Last June, Starbucks held the "Starbucks Global Barista Championship" for the first time in Las Vegas. Over the course of more than a year, approximately 84,000 baristas from around the world competed ...

How did Ryan Wedding go from representing Canada in the 2002 Olympics to being on the FBI’s 10 most wanted list?

Like Starbucks, Walmart is notorious for its union busting and ability to hold down the wage floor, though its wages have ...

The Starbucks union says its strike has expanded to over 30 locations throughout the country, with the latest work stoppage hitting a store in Albany, NY, days after after New York City’s socialist ...

On a quiet Sunday afternoon, Michelle Eisen, a 42-year-old Starbucks barista turned union leader, settles on a wooden ...

It’s been four years since the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) certified the petition by Starbucks baristas in Buffalo, New York to unionize the first store in the country. Since then, more than ...

Starbucks (SBUX) faces an escalating strike of baristas in the U.S. in what has become the largest union pushback against the Seattle-based company in its history. The union announced on Thursday it ...

[Update as of Dec. 11, 2025] The Red Cup Rebellion, an ongoing strike by baristas organized by the Starbucks Workers United union, recently added actions in 34 more cities. Since the strike kicked off ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... On Feb. 14, 2022, a Starbucks manager pulled Michaela Sellaro aside for a meeting. Just a few weeks earlier, Sellaro and a group of her fellow baristas at ...

The Starbucks union organizing campaign has been one of the biggest successes in the American labor movement over the past few years. But despite momentum, there is still no first labor contract, a ...

Thousands of unionized Starbucks workers remain on strike across the country as the coffee chain debuted a new holiday beverage on Tuesday, Nov. 18. Starbucks Workers United, which represents ...