Starbucks Is Bumping Up Employee Pay And Schedules Raises
Starbucks is hiking wages as it faces union challenges and a worker shortage. According to Reuters, hourly employees will make 15-dollars an hour with an average of nearly 17 starting…
SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 10: A customer enters a Starbucks Coffee store on June 10, 2020 in San Rafael, California. Starbucks announced plans to close 400 of its company owned cafes over the next 18 months as the coffee shop chain estimates losing over $3 billion due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Starbucks is hiking wages as it faces union challenges and a worker shortage.
According to Reuters, hourly employees will make 15-dollars an hour with an average of nearly 17 starting next summer. Employees with two or more years of service could receive a five-percent raise, while those who have been with the coffee giant for five or more years could get a ten-percent bump.
The increase comes as the company faces a unionization effort in New York. None of the corporate-owned shops in the U.S. are unionized, with workers from three Buffalo locations petitioning for a vote to begin one.
Last December, the coffee chain already bumped up pay by 10-percent.
Source: Reuters
