Politics Mar 29 WATCH: Former Starbucks CEO defends labor practices during Senate hearing By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press
Economy Mar 29 Why scrutiny of Starbucks’ alleged union violations is boiling over now Public scrutiny is brewing for former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz on Wednesday as he testifies before a Senate committee about the company's alleged anti-union practices. By Justin Stabley
Politics Mar 01 Sen. Bernie Sanders schedules vote to force Starbucks CEO to testify Sen. Bernie Sanders is raising the stakes in his effort to get Starbucks' interim CEO Howard Schultz to testify at a Senate hearing about the company's compliance with federal labor laws. By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press
Economy Feb 15 Starbucks interim CEO Howard Schultz declines to appear before Senate panel Starbucks' interim CEO Howard Schutz has declined a request to appear before a Senate committee seeking to question him about the coffee chain's response to an ongoing unionization campaign at the company's U.S. stores. By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press
Politics Feb 08 In new role as labor committee chair, Bernie Sanders says corporations ‘should be nervous’ As the new chairman of the Senate committee that oversees health and labor issues, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says some corporations "should be nervous."… By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
Aug 25 Labor board files complaint against Starbucks for withholding raises from unionized stores By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press The National Labor Relations Board says Starbucks is violating U.S. labor law by withholding pay hikes and other benefits from stores that have voted to unionize. Continue reading
May 11 Starbucks changes bathroom policy following racial firestorm By Associated Press Starbucks has adopted an open-bathroom policy following the arrest last month of two African American men at a coffee shop in Philadelphia. Continue reading
Nov 11 A veteran’s tough love message to at-risk kids — and fellow vets By Margaret Warner Do vets coming home from the horrors of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars have something unusual to teach the young people of today? If you listen to West Point graduate and retired Lt. Col. David Oclander, who is now a… Continue reading
Jul 02 Watch Starbucks Plans to Close 600 Stores as Sales Slide Starbucks announced Wednesday the closure of 600 stores and plans for staff cutbacks after a drop in sales. Lee Hochberg reports on the economic shifts behind the company's losses and how the coffee giant plans to recover. Continue watching