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House Democrats Blast Starbucks For ‘Union-Busting, Intimidation And Retaliation’

In a letter to CEO Howard Schultz, lawmakers called on the company to “stop these appalling and retaliatory practices.”
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Starbucks Broke The Law By Closing A Store That Had Just Unionized: Labor Officials

A regional director for the National Labor Relations Board says that the closure was retaliatory and Starbucks should have to reopen the store.
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Starbucks Workers Sue Company For Defamation Over ‘Kidnapping’ Allegation

They say their reputations were hurt by a manager’s claim that they refused to let her leave the store during a workplace protest.
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Starbucks To Revamp Stores To Speed Service, Boost Morale

Starbucks plans to spend $450 million next year to make its North American stores more efficient and less complex.
By Dee-Ann Durbin, AP

Starbucks Forced To Rehire 7 Fired Memphis Workers Who Led Union Effort

The seven will get their jobs back after the Seattle-based coffee giant lost an appeal of a lower court’s order to reinstate them.
By AP

Starbucks Names Former PepsiCo Executive As New CEO

Starbucks has named a longtime PepsiCo executive as its new CEO.
By DEE-ANN DURBIN, AP

Judge Orders Starbucks To Reinstate 7 Fired Union Supporters In Memphis

The coffee chain's termination of union activists known as the "Memphis Seven" created a chilling effect among other baristas, the judge ruled.
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Starbucks Demands Mail-In Union Elections Be Halted

The union said it’s just sour grapes: "Workers have spoken loud and clear."
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Union Leaders From Amazon, Starbucks, REI And Apple Speak At HuffPost Panel

The event, "A New Labor Movement," delved into the wave of union organizing that has come to high-profile employers this year.
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Starbucks Union Says Howard Schultz Broke The Law During New York Times Interview

Starbucks Workers United filed unfair labor practice charges over the CEO’s comment that he could never embrace a union.
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