A
Starbucks
logo
is
seen
as
members
and
supporters
of
Starbucks
Workers
United
protest
outside
of
a
Starbucks
store
in
Dupont
Circle,
Washington,
D.C.,
on
Nov.
16,
2023.
Kevin
Dietsch
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Starbucks
workers
at
unionized
cafes
will
receive
the
pay
hikes
that
their
nonunion
coworkers
first
collected
in
May
2022,
a
key
step
as
the
coffee
giant
and
the
union
representing
some
baristas
signaled
Tuesday
that
they
are
working
toward
breaking
a
standoff
over
bargaining.
The
wage
increases
are
a
sign
of
good
faith
from
Starbucks
toward
Workers
United,
an
affiliate
of
the
Service
Employees
International
Union
that
has
organized
more
than
300
company-owned
Starbucks
locations.
The
parties
jointly
announced
Tuesday
afternoon
that
they
found
a
“constructive
path
forward”
during
mediation
discussions
last
week.
The
talks
were
part
of
litigation
over
Workers
United’s
use
of
Starbucks’
branding,
sparked
by
a
post
on
social
media
site
X
from
the
union’s
account
in
support
of
Palestinians.
Starbucks
and
Workers
United
said
they
have
agreed
to
start
discussions
“on
a
foundational
framework”
on
how
to
reach
collective
bargaining
agreements
for
stores.
The
announcement
marks
the
most
noticeable
thawing
in
the
two
parties’
relationship
since
the
first
Starbucks
location
unionized
in
December
2021.
If
Starbucks
follows
through
on
its
pledge
to
hike
wages
for
union
cafes,
employees
who
have
been
with
the
company
between
two
years
and
five
years
will
receive
either
a
5%
increase
or
get
paid
5%
above
the
market’s
start
rate,
earning
whichever
is
higher.
Workers
with
more
than
five
years
of
tenure
will
get
a
7%
increase
or
earn
10%
more
than
the
market’s
start
rate,
whichever
is
higher.
The
coffee
chain
implemented
the
wage
hikes
in
May
2022
under
the
leadership
of
former
CEO
Howard
Schultz,
who
waged
an
aggressive
campaign
against
the
union
and
faced
backlash
from
the
organization,
politicians
and
customers
for
the
strategy.
Current
CEO
Laxman
Narasimhan
has
been
in
the
role
for
nearly
a
year.
Starbucks
also
said
Tuesday
that
it
would
provide
unionized
cafes
with
credit
card
tipping,
a
benefit
that
has
been
available
in
nonunion
stores
for
more
than
a
year.
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