Workers at a Starbucks in Los Angeles have voted to unionize, marking the 33rd California location to join Starbucks Workers United. The 11-3 vote was delivered Friday, Jan. 4. The move to organize has grown rapidly in recent years, with more than 370 Starbucks stores in 41 states and Washington, D.C. unionizing since December 2021, … Read more
More than two years into a campaign that has unionized more than 350 Starbucks stores, the company is facing mounting pressure from union officials and activists who say it has illegally retaliated against workers and resisted contract negotiations. Starbucks, which denies violating labor laws, has responded with mixed signals about its willingness to engage with … Read more
FILE: Protesters, police, and journalists thought the Mission District’s Dolores Park was meant to be the site of a pro-yuppie rally on June 7, 1999. Nobody on the yuppies’ side showed up. Anadolu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images In June 1999, 200 protesters flocked to San Francisco’s Dolores Park to protest a “Stop the Hate” rally… … Read more
Starbucks said Friday it’s committed to bargaining with its unionized workers and reaching labor agreements next year, a major reversal for the coffee chain after two years fighting the unionization of its US stores. In a letter to Lynne Fox, the president of the Workers United union, Starbucks Chief Partner Officer Sara Kelly said the current bargaining … Read more
