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May 31, 2022

Starbucks Labor Organizers Win 100th Unionized Store
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In labor news, at least 100 Starbucks stores have formed unions across
the country. The historic milestone comes after two Starbucks in Seattle
and one in Birmingham, Alabama, voted to unionize last week. Starbucks
executives have responded with a campaign of retaliation against union
efforts. The National Labor Relations Board says more than a dozen
Starbucks workers have been illegally fired as workers at hundreds of
stores have filed for union elections since December, when a Starbucks
in Buffalo, New York, became the first unionized store in the United
States.


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