Tag: Starbucks
Flexibility can pay off
A college professor was once approached after a lecture by a young man demanding an explanation for an apparent contradiction between something he had...
Listen to and develop people
The boards of two fiercely competitive companies decided to organize a rowing match to challenge each other’s organizational and sporting abilities. The first company...
U.S. weekly jobless claims jump to highest level in eight months
WASHINGTON (AP) – Filings for U.S. unemployment benefits rose to their highest level in eight months last week but remain historically low despite growing...
Retail sales were unchanged in April from March as inflation and...
NEW YORK (AP) – Americans unexpectedly paused their spending in April from March as inflation continued to sting and elevated interest rates made taking...
U.S. consumer sentiment drops to 6-month low on inflation, unemployment fears
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. consumer sentiment fell sharply in May to the lowest level in six months as Americans cited stubbornly high inflation and...
Employees at downtown Providence Starbucks unionize
PROVIDENCE – Employees at a downtown Starbucks have become the first Starbucks store in Rhode Island to unionize.
Workers at the 1 Financial Plaza store...
Starbucks workers in Providence join one-day strike
Starbucks workers in Providence, along with their fellow colleagues from more than 200 of the coffee chain's U.S. stores, plan to walk off the...
Spending at bars, restaurants surges as Americans shrug off inflation, recession...
NEW YORK (AP) – Americans didn't let persistent inflation and lingering worries about a recession cut into summer spending on eating and drinking out.
Retails...
Starbucks says it wants union bargaining to begin
SEATTLE – (AP) Starbucks said Monday that it wants to start contract negotiations next month at hundreds of U.S. stores that have voted to...
Starbucks asks labor board to halt union votes temporarily
Starbucks is asking the National Labor Relations Board to suspend all union elections at its U.S. stores in response to a whistleblower's allegations of...
















