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Chairman and CEO Brian Niccol said in a letter to employees that the company would lay off 1,100 corporate employees globally and would eliminate several hundred open and unfilled positions.

On Monday, Starbucks said it was reversing a long-standing policy that invited everyone into its stores and based on a new code of conduct.

Starbucks' union says workers are walking off the job at some 300 — out of over 10,000 — stores across the U.S. as contract negotiations falter. The company urges it to return to the bargaining table.

Workers at Starbucks, Amazon and some other prominent consumer brands are fighting for their first contracts after several locations voted to unionize.

Shoppers complain that Starbucks isn't fancy enough — but they also say it's too expensive. The new CEO, Brian Niccol, is ordering up big changes.

The Seattle coffee giant said Laxman Narasimhan, who spent a little more than a year leading Starbucks, will step down immediately.

The justices tightened the standards for when a federal court should issue an order to protect the jobs of workers during unionization campaigns.

As climate change makes summers hotter, restaurant employees are walking out and unionizing.

Starbucks and some of its baristas have been in a contentious fight over unionizing since 2021. Now, the Supreme Court considers a case that could have implications for unions far beyond Starbucks.

The complaint alleges that the coffee giant’s digital payment platforms are designed with deceptive practices that might violate state law.