Neogitations are resuming for Starbucks and its union workers this week.
“Starbucks and Workers United are heading back to the bargaining table this week, the union confirmed in an email to Quartz.
This week’s session picks up where the two parties left off in late April, when Starbucks and Workers United, the union that covers workers across the chain’s U.S. locations, said that they had made ‘significant progress.’
That bargaining period, however, took place just days before the company reported second quarter earnings that revealed the chain was struggling to reach consumers globally. Starbucks said that sales and in-store traffic had both declined during the period, prompting its shares to fall to its worst post-earnings level since 2000 . . .
Bargaining talks this week could provide more clarity on where the chain stands as it looks to improve its relationship with its employees, who are pushing for better pay and enhanced benefits, as well as improvement in staffing and scheduling.”
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