Category: Get The Facts

Partners at 5 stores have filed for decertification: What does it mean?

Read more about our ongoing efforts to negotiate first contracts for each of our certified stores, and the decision by partners at five stores to petition the NLRB for a decertification election.

Addressing misinformation: Access to gender-affirming care for all partners

Read more about our longstanding commitment to provide all partners enrolled in a Starbucks health plan access to gender-affirming care.

Our difficult decision to close Ithaca area stores

Read more about the outcomes of a regular business review, which included the difficult decision to close two Ithaca area stores due to extreme operational challenges.

Sharing our commitment to partners with the Senate HELP Committee

Read more about our long-standing commitment to partners and watch a recap of former interim ceo Howard Schultz's testimony before the U.S. Senate HELP Committee.

Building a different kind of company

Read more about how Starbucks has set itself apart as a different kind of company that puts its partners first, and hear directly from founder Howard Schultz as he prepares to appear before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.

Our long-standing efforts to put our partners first

Read more about our commitment to moving the good-faith bargaining process forward and why Starbucks continues to be the employer of choice for more than 235,000 U.S. partners.

Contesting the merits of a complaint involving our Heritage Market stores

Read more about our position on a recent NLRB complaint involving partner engagement efforts and the formation of our Heritage Market district in Seattle.

Working with the Senate HELP Committee

Read more about outcomes of our constructive dialogue with Chairman Sanders and other Members of the Senate HELP Committee, including our agreement for interim ceo Howard Schultz to testify on behalf of the company on March 29.

Responding to a recent ALJ decision involving several Buffalo-area stores

Read more about our position on the recent decision from an Administrative Law Judge involving several Buffalo-are stores, including our intention to seek a full legal review of the matter.

Our response to Chairman Sanders & other Members of the Senate HELP Committee following an announced subpoena vote

Read more about our latest response to Chairman Sanders and other Members of the Senate HELP Committee reaffirming our offer to make AJ Jones and other senior executives available to appear at a proposed March 15 hearing.

NLRB Hearing Officer recommends new election in Overland Park, citing substantial misconduct by local NLRB officials

Read more about findings of substantial misconduct by local NLRB officials during the Overland Park union representation election and the NLRB's recommendation for a new election.

Court rejects NLRB request for nationwide cease-and-desist order

Read more about today's Federal Court order rejecting the NLRB's highly publicized request for a nationwide cease-and-desist order.