Starbucks, Union Seek Path to Reach Collective Agreement (2)

Feb. 27, 2024, 10:29 PM UTC

Starbucks Corp., in a break from the labor tactics of its former chief executive officer, said it agreed with the main union representing its workers to start talks about how to achieve collective-bargaining agreements and provide a fair process for union organizing.

Starbucks said it also agreed to provide workers represented by the Starbucks Workers United union with benefits, such as credit-card tipping, that it was previously providing only to nonunion cafes. The company had maintained that labor law prevented it from extending those perks to unionized shops that lacked collective bargaining agreements, sparking one of many legal disputes ...

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