Dave Jamieson has been HuffPost's labor reporter since 2011. Before joining the D.C. bureau, he was a staff writer at Washington City Paper and a freelancer contributing to Slate, the New Republic, the Washington Post and Outside magazine, among other outlets.
Federal officials claim Starbucks cut workers’ hours at hundreds of unionized stores without bargaining over it — and they want the coffee chain to pay up.late Thursday alleging that Starbucks made the scheduling changes in late 2022 and early 2023 and didn’t consult the union. As a result, shift supervisors and baristas at 290 stores saw their hours reduced. Starbucks did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday.
Dolce said one of the policy changes that reduced hours appears to have been in place for nearly two years. He also said that certain workers would have lost health care and other benefits once their scheduled hours dropped below a certain threshold.By his calculations, the full scope of wages and benefits could be “north of $30 million.”
Starbucks was led by its famous co-founder and longtime chief executive Howard Schultz, shown here testifying before Congress, at the time of the alleged scheduling cuts.When the labor board issues such a complaint, it means officials have looked into the workers’ allegations and found merit in them. The next step would be to hold a trial, in which both sides can call witnesses, unless the general counsel can reach a settlement with Starbucks instead.
Baristas had accused Starbucks of waging a vicious anti-union campaign, closing stores, firing workers and slashing wages and benefits to prevent them from unionizing. NLRB administrative law judges later issued“The board's complaint backs up the concerns baristas and shift supervisors have shared time and time again regarding understaffing in our stores.”Starbucks was led by its famous co-founder and longtime chief executive Howard Schultz at the time of the alleged scheduling cuts.
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