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Reports: First Apple Store Successfully Unionizes; Starbucks Allegedly Closes Unionized Store in Retaliation

It’s a good news-bad news situation for retail unionization efforts. Apple reportedly experienced its first successful union vote, at a store in…

WWD: Sephora CEO Leaving After Less Than Two Years

Martin Brok, CEO and President of Sephora, is reportedly leaving the company at the end of June after a tenure of less…

WSJ: Starbucks’ Next CEO Will be External Hire

Starbucks Corporation has confirmed Howard Schultz will remain as interim CEO until Q1 2023 while the retailer’s board searches for a new…

Starbucks Workers Union Commits $1M to Strike and Defense Fund

Starbucks workers who strike in support of unionizing will be protected by a Strike and Defense Fund, to which the Workers United…

Starbucks Joins Growing List of Companies Exiting Russia

In response to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, Starbucks has announced that it will leave the Russian market and close all 130…

Starbucks Joins Other Retailers in Paying for Abortion and Gender-Affirming Surgery Travel

Starbucks will offer reimbursement for eligible travel expenses for workers enrolled in its healthcare insurance program who seek access to gender-affirming procedures…

Reports: Target Workers Join Unionization Push as Virginia Store Files to Hold an Election

Associates at a Target store in Christiansburg, Va. have reportedly filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for a union election,…

Starbucks’ Employee Investments Reach $1 Billion as Company Warns That Unionized Stores May Not Benefit

Starbucks will invest more in its associates and stores to increase pay, modernize training and collaboration and advance store innovation. The retailer…

Atlanta Apple Store’s Workers Become Company’s First to Formally Request a Union

Apple retail store workers at the Cumberland Mall location in Atlanta filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board…

N.J. Amazon Warehouse Becomes Latest Location to Petition for a Union Vote

Workers at an Amazon facility in Bayonne, N.J. have filed with the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to hold a unionization…

Will Unionization Seeds Sprout at Apple NYC Flagship?

Apple associates at the retailer’s flagship Grand Central Terminal location in Manhattan have begun to formally collect signatures to form a union,…

WSJ: Starbucks Working on Better Benefits for Workers — but Unionized Stores Won’t Be Eligible

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz reportedly has announced that new benefits are being developed for associates but that they can’t legally be extended…

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