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The union representing thousands of Starbucks workers in the US is staging a walkout on one of the coffee chain's busiest days of the year. The action comes amid a bitter fight between Starbucks and Starbucks Workers United, which started organising workers at the company in 2021. The two sides are fighting over pay, scheduling and other issues. Roughly 200 stores are expected to be affected by the 16 November work stoppage. Barista Michelle Eisen, one of the union's leaders, said the company could afford to "do better by its workers". The protest is the second to coincide with Starbucks'...

SEATTLE, WA — In an effort to smooth things over with the Jewish community after baristas voiced support for Hamas, coffee giant Starbucks has begun to give Jewish customers a little something extra by placing a yellow star sticker on their coffee cups. "We value our Jewish customers and want everyone to know exactly who they are," said Starbucks spokesperson Dan Spivey. "We don't want any of our customers to feel alienated or discriminated against, so we're placing these yellow stars on the cups of our Jewish customers to make sure they are fully recognized." Jewish groups had called for...

Starbucks is threatening to take legal action against a workers' union representing nearly 9,000 of its employees after it voiced support for Hamas' terrorist attacks on Israel, the Washington Free Beacon reported Sunday. Following the massacre of 1,300 Israelis, Starbucks Workers United, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union, wrote Tuesday in a now-deleted post on X, "Solidarity with Palestine!" The union, representing 340 Starbucks locations in the country, also "liked" a post by one of its members that read, "Once again, free Palestine." The union's support of Hamas' attacks prompted Republican Senator Rick Scott to call for a...

Now Live — The Daily Wire Election Night 2022 Menu Daily Wire Logo Close Read Listen Watch Discuss Shop Search LoginJoin NEWS Starbucks Union Backed By Prominent Dems Claims ‘Solidarity With Palestine’ After Hamas Terror Attack By Tim Pearce Oct 10, 2023 DailyWire.com FacebookTwitterMail Great Neck, N.Y.: A woman holds up a sign as she joins other protestors in a rally against what they perceive to be union busting tactics, outside a Starbucks in Great Neck, New York, demanding the reinstatement of a former employee on August 15, 2022. (Photo by Thomas A. Ferrara/Newsday RM via Getty Images) Thomas A....

Howard Schultz should have listened to me. A decade ago, I wrote a book in which I observed that one of New York City’s most infamous and intractable municipal problems — its lack of public restrooms — had been in part solved by the private sector, and by one business in particular: Starbucks. That was the case in my neighborhood, at least: On any given afternoon, the Starbucks at Park Row and Beekman would have a restroom line ten or twenty long, mostly European tourists carrying Century 21 shopping bags — it must have been in a guidebook somewhere. It...