Union vote at Arizona Starbucks put on hold
The effort to unionize Starbucks workers is one of the country's most closely-watched labor organizing drives in years. On Wednesday, that effort was temporarily put on hold.
Read MoreThe effort to unionize Starbucks workers is one of the country's most closely-watched labor organizing drives in years. On Wednesday, that effort was temporarily put on hold.
Read MoreEmployees at a suburban Milwaukee Starbucks outlet on Friday joined a national wave of union organizing at the Seattle-based coffeehouse chain, citing wages as well as concerns about employee safety, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreA company spokesman said the workers had violated several policies. The union organizing stores accused Starbucks of retaliation.
Read MoreStarbucks fired seven workers who were involved in unionizing in Memphis, Tennessee, fueling accusations that the company is retaliating against a growing labor movement at its locations across the United States.
Read MoreSeven Starbucks workers were fired at the Starbucks, 3388 Poplar Ave. — located off Poplar and Highland, as of 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, including nearly the entire union organizing committee, according to a news release from Starbucks Workers United.
Read MoreThe company is doing whatever it can to delay elections. “They’re wasting everyone’s time and money,” a lawyer for the union says.
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