Starbucks unlawfully denied unionized workers raises that it provided to its nonunionized employees, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) maintained in an Aug. 24 complaint. The company denies any labor law violation. We’ve gathered articles on the news from SHRM Online and other media outlets.
Announced Raises
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced the raises and doubled training hours in May. But he said the changes wouldn’t apply to recently unionized stores or sites in the process of unionizing. “We do not have the same freedom to make these improvements at locations that have a union or where union organizing is underway,” he said.
