Starbucks increases U.S. hourly wages and adds other benefits for non-union workers

Enlarge this image The Starbucks logo is seen on a shop, March 14, 2017, in downtown Pittsburgh. Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption toggle caption Gene J. Puskar/AP The Starbucks logo is seen on a shop, March 14, 2017, in downtown Pittsburgh. Gene J. Puskar/AP Starbucks is increasing pay and benefits for most of its U.S. hourly workers after ending its fiscal year with record sales. But the company said Monday that unionized workers won't be eligible for some of those perks, a sign of the continuing tension between the Seattle coffee giant and the union trying to organize its U.S. stores. At least 366 U.S. Starbucks stores have voted to unionize since 2021, according to the National Labor Relations Board. But Starbucks and the Workers United union have yet to reach a labor agreement at any of those stores. Starbucks has 9,600 company-operated stores in the U.S. Business Fed-up consumers are increasingly going after food companies for misleading claims Starbucks said Monday it will increase...