Soundside More Starbucks' closures could be coming. Is it about safety or union busting? When Starbucks announced last week that that it was closing 16 stores due to what the company described as safety concerns, labor organizers at Starbucks Workers United said they spied a union busting strategy playing out.
KUOW Newsroom As Starbucks closes stores, Seattle workers claim union-busting ‘Starbucks will tell you it's all about safety. But a lot of workers are second-guessing that, as are customers who frequent the shops.’
KUOW Newsroom Regulars react to their Starbucks closing Five Starbucks locations in Seattle are set to close this month. The company says due to a recent increase in crime, the locations are no longer safe for employees.
The barista uprising: Coffee shop workers ignite a union renewal Baristas at Starbucks as well as independently owned coffeehouses have driven a surge in union organizing. They see their activism as benefiting not just themselves, but working people broadly.
Starbucks union in Ithaca protests store's closure and calls for a boycott The decision to close the store on College Avenue has left workers with less than a week's notice and resulted in them calling for a boycott of other Starbucks stores around the city.
Starbucks notches legal win in battle against union organizers A federal judge in Arizona ruled that Starbucks did not have to reinstate or give accommodations to three employees who claim they were retaliated against for organizing a union.
Trader Joe's workers in Massachusetts file to create chain's first union Employees at a Trader Joe's in Hadley, Mass., have filed to hold a union election. If the vote is successful, it will create the first union in the nationwide chain.
Starbucks union says the coffee giant is closing a store to retaliate Starbucks gave the employees at the College Ave. location in Ithaca, N.Y., a one-week notice of the closure, the union says, with the store slated to permanently close on June 10.
Starbucks is exiting Russia, shutting 130 stores The coffee chain joins McDonald's in taking its brand out of the country. Starbucks had temporarily paused operations in March.
Starbucks workers drive nationwide surge in union organizing Starbucks workers have driven a surge in union election petitions filed with the National Labor Relations Board. Unionizing has also picked up at colleges, non-profits and pot dispensaries.
