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Trans Starbucks Worker Fired Over Viral Argument With Customer Speaks Out
Exclusive: Luna Spain lost her manager's job after an interaction with a customer was covered by right-wing media. She told VICE News she is being treated as a criminal despite being the victim of transphobia.
Billionaire Howard Schultz Whines It’s ‘Unfair’ to Be Called a Billionaire
The Starbucks founder made the comment to Senator Bernie Sanders during a hearing called “The Need to End Illegal Union Busting at Starbucks.”
Starbucks Asked a COVID-Positive Employee to Work, Then Fired Him for Tweeting About It
Well over a hundred pro-union Starbucks employees have claimed the company fired them illegally in retaliation for union organizing.
The ‘Red Cup Rebellion’ Is Here as Starbucks Workers Launch Massive Strike
“Red Cup Day” is the coffee giant’s biggest sales day of the year, and workers say it’s “absolutely unbearable.”
The Feds Are Getting Serious About Stopping Starbucks’ Alleged Union Busting
The National Labor Relations Board just asked for a “nationwide cease and desist order” barring Starbucks from firing employees for union activity.
Workers at Combined Starbucks and Amazon Store File for Union Election
Workers say they're doing two jobs for the pay of one.
Starbucks Workers Serve Dunkin’ Donuts at Strike at Flagship NYC Store
Strike organizers allege bed bug sightings and black mold in the ice machines.
Starbucks’ Negotiations With Union Stores Begin and Immediately Collapse
Starbucks representatives abruptly ended the negotiations because they objected to some workers Zooming in.
Inside the Wild Starbucks Manager Kidnapping Incident That Wasn’t
A manager accused workers of kidnap and assault, but police didn’t bring charges and a spokesperson said the “allegations were not true.”
Ex-Starbucks Manager Says He Was Given a List of Pro-Union Workers to Target
The former manager resigned in January. “I didn’t want to do illegal stuff,” he told a labor board judge.
Starbucks Is Ending COVID Benefits
The coffee giant has repeatedly argued it can’t change benefits for unionizing stores, but this move will impact unionizing stores.
Amazon and Starbucks Workers’ Rally Outside Howard Schultz’s House Interrupted by Amazon Delivery
“Make sure you sign a union card on the way out,” ALU president Chris Smalls said.