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The global coffee chain reported record-breaking sales over the quarter that ended in October. Pumpkin spice sales jumped 17% this year compared to last, noted interim CEO Howard Schultz.
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In a letter shared with NPR, the company alleges that labor board personnel exploited "weaknesses in the mail-ballot election process" to help union organizers.
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The National Labor Relations Board is asking a court to reinstate seven Starbucks workers in Buffalo, N.Y. who were allegedly fired illegally because they were involved in union organizing.
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The decision to close the store on College Avenue has left workers with less than a week's notice and resulted in them calling for a boycott of other Starbucks stores around the city.
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A federal judge in Arizona ruled that Starbucks did not have to reinstate or give accommodations to three employees who claim they were retaliated against for organizing a union.
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Starbucks gave the employees at the College Ave. location in Ithaca, N.Y., a one-week notice of the closure, the union says, with the store slated to permanently close on June 10.
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The national movement for Starbucks unionization had its first major victory in Oklahoma yesterday.
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The coffee chain joins McDonald's in taking its brand out of the country. Starbucks had temporarily paused operations in March.
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A National Labor Relations Board official outlined a host of labor law violations in a filing seeking reinstatement and backpay for the employees.
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Starbucks workers have driven a surge in union election petitions filed with the National Labor Relations Board. Unionizing has also picked up at colleges, non-profits and pot dispensaries.