Starbucks

WASHINGTON — Democratic senators on Wednesday accused coffeehouse chain Starbucks of union busting as it sought to squelch growing discontent among its workers. “The issue is pretty simple, workers have a right to join a union,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders,... Read More

Starbucks workers at more than 100 U.S. stores are on strike Thursday in their largest labor action since a campaign to unionize the company’s stores began late last year. The walkouts coincide with Starbucks’ annual Red Cup Day, when the... Read More

WASHINGTON — Commuters who use Union Station to travel to and from the district won’t have the Starbucks on the station’s concourse to satisfy their coffee craving much longer. The multinational chain of coffeehouses announced Monday that it is closing... Read More

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The regional director for the National Labor Relations Board in Buffalo, New York, filed a complaint last week against Starbucks alleging the coffeehouse company committed a litany of federal labor law violations. Starbucks Workers United alleges the... Read More