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Former Starbucks boss Howard Schultz in Seattle in January 2019
FORMER Starbucks chief executive Howard Schultz is set to return to the company for a third time, it was announced on Wednesday, amid reports of anti-union tactics by the coffee-chain giant.
Mr Schultz takes over the reins as the beleaguered firm seeks to improve its image, which has been damaged over claims of union busting and bullying of staff.
Starbucks told investors it aimed to “improve relations” with its workers and open 20,000 stores by the end of the decade.
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Trade unions and community groups are mobilising to push back against Trump’s racist raids after new revelations of spying on legal protesters. MARK GRUENBERG reports from the US state of Minnesota
Organised workers at the notoriously anti-union global giant are scoring victory after victory, and now international bodies are pitching in to finally force this figurehead of corporate capitalism to give in to unionisation, writes EMILIO AVELAR