Category: Workers United

Starbucks Workers Try To Turn Up the Heat Without Big Strike Power

Posted by Michael VanDervort | Sep 22, 2025 | Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Lynne Fox, News, Service Industry, Starbucks, Strikes, Trending, Uncategorized, Union Leaders, Union Leaders, Unions, Workers United

Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) has organized about 650 stores out of nearly 9,000 corporate-owned stores. That’s a lot of stores to be organized at any one employer, but not enough density to shut down the enterprise with a strike.

Climbing the Walls: Another Fine Workers United Mess

Posted by Kimberly Ricci | Jul 30, 2025 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, News, SEIU, Service Industry, Strikes, Trending, Union Organizing, Unionized Company, Unions, Workers United

SEIU’s trendy Workers United affiliate has been circling a California-based indoor climbing wall chain while now ratcheting up the intensity.

Dress Codes & Drama: How Not to Handle Workplace Change

Posted by Michael VanDervort | May 19, 2025 | Bargaining/Negotiations, Industry, Labor Relations Ink, Labor Relations Insight, Leadership, Legal, News, NLRB, Retail, SBWU, Service Industry, Starbucks, Strikes, Trending, Union Leaders, Unionized Company, Unions, Workers United

Baristas were walking off the job at unionized stores. Starbucks just served up a lesson on what happens when following the process takes a backseat to public relations.