Starbucks Stops Opposing Its Baristas’ Union

In a historic breakthrough, Starbucks and its workers announce they’ve come together. BY HAROLD MEYERSON  FEBRUARY 27, 2024 (prospect.org) JOSHUA BESSEX/AP PHOTO Starbucks Workers United buttons from a watch party of the first union election in Buffalo on December 9, 2021 “This is what we’ve always wanted,” says Michelle Eisen, a… Continue reading

‘Huge Victory for Workers’: Judge Excoriates Starbucks for Union-Busting in Pittsburgh

Starbucks workers rally in front of a store in downtown Los Angeles on March 24, 2023.  (Photo: Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) “Time is ticking, Starbucks and the longer you continue your anti-union crusade,” said Starbucks Workers United, “the more the public will learn about your truly heinous… Continue reading

Sanders Unveils Report Debunking Starbucks’ Claim to Be a ‘Progressive’ Company

Starbucks workers rally in front of a store in downtown Los Angeles on March 24, 2023.  (Photo: Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) “Starbucks has engaged in the most significant union-busting campaign in modern history.” JAKE JOHNSON Mar 27, 2023 (CommonDreams.org) A Senate committee headed by Bernie Sanders of Vermont released… Continue reading

‘Huge’: Nationwide Federal Order Bars Starbucks From Firing Workers for Union Activity

In St. Anthony, Minnesota, on December 17, 2022, Starbucks workers strike to protest unfair labor practices and union busting going on at the company.  (Photo by: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) “Starbucks continues to violate the law in egregious ways, thus requiring a nationwide cease and desist order,”… Continue reading