Workers United News

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.

Starbucks Workers United have called on the Memphis community to support a protest of Starbucks after seven employees who were part of a union organizing committee were fired last week.

Employees at five more Starbucks coffee shops in Virginia — including four in the Richmond region — are seeking to unionize amidst a nationwide campaign to organize labor at one of the country’s biggest retail chains.

Employees at a Oak Creek Starbucks, 8880 Howell Ave., announced Friday their intention to unionize with Workers United.

Employees 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.

A company spokesman said the workers had violated several policies. The union organizing stores accused Starbucks of retaliation.