Category: Starbucks

Friday Five: Back To Work, Back To The Table, Back To Square One?

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Apr 10, 2026 | DOL, Federal, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Legal, News, NLRB, Starbucks, Strikes, Trending, Unions

Five stories you may not have heard, including JBS workers back at work, Starbucks talks growing contentious again, and Apple’s first unionized store closing.

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫

Posted by Michael VanDervort | Mar 23, 2026 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, Retail, SBWU, SEIU, Service Industry, Starbucks, Trader Joe's, Trader Joe's United, Trending, UFCW, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions, Workers United

Unions have been winning elections at some of the most culturally progressive, consumer-facing brands in the country, but almost none of these wins have resulted in a contract.

Starbucks, Workers United May Head Back to the Bargaining Table

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Mar 16, 2026 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Collective Bargaining, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, Retail, SBWU, Service Industry, Starbucks, Unionized Company, Unions, Workers United

After several years of organizing and stalled negotiations, Starbucks and Starbucks Workers United may soon return to the bargaining table.

Workers United Fled A Grocery Chain And Still Has No Starbucks Contract. See The Pattern?

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Feb 26, 2026 | Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, SEIU, Starbucks, Trending, Union Organizing, Workers United

The union that took on Starbucks couldn’t organize a four-store Buffalo grocer and fled. Workers United’s narrow playbook is starting to speak for itself.