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Workers at 2 Portland Starbucks stores hold daylong strike amid union drive

FILE – A sign at a Starbucks location in Havertown, Pa., is seen April 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file) NYPS202 NYPS202

Workers at two Portland Starbucks went on strike Wednesday morning over what they said was corporate retaliation against unionization efforts. Supervisors and baristas at Grand and Lloyd and the Jantzen Beach locations picketed outside the store early Wednesday morning. The walkouts were expected to last 24 hours. Isabelle Loverich, a shift supervisor and lead union...

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Customers gather at a Starbucks store in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, July 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

May 17, 2022 at 5:51 pm

Four Starbucks locations are first in Portland to vote for union

Employees at four Starbucks coffee shops in Portland, Oregon, voted to unionize Tuesday, adding to the store-by-store campaign to organize the Fortune 500 company.

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May 16, 2022 at 6:35 am

Starbucks will cover travel for workers seeking abortions

Starbucks says it will cover employees' expenses when accessing abortion or gender-affirming procedures not available within 100 miles of a worker’s home.

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Emily Sirisue jumps up to show her support with other Seattle Starbucks baristas after the vote comes in to unionize the Starbucks roastery on Capitol Hill. Workers gathered at Seattle Central College Thursday, April 21, 2022, to watch the vote count on a zoom call, projected on a screen at the front of the room. L – R: William Cavanagh (who is the only one who does not work at the roastery), Brennen Collins, Sirisue and Zach Simon. All are Starbucks baristas. 104 employees were eligible to vote, 69 did, one vote was void, three were challenged and the final vote was 38-27 in favor of joining the union. 220191

May 12, 2022 at 8:37 am

Why union efforts are on fire at Starbucks but stalling at Amazon

Among the reasons Starbucks' unionizing is catching fire: Fewer employees means reaching 50% support is easier, and Amazon workers are more closely supervised.

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May 11, 2022 at 12:56 pm

NLRB presses Starbucks to reinstate 7 fired workers tied to union drive

The National Labor Relations Board accused Starbucks of using coercive measures against employees at a Memphis store after learning of a union drive, then firing...

FILE – Actor James Cromwell arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Tuesday, June 12, 2018. Cromwell glued his hand to a midtown Manhattan Starbucks counter to protest the coffee chainâ€™s extra charge for plant-based milk, Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File) NYSB201 NYSB201

May 10, 2022 at 12:30 pm

‘Succession’ star glues hand to Starbucks counter in protest

Actor and activist James Cromwell glued his hand to a midtown Manhattan Starbucks counter to protest the coffee chain’s extra charge for plant-based milk.

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FILE – Amazon labor organizers celebrating outside the Brooklyn office of the National Labor Relations Board after the announcement of their victory at a Staten Island warehouse, April 1, 2022. In a sign that federal labor officials are closely scrutinizing management behavior during union campaigns, the National Labor Relations Board informed a lawyer representing workers at Amazon this week that it had found merit in accusations that the company had violated labor law. (DeSean McClinton-Holland/The New York Times) XNYT127 XNYT127

May 7, 2022 at 8:00 am

Labor regulators find merit in accusations by unions at Amazon and Starbucks

Workers had accused Amazon and Starbucks of unlawful behavior during recent union campaigns.

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A Starbucks store on Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo, N.Y. on Aug 29, 2021. Union supporters were skeptical that 10 workers at the store had asked to scale back their hours. (Mustafa Hussain/The New York Times) XNYT180 XNYT180

May 6, 2022 at 5:16 pm

Feds accuse Starbucks of unfair labor practices in Buffalo

Federal labor officials are accusing Starbucks of unfair labor practices at its stores in Buffalo, New York, including retaliation against pro-union employees.

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FILE — President Biden delivers remarks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Wed., May 4, 2022. Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Martin Walsh met Thursday at the White House with several union organizers involved in successful campaigns at companies including Amazon and Starbucks. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) XNYT241

May 5, 2022 at 3:34 pm

Biden and Harris meet with labor organizers from Amazon, Starbucks and other businesses

Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Martin J. Walsh met Thursday at the White House with several union organizers at Amazon and Starbucks.

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FILE — Howard Schultz, Starbucks chief executive, in Seattle, Feb. 25, 2019. Starbucks announced Tuesday, May 3, 2022, that it was raising pay and expanding training at corporate-owned locations in the United States, but not for recently unionized stores. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times) XNYT356 XNYT356

May 3, 2022 at 7:00 pm

Starbucks plans wage increases that won’t apply to unionized workers

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced that coffee giant is raising pay and expanding training at corporate-owned locations in the U.S. Unionized stores are not eligible.

May 3, 2022 at 2:57 pm

VP Harris to meet Thursday with union organizers

Vice President Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh will meet with union organizers at the White House on Thursday.

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