The coffee company pushed back against a step the National Labor Relations Board took tied to a store in Memphis.
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It’s not certain that the ruling will make it harder for fired union organizers to get their jobs back, a labor law professor explains.
More than 400 Starbucks shops have voted to join a union so far.
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The case stems from a complaint filed after seven baristas who were attempting to organize a union at a Starbucks shop in Memphis, Tenn., were fired.
A group of fired Starbucks employees celebrate the result of a vote to unionize a Memphis shop on June 7, 2022.
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The case stems from a complaint filed after seven baristas who were attempting to organize a union at a Starbucks shop in Memphis, Tennessee, were fired.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed in 1933 the law that led to the National Labor Relations Board’s emergence.
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Nearly a century after the National Labor Relations Board’s creation, big corporations are arguing that it violates the US Constitution.
Not lovin’ it.
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The consumer boycotts over the Gaza crisis are the latest in a long line. Here’s when they’re more effective.
The text on a single bag of coffee can feel like information overload.
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If you’ve decided to look for coffee that’s better for the earth or the people making it, you might need some help translating all the industry lingo.
Dancers at Star Garden in LA have voted for union representation.
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Young motivated employees are pushing the movement for union representation among US workforces. Is it time for management to get on board?
The rewards price to get a free cup of hot coffee at Starbucks is going up.
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Many Starbucks customers are irked by recent changes to its popular rewards program. But they may not have as much to complain about as it seems.
Workers such as these Starbucks employees in St. Anthony, Minn., increasingly went on strike in 2022.
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Workers have filed the most union petitions since 2015 and the number of strikes have surged, but whether this turns into a sustained increase in membership rates is still unclear.
Ye, formerly Kanye West, lost some of his corporate partners after expressing antisemitic remarks.
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While corporate partnerships can be ‘win-win’ arrangements, sometimes they don’t work out – especially when values don’t align.
A revised movement on the backs of young workers?
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Public support for unions is at a near 60-year high. Meanwhile, self-organizers at major American chains are spearheading a new movement to mobilize.
Activist workers have successfully formed unions at 135 Starbucks since they began organizing in Buffalo, N.Y., in 2021.
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Starbucks Workers United has already organized 146 locations in about six months. While that’s a fraction of Starbucks’ 9,000 US stores, it’s one of the most successful labor campaigns in decades.
A long-brewing dispute?
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A regional director of the National Labor Relations Board has issued a complaint over instances of anti-union practices at Starbucks. And that was before the company’s boss threatened to withhold wages.
The start of a movement or a moment?
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Successful union drives at two of America’s biggest companies were led by committed individuals, rather than established unions.
Unions on the rise?
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Union membership has dwindled over the past five decades. But could a flurry of positive headlines over union drives help reverse this trend?
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A media study of public criticism of plastic reveals that stigmatisation may result in limited bans, it leaves the vast majority of plastic production and pollution unexplored.
Apple closed all its stores in China as a health precaution, now through at least Feb. 14.
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As the Fed warns of the risks posed by the new coronavirus, a supply chain expert explains how the outbreak could harm companies and the economy.
Gov. Ralph Northam has fumbled his apology.
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Trying to figure out if Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam or other would-be penitents are sincere? A scholar who analyzed dozens of recent apologies offers a user’s guide.
The boy who went viral: Nick Sandmann shown here in his MAGA cap with fellow students next to Indigenous elder playing the drum.
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It’s easier to accuse someone else of racism than it is to challenge the racist and colonial systems we participate in.
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While many jobs are being replaced by technology, those that participate in the making of (good) social experiences for people are bucking the trend.