Starbucks Is the Country’s Worst Labor Law Violator. Joe Biden Should Rein It In.
No company in America is busting unions as shamelessly as Starbucks is right now. President Joe Biden and his labor board could put a stop to it — if they choose to.
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Starbucks Is Accusing Me and My Coworkers of Kidnapping Our Boss
How bad has Starbucks’ union busting gotten? The company is accusing workers at a South Carolina store of kidnapping their boss. We spoke with one worker about the absurd charges and how they unanimously won their union vote in a notoriously anti-labor state.
The Starbucks Workers’ Union Has Finally Broken Through
After years of relentless union busting — costing the company nearly a quarter-billion dollars, in one estimate — Starbucks Workers United has now forced the corporation to negotiate. It may prove the most important organizing breakthrough in decades.
Starbucks Baristas Are Accusing the Company of Homophobic Worker Suppression
This Pride Month, amid a wave of protests targeting LGBTQ-friendly brands, Starbucks workers say they’ve been asked to take down Pride decorations. Workers say it’s part of a larger trend of undermining and demoralizing baristas, who are unionizing nationwide.
In Philadelphia, Starbucks Workers Just Won Another Victory Against Their Bosses
Last week the NLRB ruled that workers fired from a Philadelphia Starbucks for unionizing should be reinstated. The decision is part of a series of recent worker victories against a company intent on putting an end to all unionization efforts.
Starbucks Workers Strike Against Foot-Dragging in Bargaining
After years of scorched-earth union-busting and stonewalling tactics by their bosses, Starbucks workers are trying to get their union drive and contract negotiations unstuck through a nationwide strike.
How Labor Board Delays Hurt Starbucks Workers’ Union Organizing
Starbucks workers in Buffalo, New York, were the first in the country to vote to form a union. But an underfunded Labor Board meant that labor law went unenforced in Buffalo during their elections.
Starbucks Workers Are Demanding Management Stop Acting Like Petty Dictators
The massive Starbucks unionization drive is about striking a blow against the authoritarian power of management.
Starbucks Workers in Buffalo Just Won Themselves a Union
Starbucks was designed from its inception to be union-proof. But yesterday workers in Buffalo, New York, managed to win the first union at the company in the US. It’s a landmark victory, and it can be replicated elsewhere.
Starbucks Workers Attempting to Unionize May Have Just Had Their Best Week Ever
This week, white-collar workers at Starbucks signed an open letter in solidarity with baristas, Bernie Sanders announced he will force Howard Schultz to testify before a Senate committee, and the NLRB condemned the company for ignoring worker’s fundamental rights.
The NLRB Has Filed Repeated Charges Against Starbucks for Illegal Union Busting
For the fifth time, the National Labor Relations Board has filed charges against Starbucks for illegal firings of union supporters, claiming the company has repeatedly violated labor law in its attempts to destroy the fledgling union.
Starbucks Workers in Ithaca Say the Company Is Trying to Crush Them
Workers say that in retaliation against their unionization, Starbucks is shutting down a heavily trafficked store in Ithaca, New York. It’s part of a scorched-earth strategy that appears to be aimed at wearing workers down and forcing out pro-union employees.
In Their Zeal to Destroy Unions, Starbucks and Amazon Aren’t Worried About Breaking the Law
The National Labor Relations Board has repeatedly ruled that Starbucks and Amazon’s union busting is against the law. Yet both companies seem intent on continuing to flagrantly break labor law in the hopes of breaking their fledgling unions.
Why the Starbucks Union Drive Matters for All Workers
Starbucks workers are channeling the frustration shared by millions of food service workers into a unionization drive. It’s the most exciting new organizing campaign in the United States.
Boston Starbucks Workers Have Been on Strike for 3 Weeks
Three weeks ago, in response to what workers say has been particularly flagrant union busting at a Boston Starbucks after their unanimous vote for a union, baristas have gone on strike. That strike is still going.
114 Starbucks Stores Saw Workers Go on Strike Yesterday
Starbucks has undertaken an unceasing union-busting campaign since the first cafe unionized a year ago. But if the 114 cafes that saw baristas go on strike yesterday for its annual Red Cup Day are any indication, the company won’t be victorious any time soon.
Starbucks Workers Are Getting Ready for a Potential Strike
As contract negotiations with the company stall, unionized Starbucks workers at dozens of stores are preparing for a potential strike. Workers are now holding practice pickets and signing customers up to boycott the coffee giant in the event of a walkout.
Starbucks’s Abortion Promises for Workers Are PR Stunts. We Want a Union Contract.
Starbucks is seeking good PR by offering to cover travel costs for abortion and gender-affirming care for workers like me. But its promises come with caveats and can be revoked. We don’t want flimsy promises — we want these benefits in a union contract.
The Starbucks Union Drive Is Spreading With Impressive Speed
In just the last two months, workers at more than 50 Starbucks locations across 19 states have filed for union elections. The movement is being driven by rank-and-file workers and so far has brushed aside organizing challenges and management fearmongering.
Howard Schultz Can’t Stop Starbucks Workers’ Momentum
Billionaire Howard Schultz returned as CEO of Starbucks to stop worker organizing in his company. But baristas at the New York City Reserve Roastery aren’t budging.