Starbucks recently announced a set of pay and benefit enhancements, some of which will not be available to unionized workers. The coffee retail giant has come under fire from federal regulators for some of its strategies to avoid unionization by its baristas.
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Pay and Benefit Increases
A 3 percent annual increase will take effect on Jan. 1, 2024, for all eligible workers at U.S. stores. Employees who have worked at Starbucks for two to five years will get a pay bump of at least 4 percent. Those who have at least five years under their belts will get a lift of at least 5 percent, Starbucks said.
Union members will get whatever increases were locked in last year, which vary based on when the store petitioned to unionize. That means that many workers will get the 3 percent or 4 percent hike, and some the 5 percent, even if they are unionized. But the company will not offer new vacation accrual benefits to unionized workers unless they are negotiated in collective bargaining. Nonunion employees will be eligible to accrue more vacation time sooner than before.
All employees, regardless of union status, should benefit from better scheduling as part of a company initiative designed to help give workers the hours they want based on their own feedback.
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