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The spacious second-floor conference room at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, was an unlikely place for labor and management to face off, but there they were: eight Trader Joe’s workers at one row of tables, a Trader Joe’s official and two lawyers for the company at another. On the walls hung student paintings of brilliant, swirling flowers. They did little to cheer the atmosphere.Three months earlier, in July 2022, employees at a Trader Joe’s in Hadley, four mil...

Boycott would aim to use consumer power to pressure company to negotiate its first union contract

Starbucks Workers United has accused the coffee giant of banning Pride month displays at some of its stores.

The union representing Starbucks baristas claimed some stores were not allowed to put up Pride month decorations.

The union representing Starbucks baristas claimed some stores were not allowed to put up Pride month decorations.

Some organized Starbucks stores will strike across the U.S. starting Friday in Seattle.

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Starbucks Corp interim Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz has agreed to testify this month before a U.S. S...

Starbucks Corp said on Thursday it has no plans to send interim Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz to testify at a Senate hearing on the companys compliance with federal labor law....

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders on Thursday refused to back down on calls to make Starbucks Corp interim Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz, who is stepping down this month, testify at a hearing on

By Arshreet Singh and David Shepardson