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Thousands of Starbucks workers expected to join one-day strike in protest of understaffing

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press

Workers at more than 200 U.S. Starbucks stores plan to walk off the job Thursday. Organizers say it's the largest strike yet in the two-year-old effort to unionize the company's stores.

Starbucks, Workers United union sue each other in standoff over pro-Palestinian social media post

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press

Starbucks wants Workers United to stop using its name and logo. Workers United responded with its own filing, asking a federal judge to continue to use Starbucks' name and a similar logo, and accusing Starbucks of defamation.

As labor movements spread nationwide, White House highlights how administration is helping unions

By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press

Biden is counting on critical labor support as he campaigns for a second term in office, holding his first re-election campaign rally at a Pennsylvania union hall in June, declaring: "I'm proud to be the most pro-union president in American…

Starbucks workers plan strike over Pride displays, company accuses union of spreading false information

By Michelle Chapman, Associated Press

Workers at 150 Starbucks locations will strike in a clash over decor supporting LGBTQ+ causes, but the company accused the union of using it as a tactic in labor talks.

Sen. Bernie Sanders launches probe into Amazon's safety practices, asks workers to share stories

By Associated Press

The move follows a series of probes Sanders has initiated against Starbucks and Moderna in his role as chairman of a committee that oversees health and labor issues.

WATCH: Former Starbucks CEO defends labor practices during Senate hearing

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press

Schultz denied the company has broken the law and said Starbucks is appealing those charges. He said Starbucks respects workers' right to unionize, but believes the company already provides its workers with industry-leading wages and benefits.

Why scrutiny of Starbucks' alleged union violations is boiling over now

By Justin Stabley

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.

Starbucks interim CEO Howard Schultz agrees to testify before Senate committee

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press

Howard Schultz has agreed to appear before a U.S. Senate committee that is examining Starbucks' actions amid an ongoing unionization campaign.

Sen. Bernie Sanders schedules vote to force Starbucks CEO to testify

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press

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.

Starbucks interim CEO Howard Schultz declines to appear before Senate panel

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press

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.