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Starbucks unionizers start $1M strike fund

 By Peter Romeo on Jun. 02, 2022

The group supporting the drive says it will earmark the money to pay workers if they walk off their jobs during contract negotiations.

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Unions make new inroads into chains

 By Peter Romeo on May 31, 2022

Workers at more than 100 Starbucks units have now voted to organize, and employees of other coffee chains have taken steps to do likewise.

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Starbucks says it is leaving Russia

By Jonathan Maze on May 24, 2022

The coffee giant joins McDonald’s in pulling up stakes in the country over the war in Ukraine.

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Starbucks is selling its Evolution Fresh brand

By Jonathan Maze on May 24, 2022

The coffee chain, which plans to focus on its core business, sold its juice line to the carrot company Bolthouse Farms.

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Howard Schultz puts some money into Starbucks

By Jonathan Maze on May 20, 2022

The Bottom Line: The interim CEO, who did away with company buybacks, has been buying up shares of the company’s stock and now owns 21.8 million shares directly or indirectly.

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Starbucks will start paying travel expenses for abortions and gender-affirming procedures

By Jonathan Maze on May 16, 2022

The company will reimburse workers if the procedures are not available within 100 miles of where they live.

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Court is asked to give 7 pro-union Starbucks baristas their jobs back

By Peter Romeo on May 11, 2022

The petition also asks a federal court to order that Starbucks cease and desist a number of tactics for resisting unionization, including intensified scrutiny of employees prior to a union vote.

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International customers flock to U.S. fast-food brands

By Jonathan Maze on May 10, 2022

Despite challenges with omicron, China and Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine, McDonald’s, Burger King, Taco Bell and other brands have seen strong growth in global markets.

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Labor regulator echoes union's accusations that Starbucks is playing dirty

By Peter Romeo on May 09, 2022

A high-level official has leveled several dozen complaints against the coffee giant for its response to the organizing drive.

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Starbucks takes issue with a White House union meeting

By Jonathan Maze on May 06, 2022

The coffee giant sent a letter expressing concern that it wasn’t invited to tell its side of the story amid an ongoing battle with labor activists.

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