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Union badges at the Starbucks outlet in Buffalo, New York
STARBUCKS workers have filed charges with the National Labour Relations Board after the global coffee giant announced a pay rise that would only be available to non-union employees.
The company announced the package earlier this week along with a staff-training programme, but said unionised stores and those that have filed for recognition would be excluded.
Chief executive Howard Schultz, who recently returned for a third term at the helm, told investors that spending would come close to $1 billion for the fiscal year and would help Starbucks deal with increased demand.
The new Employment Rights Act is a step forward, but restoring collective bargaining and union power remains essential to tackling insecurity, outsourcing and low pay, says PAUL WHITEHOUSE
A setback for IG Metall at Tesla’s Berlin plant has ignited claims of intimidation and raised fears for the future of collective bargaining and workplace democracy, says TONY BURKE
Organised workers at the notoriously anti-union global giant are scoring victory after victory, and now international bodies are pitching in to finally force this figurehead of corporate capitalism to give in to unionisation, writes EMILIO AVELAR
