Starbucks and Workers United Union Agree to Contract Mediation
A labor agreement, covering more than 500 U.S. stores, would be the company’s first. Talks stalled last year over wages.
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Starbucks Visitors Must Now Buy Something to Stay or Use Bathroom
Starbucks said visitors to the coffee shops would be required to buy something in order to use the restroom or stay in the store, as the company’s new chief executive responded to a decline in sales.
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More Starbucks Store Workers Will Join Strike for Final Day
The walkout began Friday at stores in the Los Angeles, Seattle and Chicago areas and will end on Tuesday.
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Starbucks Workers Say They Will Begin a Strike in 3 Cities on Friday
The planned walkout in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle comes after talks between the company and the workers’ union failed to produce an agreement on raises.