Starbucks union alleges company closed two stores in retaliation
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Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) has informed workers at two locations that their stores will be closing, a move that the coffee chainâs union says is retaliation for organizing efforts, according to Reuters.
The coffee chain has blamed safety issues for the Kansas City locationâs closure, the location where results are still pending is being closed.

But the union insists that some closures are more than safety. They point to a list with 19 Starbucks. Eighteen of the closing locations have filed for or started to form unions.
Last month, the Seattle-headquartered coffee giant announced 16 locations across the United States, including in California, would close by the end of July.
These closures also come on the heels of Starbucks asking the National Labor Relations Board to suspend all mail-in ballot union elections nationwide.
About 200 of Starbucksâ roughly 9,000 locations in the U.S. have voted to unionize as of August 2022.
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