Vice News reports:
Former CEO Howard Schultz is back at the helm of Starbucks, after a five-year hiatus, as baristas at more than 140 stores seek to unionize and six locations have won union elections. Kevin Johnson is stepping down as chief executive, and Schultz, the chain’s longtime leader who built the company into the world’s largest chain and has expressed vocal opposition to the unprecedented unionization push at Starbucks, will lead as “interim” CEO.
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Days before union elections began in Buffalo, NY, Howard Schutlz flew in to give a 45-minute speech titled “From Buffalo With Love” to unionizing baristas in a Hyatt ballroom, outlining his union free vision for Starbucks employees. https://t.co/jZNs4sBcOy
— Motherboard (@motherboard) March 16, 2022
Today, we learned that Kevin Johnson will be stepping down as Starbucks CEO & Howard Schultz will return as interim CEO. We encourage Howard Schultz, who has been a leader of Starbucks’ anti-union campaign, to put union-busting behind him and embrace Starbucks’ unionized future.
— SBWorkersUnited (@SBWorkersUnited) March 16, 2022
When companies are flailing, the founder comes back. But the crisis Starbucks faces isn’t a lack of profit—it’s a union drive.https://t.co/l0ct45FzWG
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) March 16, 2022
Don’t call it a comeback. Howard Schultz spent 2019 testing the waters for a possible run for president as an independent. But he announced in the fall of that year that he had decided against it.https://t.co/7mNN5Gn64J
— MySA (@mySA) March 16, 2022