The Howard Schultz Senate Hearing: Setting the Record Straight on a Venti’s Worth of Misinformation Assessing Starbucks CEO's Senate testimonial regarding the company's response to workers union organizing.
March 31, 2023 News & Commentary Starbucks faces shareholder pressure for an independent review of worker rights; McDonald's workers appeal lawsuit over no-poach agreements; NYT employees take to twitter over stalled collective bargaining agreement; Seattle becomes the first American city to establish permanent paid sick and safe time benefits for gig workers; and Major League Baseball reaches a tentative collective bargaining agreement with minor league players.
March 30, 2023 News & Commentary Howard Schultz denied violating labor law, Florida’s anti-union bill passes the Senate, and screenwriters and journalists call for fair wages.
Starbucks CEO Testifies Before Senate: Starbucks “Did Not Break the Law” Howard Schultz repeatedly asserted Starbucks has not broken the law -- despite a judge findng "egregious AND widespread" NLRA violations.
March 29, 2023 News & Commentary Former Starbucks CEO testifies today before a Sanders-led Senate committee, and Kansas City Apple store organizers file charges with the NLRB.
March 24, 2023 News & Commentary Duke opposing unionizing grad student workers; NLRB prosecutors find merit to ULPs against Amazon; Starbucks investors weighing outside audit of company's labor practices.
March 23, 2023 News & Commentary Trader Joe's workers in Oakland file a petition to form a union; a Kenyan court temporarily blocks Meta contractor’s mass layoff of content moderators; and Starbucks workers at more than 100 stores walkout ahead of shareholders’ meeting.
Howard Schultz Subpoena Tracker Covering Senator Sanders's effort to subpoena Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz.
March 5, 2023 News & Commentary The fallout from DOL's child labor investigation; Department of Commerce issues childcare requirements for microchip manufacturers seeking subsidies; Starbucks reinstates New York City employee under 2021 just-cause removal law; NLRB finds Google is subcontractors' employer
March 3, 2023 News & Commentary NLRB General Counsel aims to limit employers' ability to hire temporary replacements during some lockouts; forty-four corporate Starbucks employees sign open letter urging neutrality towards unionization efforts; Senator Sanders plans vote to subpoena Starbucks CEO
