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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Dee-Ann Durbin | AP

Starbucks increases hourly wages, adds other benefits but not for unionized workers

A customer walks out of Starbucks at 2543 N. California Ave. in Logan Square, June 2022. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Starbucks is increasing pay and benefits for most of its U.S. hourly workers after ending its fiscal year with record sales.

But the company said Monday that unionized workers won’t be eligible for some of those perks, a sign of the continuing tension between the Seattle coffee giant and the union trying to organize its U.S. stores. including in Chicago.

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