unveiled the first round of pay increases for its U.S. baristas as the world's biggest coffee chain looks to double their hourly income over the next two years while ramping up store expansion plans in key markets.
"This entails engaging with, and listening to, their ideas and feedback while continuing to raise the bar by offering competitive pay and the best benefits package in the industry," she added. Around 360 of stores have voted to form union membership over the past two years, and the company has faced several allegations of anti-union practices, culminating in a ruling from a National Labor Relations Board judge last month that former CEO Howard Schultz violated federal labor law when he told a barista in California in"go work somewhere else" during a debate on employee rights.