Labor Group Plans Board Fight at Starbucks

Coalition of unions seeks three seats on coffee giant’s board

Updated Nov. 21, 2023 5:32 pm ET

Protesters among a coalition of unions and Starbucks workers rally outside a New York Starbucks coffee store earlier this month. Photo: Bebeto Matthews/Associated Press

A labor group is seeking representation on the Starbucks board, ratcheting up pressure in a battle between the coffee giant and its workers over pay and working conditions. 

The Strategic Organizing Center—a coalition of labor unions including the Service Employees International Union that owns a small Starbucks stake—is seeking to address what it views as a failure by the board to oversee the company’s treatment of its workers. 

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