Starbucks

The handful of stores in the greater Richmond area are the first Starbucks locations in Virginia to unionize.
Recent statements by CEO Howard Schultz offer a glimpse of some of the hardball tactics that might lay ahead.
The union has petitioned for elections at roughly 200 stores around the country.
Twitter is buzzing about a video shot at Elton John’s Oscar party in which the “House of Gucci” star masterfully delivered the line: “I switched baristas.”
So far the union has filed petitions for elections at more than 150 Starbucks locations.
That makes seven Starbucks stores that have voted to unionize in a matter of months.
That makes six union Starbucks stores with more than a hundred others seeking elections.
The store in Arizona joins two in New York as the only corporate Starbucks stores with a union.
The coffee chain's legal team said Microsoft Outlook crashed as it was emailing the files. A labor board official didn't have much sympathy.