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FOUND: Starbucks workers united - What They Never Told You

Employees at first ever Starbucks store seek to unionize amid fight for contract

Store opened in 1971 in Seattle’s Pike Place Market joins growing unionization campaign across the coffee chain

The Guardian - US

Striking Starbucks workers urge customers to delete coffee chain’s app

Unionized baristas continue to fight for a fair contract and ask public for solidarity as strike stretches into third month

The Guardian - US

Here's Why Zohran Mamdani's Calling for a Starbucks Boycott

Zohran Mamdani urges a Starbucks boycott as baristas launch a nationwide strike over stalled contract negotiations, expanding pickets and pressuring the company.

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‘We’re not going anywhere’: how unionization ‘whirlwind’ set stage for historic Starbucks strike

Four years after workers at a Starbucks store in upstate New York became the first to unionize, hundreds of outlets followed – defying intense resistance from the coffee chain. What happened next?

The Guardian - US

Starbucks Workers Ramp Up Strike Amid Black Friday Chaos, Demand Higher Pay and More Staff

Starbucks Workers United expands strike to 120 stores in 85 cities on Black Friday, seeking higher pay, more staff and better conditions amid peak shopping disruption.

International Business Times UK

‘No contract, no coffee’: what to know about the Starbucks workers’ strike in 65 US cities

More than 2,000 Starbucks employees are on the picket line as politicians like Zohran Mamdani back striking workers

The Guardian - US

'No Contract, No Coffee!': Mamdani Joins Starbucks Boycott as Workers Launch Explosive Nationwide Strike

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani called on his followers to join in the boycott of the coffee giant.

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‘Whatever it takes’: Starbucks workers launch US strike and call for boycott

Unfair labor practice strike on ‘red cup day’ in over 25 cities comes amid stagnant negotiations with coffee chain

The Guardian - US

Starbucks workers hold strike vote amid anger over pay and conditions

Union says world’s largest coffee chain engaged in bad faith bargaining and stonewalled over contract

The Guardian - US

Is the New Starbucks CEO Failing? He Just Axed 900 Workers While Splurging on 'Cozier Chairs'

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol is under scrutiny after axing 900 jobs and closing stores while pouring $1bn into café renovations, sparking union backlash and investor questions about the company's strategy.

International Business Times UK

A year under CEO Niccol: Starbucks workers’ long fight for a union contract

Twelve months since Brian Niccol took the top job and promised change, the union and CEO are still at loggerheads

The Guardian - US

The next phase of Starbucks' turnaround plan is offering executives up to $6 million in stock grants, as baristas scrap to get annual raises above 2%

Baristas reportedly received 2% to 3% pay increases at the end of 2024 following a tough financial year. New CEO Brian Niccol received nearly $100 million within his first year as boss.

Fortune

Starbucks baristas go on strike following new rule change

More than 1,000 Starbucks baristas at 75 stores have been on strike since Sunday

The Independent UK

Starbucks denies Union allegations

The coffeehouse giant has denied the accusation, saying they are offering "catastrophe pay" for affected workers

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The Guardian - US

A bargaining breakdown and strikes: the bitter union fight at Starbucks

Workers call proposals ‘almost laughable’ with new CEO’s pay package 10,000 times the median salary of barista

International Business Times

Starbucks Is Forcing Workers To Show Up in Areas In Danger Due To LA Wildfires: Union

SB Workers United claims workers were being required to work in areas where the air quality is unsafe.

The Guardian - US

US Starbucks workers’ strike expands to 11 states as Christmas approaches

Walkouts have caused nearly 50 stores nationwide to close in five days, says Starbucks Workers United union

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Starbucks Workers Plan Nationwide Strike Over Contract Negotiations

Starbucks workers in the U.S. plan a strike over stalled contract negotiations and fair treatment issues, potentially impacting stores nationwide.

Fortune

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol has one job: Fix the bad vibes

The former Chipotle leader has big staffing and operations challenges at the coffee company.

Salon

How extreme heat impacts chefs and cooks

"Stories of working under heat stress are common in the restaurant and food service industry . . ."

The Guardian - US

Starbucks resumes bargaining amid fresh wave of unionized stores

World’s largest coffee chain agrees framework with Workers United as push to increase unionization continues apace

The Guardian - US

‘Huge breakthrough’ in Starbucks union talks – which other US firms will follow?

Coffee chain appears willing to come to the table, which could mean good news for Trader Joe’s, Amazon and REI workers

The Guardian - US

Twenty-five US universities face calls to cancel Starbucks contracts

Student organizers, faculty and workers protest against coffee company’s response to union organizing efforts

The Guardian - US

‘Dark forces’: how US corporations turned to courts in fight against unions

Companies including Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Starbucks are using new legal playbook against unions, experts say

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