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Starbucks interim CEO Howard Schultz told employees in a letter on Monday that the company is working to "radically" improve their experience amid sweeping unionization efforts.

Retail giant Nike has decided to fully exit Russia following the country's invasion of Ukraine. The company said it would scale down operations there.

The National Labor Relations Board wants Starbucks to rehire seven Buffalo-area workers who it says were "unlawfully fired for exercising their right to form a union."

Rossann Williams, head of Starbucks' North American operations, will be leaving the company later this month, amid more workers pushing to unionize.

Howard Schultz, the interim CEO of Starbucks, is looking for someone who can lead the coffee giant in what is a changing landscape for corporate chiefs.

Workers at a New Orleans, Louisiana, Starbucks voted over the weekend to unionize and join Workers United, making it the first store in the state to form a union.

The workers’ union representing Starbucks' workers at a cafe in New York State claims the location is being closed by the company as retaliation for unionizing.

A Starbucks shop in Birmingham, Alabama, has voted to unionize following a 27-1 vote on Thursday and would be represented by Workers United if the vote stands.

Nike has reportedly not renewed franchise agreements in Russia. The athletic clothing brand announced it would temporarily suspend operations at all its Nike-owned and -operated stores there due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

At the beginning of March, days after Russian forces invaded Ukraine, Starbucks joined a growing list of corporations that suspended all business activity in the country.

In early February, seven union activists in Memphis were all fired on the same day, “including five of the six members of the union organizing committee,” according to the labor board.

Cromwell — who credits himself on Twitter as an “Ethical vegan, Social change activist” — and a few protestors temporarily shut down a Manhattan franchise.

Workers at Amazon and Starbucks have been the faces of the pro-union movements but behind the scenes action by the NLRB may suggest an even more aggressive move.

Public relations firm Zeno Group has reportedly advised a number of high-profile clients to avoid commenting on the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, a 1973 landmark legal ruling that protects women's rights to an abortion.

Starbucks is asking the Biden administration for a sit-down after the White House left the company out of a meeting that included an organizer seeking to unionize the coffee giant's workers.

Starbucks reported record quarterly sales for 1Q 2022, but higher costs put a dent in profits.

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is leading a new push to beat back the unions.

Starbucks claimed Workers United organizers at Starbucks locations in Denver, Colorado, and Phoenix, Arizona, have "unlawfully restrained and coerced partners in the exercise of their rights" for over the past six months.

What is it about Starbucks that is pushing over 200 stores in 29 states to officially file a petition to unionize with the National Labor Relations Board?

Howard Schultz, taking over the reins of the coffee giant once again, told employees that he would suspend the coffee giant's stock repurchasing program in order to refocus its capital on employees.