If past is prologue as the old saying goes, Dunkin’s franchisees should be in an advanced state of readiness on the union front with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) targeting some Dunkin’ shops in Connecticut. In their ongoing efforts to unionize QSRs and rest stop businesses in the Constitution State, SEIU members are protesting…
Read More »Yesterday, Starbucks Workers United organized a one-day strike at over 110 unionized stores across 25 states around the country. According to a statement from the union, the strikes were said to be in retaliation for Starbucks’ anti-union activities, their previous efforts to defeat the unionizing efforts, and delays in scheduling bargaining sessions. Company spokespeople have…
Read More »Workers at the Starbucks Flagship Reserve Roastery in the Meatpacking district of New York City went on strike late last week, protesting alleged cleanliness issues. Ironically, on that same day, Starbucks announced that another Reserve store in New York City would be opening this month inside the Empire State Building. The new store, comprising 23,000…
Read More »Starbucks reported an acceptable earnings picture for Q4 to Wall Street Thursday: strong US sales, weaker margins due to cost inflation and their partner and equipment upgrades; negative but sequentially better results in China due to COVID restrictions, and strong results in other international markets. Of the results that matter most to us, US comps…
Read More »The saga over unionizing at Starbucks continues with a decision coming down from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) last Friday where the company was found to have illegally fired an employee in Michigan for participating in union activism and in a labor board proceeding. The NLRB administrative judge who heard the complaint ordered Starbucks…
Read More »Starbucks announced last week that it had sent letters to 234 unionized stores offering a three-week window for members of the union bargaining teams to come to the negotiating table. To date, only three of the 234 Starbucks stores that have unionized have begun contract negotiations. None are reported to be close to agreeing to…
Read More »Coming on the heels of a Boston Starbucks finally ending its 64-day strike last week, Starbucks Corporation indicated to Starbucks Workers United union officials that it will be prepared to start labor contract negotiations in October. In a letter sent early this week to the 238 stores that have formally unionized thus far, the company…
Read More »In a decision prompted by the ongoing Starbucks unionization battles, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) yesterday issued a decision in which it modified one of the six factors relating Regional Director discretion in allowing a union representation mail ballot versus an in-person manual ballot election, due to COVID-19 related conditions. Under the terms of…
Read More »Starbucks yesterday announced that Laxman Narasimhan will become the next Chief Executive Officer of the company beginning next month on October 1, 2022. Narasimhan will work closely with founder and current interim CEO Howard Schultz for the next six months after which time, he will fully assume the CEO role and join the Starbucks Board…
Read More »The ongoing unionizing battles within the Starbucks system continues to escalate on both fronts as the Workers United union has filed more complaints with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). In addition, the company has advised employees in two more stores – one in Seattle and the other in Kansas City, both of which have…
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