Friday marks the one-year anniversary of Starbucks Workers United's first win, in Buffalo, New York.
, REI and Trader Joe's to organize their own stores. In the past year, more than 260 Starbucks stores have voted in favor of unionizing, giving the union a win rate of 80%, according to data from the National Labor Relations Board.In April, as the union movement continued to gain steam, Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson announced he would retire.
"Over the last year we're proud to have announced industry-leading, partner-focused additional investments including increased pay, modernized training and collaboration, additional and improved benefits, store innovation, and more, bringing the total investments to nearly $1 billion in this fiscal year alone," Starbucks spokesperson Rachel Wall said in a comment to CNBC.
"We have pressured the company to implement raises, seniority pay, credit card tipping and more," she said in a statement. "We have made Starbucks a better company and a better place to work for all baristas – both union and nonunion." To date, Starbucks and the union have yet to agree on a contract for any of the newly unionized locations, and negotiations have broken down over disagreements about whether union members can join the talks via Zoom., insisting on only face-to-face negotiations, citing federal regulationsLabor laws don't require that the employer and union reach a collective bargaining agreement, only that both bargain in good faith.
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