Starbucks reconsidering closing only Trenton store Starbucks reconsidering closing only Trenton store 00:45 More than 440,000 Starbucks mugs are being recalled after reports that the drink containers can overheat and break, leading to burns and other injuries. The mugs were manufactured by Nestlé USA and sold as part of 2023 holiday Starbucks-branded gift sets at … Read more
Starbucks has agreed to sit down with workers from its 400 unionized stores in late April and start hammering out principles for a labor accord, another sign the coffee chain and the union may be on the cusp of a new, productive relationship. Both sides said the bargaining sessions were meant to create a framework … Read more
Starbucks Malaysia on Wednesday said it condemned all acts of violence and stood for humanity, breaking its silence after a wave of anti-Israel boycotts by customers in the Muslim-majority nation sparked falling revenues last quarter. Businesses in Malaysia seen with links to the US and Israel, including Starbucks and McDonald’s, have been targeted by an … Read more
Starbucks and the union representing workers at hundreds of its stores said Tuesday they had agreed upon a “path forward” to negotiate collective bargaining agreements and develop “a fair process for workers to organize.” Both the union, Workers United, and the coffee chain described the accord as a major breakthrough after two years of nonstop … Read more
Baristas at a Starbucks in Seal Beach have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with Starbucks Workers United. Weary of low pay, reduced hours and inconsistent scheduling, employees at the Seal Beach Boulevard store are among 21 Starbucks stores in 14 states demanding that company CEO Laxman Narasimhan recognize the … Read more
Starbucks baristas from 21 stores around the country told the company Tuesday that they plan to organize, potentially adding hundreds of new members to a union campaign that’s battling the coffee chain for first contracts. The union, Workers United, said it is the largest group of Starbucks stores to go public with their organizing plans … Read more
Dillon Dix was excited to compete this year in Starbucks’ North America Barista Championship, a company-wide contest in which the winner would receive a paid trip to Starbucks’ coffee farm in Costa Rica. But he found some disappointing news in the fine print about the contest: Unionized Starbucks stores are not eligible to participate. Dix … Read more
Students at UCLA and UC Riverside are demanding their schools cut ties with Starbucks until the coffee chain ends an alleged union-busting campaign against its baristas. In a show of solidarity, the students plan to deliver petitions with more than 1,500 signatures to the two universities this week. “The issues of Starbucks workers and the … Read more
WASHINGTON: There’s been no shortage of tough news for China’s economy as some of the world’s biggest brands consider or take action to shift manufacturing to friendlier shores at a time of unease about security controls, protectionism and wobbly relations between Beijing and Washington. Count Adidas, Apple and Samsung among those looking elsewhere. But as … Read more
white bicycle, or ghost bike, with a sign saying rest in peace locked to a pole on a New York City street is a memorial at the site where a cyclist was killed by a crash motor vehicle. Image: Deb Cohn-Orbach/UCG/Universal Images Group (Getty Images) Biking ain’t easy; in fact it can be straight up … Read more
