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'I'm not buying Starbucks and you shouldn't either.' Seattle Mayor-elect Katie Wilson joins striking baristas

Just hours after Bruce Harrell conceded the narrow Seattle mayoral race to her, Mayor-elect Katie Wilson joined striking Starbucks employees on the picket line and urged people to boycott the company.

Unionized Starbucks' workers strike in Seattle, across the country

Dubbed the "Red Cup Rebellion," workers at Starbucks cafes in over 40 cities took to the picket lines Thursday, calling for higher pay and better staffing. The nationwide strike coincides with the company’s popular holiday Red Cup Day, one of the coffee giant’s busiest days of the year.

Starbucks' union workers plan strike next week unless company agrees to a contract

Starbucks’ union members have voted to strike at the company’s U.S. stores next week unless it finalizes a contract agreement, the union said Wednesday.

Starbucks sells 60% stake in China business in $4 billion deal

Starbucks to close hundreds of stores, lay off 900 workers as part of turnaround plan

Starbucks said Thursday it’s closing hundreds of U.S. and Canadian stores and laying off 900 nonretail employees as it focuses more of its resources on a turnaround.

Starbucks looks to protein drinks, other new products to reverse lagging sales

Starbucks said this week it’s confident that improved store operations and new products — including a cold foam protein drink — will soon help turn around the company’s lagging U.S. sales.

One year later, a union contract for Starbucks baristas is still brewing

It's been over year since Seattle coffee giant Starbucks agreed to start negotiating a national contract with the union representing baristas — Starbucks Workers United. But negotiations have stalled, baristas are growing frustrated, and each side has different ideas about how to turn the company around.

Starbucks corporate layoffs leave a bitter taste in Washington state

The impact of Starbucks’s latest layoffs on its home state is coming into focus.

Starbucks workers strike in Seattle, LA, and Chicago as negotiations stall

Unionized Starbucks workers in Seattle, Los Angeles, and Chicago hit the picket lines Friday. It’s the start of a five-day strike aimed at disrupting Starbucks during the busy days leading up to Christmas, when many customers stop by for seasonal drinks.

Starbucks, trying to reverse sluggish sales, discontinues olive oil drinks to simplify its menu

Starbucks said Wednesday that it's discontinuing its Oleato olive-oil infused beverages at most locations, as part of an effort to streamline the chain’s menu.