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'Metaphorical gunpoint' | Stressed Starbucks staff push back on handwritten cup message policy
Starbucks baristas are pushing back against mandatory handwritten cup messages, calling...
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Governance | Starbucks board members survive challenge over labor relations approach
Starbucks shareholders back the board despite labor oversight concerns and stalled...
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Proxy power | How shareholders are exerting increasing influence over workplace policy
Shareholder pressure is moving workplace issues onto proxy ballots as investors question...
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Strikes | Starbucks directors challenged by investors over labor relations approach
Investors urge Starbucks shareholders to oppose two directors over handling of labor...
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'Less friction' | Starbucks bets on AI to relieve staff admin & lift sales
Starbucks is deploying artificial intelligence across stores while boosting staffing,...
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'Unacceptable' | Starbucks barista fired over cop cup pig controversy
A Starbucks barista was fired after a police officer received a coffee cup with a...
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'Vital protections' | Starbucks will pay workers $38.9m to settle labor law violations
Starbucks will pay millions of dollars after New York City found widespread Fair...
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'Corporate greed' | Starbucks CEO's $96m pay questioned as barista strike rumbles on
Starbucks' CEO made $95.8 million in 2024, while the average barista made just $14,674,...
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‘Angry’ | Starbucks staff publicly criticize leadership over 'race to the bottom' job cuts
Staff have warned Starbucks that cost-saving job cuts could be irreparably damaging...
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Flat raises | Starbucks shifts salaried pay policy as union talks continue
Starbucks sets a flat 2% raise for salaried staff amid union pushback and cost...
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WFH to go | Starbucks orders return to office four days a week
Starbucks will relocate people leaders to HQs in Seattle or Toronto and offer voluntary...
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Star pupils | How Starbucks boosts retention and engagement with upfront L&D aid
Starbucks' upfront tuition program is driving career growth, retention and engagement...
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Brewing up | Has Starbucks just raised the bar on employee recognition?
Starbucks is crowning a global barista champ in Las Vegas. Is its recognition strategy...
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84,000 participants | Starbucks celebrates frontline staff with global barista competition
Starbucks is spotlighting its frontline staff with the launch of a new global barista...
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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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