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Ben & Jerry's supports Vermont workers' unionization drive

Vermont ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s says it supports a plan to unionize by the workers at a retail shop in the same city where the brand was founded

The Independent UK

Tesla Reportedly Fired Workers Involved In Attempts To Unionize

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said that he would support unionization if it's what the employees wanted. Now several Tesla workers reportedly find themselves fired.

InsideEVs

Tesla workers allege company fired dozens in retaliation for union campaign

"I strongly feel this is in retaliation to the committee announcement and it’s shameful," one fired employee said.

Axios

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NY Tesla Employees Want a Change That Will Enrage Elon Musk

The employees at the Buffalo, N.Y Tesla factory want to organize efforts to start a union for better pay and work conditions.

The Street

Tesla workers launch union campaign in New York

Tesla Inc. workers in New York state are launching a unionization campaign, teeing up a potential first for the electric-vehicle maker and the latest labor challenge for Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk.

Tribune News Service

2022 saw a wave of new unions form. Getting to the bargaining table is the next challenge

CHICAGO — As snow fell on the picket line outside a Bucktown Starbucks in November, striking unionized baristas kept warm with cups of Colectivo Coffee, which is brewed by members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, a union that also represents baristas at Chicago-based Intelligentsia Coffee.

Chicago Tribune

Unionized Starbucks baristas need more than enthusiasm

Voting for a union is one thing; achieving a contract is quite another if the employer is in no hurry to begin bargaining.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Starbucks workers plan a 3-day walkout at 100 U.S. stores in a unionization effort

More than 1,000 baristas are planning to walk out, according to Starbucks Workers United. More than 264 of Starbucks' 9,000 company-run U.S. stores have voted to unionize since late last year.

WEKU

Workers at 6 Chicago-area Starbucks plan walkouts through Sunday

The strikes are expected at stores that have unionized, targeting four Chicago locations and sites in Cary and Glenview.

Chicago Sun-Times

Starbucks workers plan 3-day walkout at 100 US stores

Starbucks workers around the U.S. are planning a three-day strike starting Friday

The Independent UK

Evanston Starbucks workers back union drive

Workers at a Starbucks at 519 Main St. filed a petition Sunday with the National Labor Relations Board asking for a union certification election.

Chicago Sun-Times

Starbucks baristas strike at 113 stores demanding talks

Starbucks Corp. baristas seeking union contracts with the coffee chain mounted daylong strikes Thursday at 113 cafes, saying management has refused to bargain in good faith.

Tribune News Service

Starbucks staffers plan 100-store strike, citing failure to bargain

Starbucks Corp. baristas seeking union contracts with the coffee chain plan to mount daylong strikes Thursday at more than 100 cafes, saying management has refused to bargain in good faith.

Tribune News Service

Workers denounce Starbucks over union contract negotiations: ‘They don’t treat us like human beings’

Claims of delays, unfair labor practices and retaliation against workers as the battle for a first union contract stalls

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Chicago Sun-Times

Unionized Starbucks in Edgewater closing, labor organizers say

The location at 1070 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. was among the first in the city whose employees affiliated with Workers United, part of the Service Employees International Union.

WEKU

Starbucks workers have unionized at record speed; many fear retaliation now

More than 300 Starbucks stores have held union elections in less than a year, a remarkable feat. But now workers blame "scorched-earth" union busting by Starbucks for a slowdown in the momentum.

The Street

Starbucks Stock Active Ahead of New CEO Narasimhan's First Investor Day

In-store investments and employee relations will likely be the focus of a key Starbucks investor day, the first under new CEO Laxman Narasimhan.

The Street

Stocks Push Gains, Inflation, Peloton, Oracle And Starbucks In Focus - Five Things To Know

Stock futures add to gains ahead of inflation data; Headline CPI may tumble, but core likely sticky; Peloton slides as co-founders depart; Oracle bumps higher on cloud revenue forecast and Starbucks investor day to guide new CEO strategy.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Labor’s brewing renaissance: Union drives gain steam at Starbucks, other coffee shops

The success of SEIU in organizing baristas in Chicago has led to the arduous task of negotiating first contracts in settings where worker turnover can be high.

Tribune News Service

Workers at Ann Arbor Starbucks strike again following 'retaliation'

Workers at a Starbucks Corp. in Ann Arbor, Michigan, walked off the job again on Friday morning and plan to stay on strike through Sunday following what union organizers call retaliatory measures and a denial of union representation.

The Street

Starbucks Names Reckitt Boss Laxman Narasimhan to Replace Howard Schultz As CEO

“Laxman is an inspiring leader with deep, hands-on experience driving strategic transformations at global consumer-facing businesses," said Starbucks.

The Independent UK

Labor board files complaint against Starbucks over pay offer

The National Labor Relations Board says Starbucks is violating U.S. labor law by withholding pay hikes and other benefits from stores that have voted to unionize

Chicago Sun-Times

Starbucks store in Edgewater becomes latest to unionize

The location becomes the seventh in the Chicago area to align with Workers United, part of the Service Employees International Union.

Tribune News Service

Starbucks says US labor officials aided union effort in elections

Starbucks Corp., facing a growing union push across its cafes, is appealing to the National Labor Relations Board, claiming that government employees interfered with and influenced election results in certain stores.

Chicago Sun-Times

Workers at Intelligentsia cafes vote to unionize

It becomes the third coffee chain in the Chicago area to be part of a labor organizing push.

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