Coffee chain brings challenge after being told to rehire seven workers at Tennessee store who pursued effort to unionize US supreme court justices on Tuesday appeared to agree with Starbucks in...
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/23/supreme-court-starbucks-union-case
SpaceX is trying to kill a federal agency that accused it of labor violations. Ostensibly progressive brands have leaped to join in Elon Musk boasts that he’s a “free speech absolutist”,...
The NLRB general counsel has accused US’s largest corporations of creating distractions to cover their law-breaking The US’s top labor lawyer has said her agency will not “succumb” to A...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/10/labor-board-lawyer-space-x-amazon-pressure
‘Derisorily low’ tax bill again down to high royalty and licensing payments to parent company, say campaigners Starbucks paid a “derisorily low” £7.2m in UK corporation tax last year d...
Coffee chain appears willing to come to the table, which could mean good news for Trader Joe’s, Amazon and REI workers For more than two years Starbucks has fought fiercely against unionizati...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/22/starbucks-union-talks-trader-joes-amazon-rei
Three Californians who can’t drink dairy say they pay extra fees for alternatives at coffee chain and claim violation of civil rights law Is charging extra for non-dairy milk an act of discri...
Trader Joe’s and SpaceX are among businesses challenging the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board Upset by the surge in union drives, several of the best-known corporations...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/10/starbucks-trader-joes-spacex-challenge-labor-board
Joint statement announces agreement to work toward labor agreements on ‘constructive path forward’ Starbucks and the union organizing its US workers said on Tuesday they have agreed to begi...
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/feb/27/starbucks-workers-union-bargaining
Student organizers, faculty and workers protest against coffee company’s response to union organizing efforts Student organizers, faculty and workers at 25 university campuses across the US a...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/21/protest-starbucks-university-campus-unions
Move builds on victory in late 2023 to boost pay of more than half a million workers in sector to $20 an hour Hundreds of fast-food workers met in Los Angeles on Friday to kick off the launch o...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/09/california-fast-food-workers-new-union
Companies including Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Starbucks are using new legal playbook against unions, experts say A multi-pronged legal attack under way by Elon Musk, large corporations, business...
Court agrees to consider challenge by coffee chain to judicial decision requiring it to rehire seven union activists in Tennessee The US supreme court agreed to consider a challenge by Starbuck...
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/12/starbucks-supreme-court-fired-union-workers-case
Lawsuit claims coffee chain procured materials from farms and cooperatives that have committed violations against workers Starbucks, the coffee chain that has long portrayed itself as an ethica...
Strikes by autoworkers, actors and writers brought wins in 2023, but analysts worry labor laws could undo progress Labor experts see more wins ahead in 2024 for US unions after a year of attent...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/27/us-union-wins-autoworkers-2024
Number rose by almost 60% in a year to 49,691 stores, making China ‘a global coffee industry powerhouse’ The branded coffee chain craze may trace its roots to a single Starbucks in Seattle�...
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/12/china-us-branded-coffee-shop
Thousands expected to participate, including actions at non-unionized stores, in latest attempt to pressure company to bargain Starbucks workers will strike at stores across the US on 16 Novemb...
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/15/starbucks-union-strike-red-cup-day
Kabocha might be trending, but it has a long cultural history – and is the secret ingredient in that famous Starbucks drink When Jonathan Yang opened a coffee shop in LA’s Chinatown in 2020...
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/nov/04/los-angeles-pumpkin-spice-latte-ingredients
Increased militancy after pandemic sacrifices and tighter labor market contributed to impressive contract deals in the last year Call it the Great Reset. Across the US, labor unions are winning...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/24/us-unions-successes-contracts
Starbucks-developed seeds of arabica, which accounts for 70% of global coffee production, are cultivated to resist diseases Starbucks recently announced that it has developed six new varieties...
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/oct/04/starbucks-arabica-coffee-seed-climate-change
Boycott would aim to use consumer power to pressure company to negotiate its first union contract Calls for a consumer boycott of Starbucks are growing amid mounting criticism of the coffee cha...
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/13/starbucks-boycott-union-busting