Broke Law By Closing Unionized Store In Ithaca, Labor Officials Say – Heemang Parmar
[ad_1] Federal labor officials have filed a new and sweeping complaint against Starbucks alleging that the coffee chain retaliated against union workers by shuttering a popular location in Ithaca, New York, among other charges. A regional director for the National Labor Relations Board found merit in the union’s claim that the June store closure was…
Starbucks Workers Sue Company For Defamation Over ‘Kidnapping’ Allegation – Heemang Parmar
[ad_1] A group of Starbucks workers in South Carolina have sued the company for defamation after a store manager accused them of assault and kidnapping during a workplace protest. The lawsuit filed in South Carolina state court revolves around an Aug. 1 incident at an Andersonville store where workers approached their supervisor and gave her…
Starbucks Demands Mail-In Union Elections Be Halted, Alleging Misconduct – Heemang Parmar
[ad_1] Facing a nationwide unionization campaign, Starbucks has accused officials at the National Labor Relations Board of “tipping the scales” in the union’s favor, and has asked that all mail-in elections for its stores be put on hold for an investigation. In a letter to the labor board’s chair and general counsel on Monday, the…
Judge Orders Starbucks To Reinstate 7 Fired Union Supporters In Memphis – Heemang Parmar
[ad_1] A federal judge in Tennessee has ruled that Starbucks must offer reinstatement to seven workers in Memphis who were fired amid a union organizing drive at their store earlier this year. The “Memphis Seven,” as the workers came to be known, lost their jobs after taking part in an in-store interview with a local…
Starbucks To Revamp Stores To Speed Service, Boost Morale – Heemang Parmar
[ad_1] Starbucks __ ringing up record sales but struggling with low employee morale __ plans to spend $450 million next year to make its North American stores more efficient and less complex. The company also said it plans to open 2,000 net new stores in the U.S. by 2025, with an emphasis on meeting the…
Starbucks Forced To Rehire 7 Fired Memphis Workers Who Led Union Effort – Heemang Parmar
[ad_1] Starbucks said Wednesday it will reinstate seven employees who were fired in February after leading an effort to unionize their Memphis store. The seven will get their jobs back after the Seattle-based coffee giant lost an appeal of a lower court’s order to reinstate them. Starbucks said the employees violated company policy by reopening…
Starbucks Names Former PepsiCo Executive As New CEO – Heemang Parmar
[ad_1] Starbucks has named a longtime PepsiCo executive as its new CEO. The coffee giant said Thursday that Laxman Narasimhan will join Starbucks on Oct. 1 after relocating from London to Seattle, where Starbucks is based. He will work closely with Starbucks’ interim CEO Howard Schultz through April 1, when he will assume the CEO…
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