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Andrea Hsu

Starbucks says employees getting new benefits, but not at stores that are unionizing

A view of a Starbucks store on October 29, 2021 in Novato, California. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)

A month after his return to Starbucks as interim CEO, Howard Schultz has announced new benefits, including expanded training, improved sick leave and credit card tipping for some 240,000 Starbucks employees at more than 8,800 stores across the country — but not for those that are unionizing.

"We do not have the same freedom to make these improvements at locations that have a union or where union organizing is underway," Schultz said on a conference call with shareholders on Tuesday.

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