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The move comes against the backdrop of unionization efforts gaining momentum at large US corporations, including Amazon.com Inc and Starbucks Corp.

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Customers and Apple employees gather during the first day of sale for the iPhone 13, in New York, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021. | Richard Drew, Associated Press Apple employees at two retail stores are close to finishing their paperwork to unionize Apple employees across the country are trying to unionize behind the scene as hourly workers express their needs, according to a report by The Washington Post . Two stores are close to filling out paperwork with the National Labor Relations Board. Six more locations are at a less advanced stage in the process. Currently, the tech company has more than 270 locations in the U.S. and more than 500 worldwide, according to CNET . Employees earn between $17 to $30 per hour, depending on their market and position, along with $1,000 to $2,000 in stock. But these wages havent kept up with inflation. Apple and NLRB did not respond to requests for comment, per the Post . Meanwhile, Apple CEO Tim Cook received a $99 million compensation package. I have a lot of co-workers and friends who I genuinely love and they do not make enough to get by, said one labor organizer who works at an Apple retail store. Theyre struggling and theyre hurting and we work for a company that has the resources to make sure that theyre taken care of. According to Reuters , this movement comes as unionization efforts gain momentum in the U.S., spreading to corporations like Starbucks and Amazon.

Money managers increased their net bullish wagers on arabica coffee to the highest in records going back to 2006, government data as of Feb. 15 showed Friday. A global supply crunch caused by plunging output in top grower Brazil, plus soaring input and transportation costs, have pushed the beans favored by Starbucks Corp. to repeated decade highs recently. Lingering uncertainty about production this year is weighing on traders ahead of the winter season in the Southern Hemisphere, when unfavorab

Starbucks is "not anti-union" but "pro-partner" according to top diversity officer Dennis Brockman.

An article in the Washington Post alleges Apple store workers are attempting to unionize, following efforts by Starbucks and Amazon employees.

Amazon, Microsoft and Starbucks on Thursday announced a $10 million joint effort to decrease homelessness in downtown Seattle.The "Partnership for Zero" campaign will be officially unveiled at 2 p.m. on Thursday,…

SEATTLE (AP) — Amazon, Starbucks, Microsoft Philanthropies, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, billionaires Steve and Connie Ballmer and others said Thursday they''ll spend more than $10 million to combat homelessness in Seattle. The Seattle Times reports the money will help set up and fund a team from the new King County Regional Homelessness Authority, designed to triage and alleviate homeless camping in downtown and the city''s International District. Much of the money will help hire formerly homeless “peer navigators” who will meet with and develop plans for each person living homeless downtown. The initiative will also provide flexible funding to get people what they need to get housed. Marc Dones, CEO of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority, said the goal is to get to fewer than 30 people living outside in downtown Seattle — down from the 800 to 1,000 the authority estimates live there now. Businesses and local leaders have been clamoring for months about a solution to chronic homelessness downtown, as tourists and employees gradually return. “Time is a-wasting,” said former Washington Gov.

Chains Starbucks and Tim Hortons say higher operational costs are behind increases

CVC Capital Partners, Brookfield Asset Management and two Abu Dhabi state funds have bid to buy a stake in the Middle East, North Africa and central Asia Starbucks franchise held by Alshaya Group, Reuters reported.

The increase of up to 32 cents for a cup comes after the U.S. coffee giant reported slower sales in China and faced a nationalist backlash over a separate issue.

Starbucks faced its second public outcry in China in less than three months after an incident at one of its stores. According to Reuters, the company described it as a misunderstanding that drew online users’ criticism and official media attention on Feb. 15. A Weibo user said that a group of police officers was eating […]

Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX ) is facing irate internet users in China after announcing price hikes. What Happened: On Thursday (Beijing Time), the People’s Daily reported that Starbucks price hikes dominated Weibo — a social media platform akin to Twitter. Starbucks price increases in China spanned RMB 1 to 2, generally. For a large cup of American-style iced black coffee, customers will now have to shell two extra renminbis. Netizens decried the price hike in what has become Starbucks’ fastest-growing and largest overseas market, as per People’s Daily — the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. An online commentator reportedly said that though the price increase was not … Full story available on Benzinga.com

BEIJING : Coffee chains such as Luckin Coffee and Tim Hortons have increased the prices of their beverages in China, with U.S. giant Starbucks blaming "multiple factors" such as higher operating costs. The chains, among China''s largest coffee players, raised prices by between 1 yuan and 3 yuan ($0.16 and

Starbucks (SBUX) baristas at Mesa, Arizona store will have to wait to vote on whether to unionize.