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Boiling point | 1,000 Starbucks baristas strike over dress code row
New Starbucks dress rules have triggered strikes and a union complaint as baristas...
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'Labor-focused' | Starbucks CEO orders more hiring & less automation to curb sales slump
Efforts to replace staff with more technology have failed to tackle Starbucks' waning...
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Dressing down | Starbucks broke labor laws with response to pro-union T-shirts, court rules
A US federal appeals court has upheld a ruling against Starbucks, confirming that...
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'Clearer guidance' | Starbucks brews storm with staff over new uniform policy - who's in the right?
The coffee chain has clamped down on the color of t-shirts worn by baristas...
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'End its greed' | Starbucks CEO pay deal sparks criticism from Senator Bernie Sanders
Starbucks paid CEO Brian Niccol approximately $96 million for four months of work...
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Third time | Starbucks faces another lawsuit over wrongful termination allegation
The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) has filed a...
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'Extreme & outrageous' | Starbucks faces discrimination lawsuit over alleged harassment
A former Starbucks manager claims he faced discrimination and harassment at work...
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'We're not effective' | Starbucks CEO tells staff to work harder amid layoffs & RTO
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol has called on corporate employees to take greater accountability...
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'Reduce complexity' | Starbucks to cut 1,100 corporate jobs in major restructuring
Starbucks is eliminating 1,100 corporate positions and closing several hundred vacant...
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'All of this is unlawful' | State of Missouri sues Starbucks over coffee giant's DEI practices
The state of Missouri filed a lawsuit against Starbucks on Tuesday, accusing the...
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Employer brand | Apple tops Fortune's 'most admired' rankings as Musk's reputation slides
Apple has topped Fortune's annual corporate reputation rankings for the 18th consecutive...
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'Too many layers' | Starbucks will target middle managers in forthcoming layoffs
Starbucks plans to lay off an unspecified number of corporate employees...
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Planning for the apes | Could Starbucks have prevented drive-thru monkey attack on employee?
A Starbucks employee in Alabama was attacked by a customer's pet monkey when it...
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'Unfair labor practices' | Widespread strikes at Amazon & Starbucks set to disrupt festive season
Two of the nation's largest employers have been hit by festive strikes, as workers...
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‘Caught my attention’ | Starbucks CEO doubles parental leave after email from employee
Birth parents will receive up to 18 weeks of fully paid leave and non-birth parents...
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Bitter taste | Starbucks slashes staff bonuses by 40% while $23m CEO payout remains intact
Starbucks employees are set to see significant reductions in their annual bonus payouts...
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Blue Yonder outage | Starbucks forced to schedule shifts & calculate staff pay manually after ransomware attack
Starbucks has reassured staff they will all be paid correctly despite the...
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Boeing, McDonald’s, Starbucks | The 28 CEOs - predominantly white males - who earned $5million in DEI bonuses last year
The CEO of American Airlines earned a staggering $520,000 in DEI-related bonuses...
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‘Accountability process’ | Starbucks warns staff: Defy our RTO mandate and risk being fired
“This is not a game of tracking. This is a game of winning,” new Starbucks CEO...
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NLRB ruling | Former Starbucks CEO broke labor law by telling unhappy employee to “go work for another company"
“Why are you angry at Starbucks?” then interim CEO Howard Schultz asked a barista...
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