Starbucks, Union Agree to Mediation to Help Get Talks Over Finish Line
Starbucks Workers United members hold signs while picketing outside a Starbucks store in Chicago on Dec. 20.
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Starbucks Corp. and its union have agreed to bring in an outside mediator for contract negotiations in an effort to revive stalled talks and reach a landmark deal.
The company and Workers United “have made progress over the last nine months of bargaining, and we are committed to continuing to work together – with a mediator’s assistance – to navigate complex issues and reach fair contracts,” Starbucks and the union said in a joint statement emailed to Bloomberg News.