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Starbucks to rehire 7 fired Memphis workers after losing appeal

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press

Starbucks says the workers violated company policy by reopening the store after closing time and inviting a television crew inside. But the National Labor Relations Board determined the company was interfering with the workers' right to organize.

California lawmakers approve landmark fast food workers bill

By Don Thompson, Associated Press

California lawmakers on Monday advanced a nation-leading measure that would give more than a half-million fast food workers more power and protections, over the objections of restaurant owners who warn it would drive up consumers' costs.

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.

Federal judge says Starbucks must reinstate fired workers

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press

A federal judge is ordering Starbucks to reinstate seven employees in Memphis, Tennessee, who were fired earlier this year after leading an effort to unionize their store.

Starbucks asks labor board to temporarily halt union votes

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press

The request came Monday in response to a board employee's allegations that regional NLRB officials improperly coordinated with union organizers.

Workers protest Starbucks’ plan to close a unionizing store

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press

As tensions rise between Starbucks and baristas who want to unionize, the imminent closure of a store in Ithaca, New York, is taking on outsized significance.

Starbucks workers vote to unionize in Buffalo, New York

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press

"Yes" votes could accelerate unionization efforts at other U.S. Starbucks stores. Already, three more stores in Buffalo and a store in Mesa, Arizona, have filed petitions with the labor board for their own union elections. Those cases are pending.

Starbucks fights expanding unionization effort at its stores

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press

Starbucks is fighting an expanded effort to unionize its stores. The effort comes even as a union vote proceeds at three of the coffee chain's locations in Buffalo, New York.

Ex-Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz rules out independent 2020 bid

By Associated Press

"I have concluded that an independent campaign for the White House is not how I can best serve our country at this time," Schultz said in a letter posted on his website.

Starbucks, other California companies must pay employees for off-the-clock work, court says

By Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press

The ruling came in a lawsuit by a Starbucks employee, Douglas Troester, who argued that he was entitled to be paid for the time he spent closing the store after he had clocked out.