Starbucks

Baristas at 50 locations say the company isn't bargaining fairly.

The union says Starbucks has refused to negotiate in good faith, and that not a single store has reached a collective bargaining agreement with the company.

Eight Starbucks workers accused the company of falsely and maliciously portraying them as criminals.

The coffee chain now strongly encourages its workers to get COVID vaccinations and boosters and to disclose their status.

The campaign calls itself “Starbucks Workers United.”

“It’s time for us to start acting and doing something. There’s so much lip service around diversity and inclusion,” Starbucks’s Mellody Hobson said.

The company announced $100 million through 2025 to support small businesses and community development projects in diverse communities.

Starbucks named finance executive Mellody Hobson to lead its board as chair, making her one of the highest-profile Black directors in corporate America.

Adobe joins Citigroup, Starbucks and Mastercard in disclosing this kind of information, which measures the pay of women and men across all job classifications no matter their role in the company.

The company’s U.S. employees and eligible family members will receive 20 mental health sessions with a therapist or coach each year.

WeWork is temporarily closing 55 offices across China and Facebook employees based at the epicenter of the virus are also being told to work from home.

Employees will have access to hundreds of themed sessions aimed to improve mental health, stress and anxiety.

After beefing up its parental leave policy this year, Starbucks will now offer subsidized childcare for all of its U.S. employees, too.

Issues facing the coffee chain have changed since the company’s founding as it has expanded across the U.S. with thousands of stores, forcing it to confront thorny societal problems like the racial divide, opioid abuse and homelessness.

Aflac, Chipotle, Starbucks and Visa are among the employers investing their tax savings back into the workplace.

The coffee chain plans to shut its more than 8,000 company-owned stores during the afternoon of May 29.

Aflac, Chipotle, Starbucks and Visa are among the employers investing their tax savings back into the workplace.

Starbucks plans to spend $250 million on new employee benefits, including a pay boost for domestic workers, in the wake of the federal tax overhaul.

Here’s what large employers, including Starbucks, Amazon and Staples, did this year to redefine their employee benefit packages.