Starbucks says it will hike wages and double training as CEO Howard Schultz tries to head off a growing union push among the coffee chain's baristas
However, the coffee giant will not offer the enhanced benefits to workers at the roughly 50 company-owned cafes that have voted to unionize.In this articleStarbucks
"So, partners will receive these pay, benefits and store-improvement investments at all U.S. company-operated stores where Starbucks has the right to unilaterally make these changes," the company said in a statement. "However, at stores where workers have union representation, federal law requires good faith bargaining over wages, benefits and working conditions which prohibits Starbucks from making or announcing unilateral changes.
Schultz told store managers last month that the company was reviewing its benefits for workers. However, he said the new benefits legally couldn't be extended to stores that have voted to unionize without separately negotiated contracts for unionized workers. The Starbucks union, Starbucks Workers United,This marks the third wage increase to baristas' paychecks since company-owned stores in Buffalo, New York, filed a petition to unionize.
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