https://dailycoffeenews.com/category/cafe/barista-news/ Business news for specialty coffee professionals Fri, 08 Dec 2023 19:57:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/12/08/starbucks-asks-for-new-years-resolution-to-reboot-union-talks/ Fri, 08 Dec 2023 19:57:55 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=175328 Following months of legal posturing from parties on both sides of the Starbucks unionization push, the coffee giant today sent a letter to the union organizer asking for a reboot...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/12/04/the-time-has-come-for-century-coffee-in-st-louis/ Mon, 04 Dec 2023 17:16:02 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=175143 A craft-oriented multiroaster cafe called Century Coffee Company is now serving customers in the City Foundry food hall in St. Louis, Missouri. At the helm is 2019 United States Coffee...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/11/29/are-rents-rising-in-your-philly-neighborhood-dont-blame-the-baristas/ Wed, 29 Nov 2023 18:24:12 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=175089 Baristas who work in specialty coffee shops, along with hipsters more generally, have been referred to as the “shock troops” of urban gentrification — and it’s no different in Philadelphia....]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/11/27/here-are-three-new-world-coffee-champions-plus-final-rankings/ Mon, 27 Nov 2023 17:06:48 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=174990 The Specialty Coffee Association released the final rankings of last week’s World Coffee Championship events in Taipei, Taiwan. Held in conjunction with the Taiwan International Coffee Show, the three events...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/11/14/starbucks-workers-united-organizing-red-cup-day-strike/ Tue, 14 Nov 2023 16:15:49 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=174811 Labor organizing group Starbucks Workers United is coordinating a strike on Red Cup Day, an annual marketing event by Starbucks promoting holiday-themed cups and messaging.  The union organizing group is...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/11/06/starbucks-raising-barista-pay-launching-north-american-barista-championship/ Mon, 06 Nov 2023 17:01:53 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=174662 [Note: This story has been updated since its original publication. In now includes statements shared with DCN by a Starbucks representative regarding the extension of  new employee incentives to unionized...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/10/31/us-labor-department-accuses-a-fourth-louisville-cafe-chain-of-wage-violations/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/10/31/us-labor-department-accuses-a-fourth-louisville-cafe-chain-of-wage-violations/#comments Tue, 31 Oct 2023 18:29:30 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=174541 The United States Department of Labor has recovered $72,564 from an illegal tip pool managed by a small cafe chain in Louisville, Kentucky. The federal department’s Wage and Hour Division...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/10/31/us-labor-department-accuses-a-fourth-louisville-cafe-chain-of-wage-violations/feed/ 2 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/10/30/cafe-imports-launches-edu-program-for-coffee-learners-and-educators/ Mon, 30 Oct 2023 17:37:55 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=174512 Minneapolis-based green coffee importer Cafe Imports is diving deeper into professional training through a new education hub called ed+u. Unveiled last week, the entirely free program led by Cafe Imports...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/10/30/the-go-fund-bean-coffee-worker-wage-survey-is-back/ Mon, 30 Oct 2023 16:01:09 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=174504 Coffee worker support nonprofit Go Fund Bean (GFB) has relaunched its GFB Wage Survey, which will be used to identify wage discrepancies in the coffee industry, compare actual wages to...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/10/26/maines-coffee-by-design-voluntarily-recognizes-employee-union/ Thu, 26 Oct 2023 16:53:30 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=174460 The owners of Portland, Maine-based roasting and retail company Coffee By Design have voluntarily recognized an employee union among baristas. A joint announcement yesterday from Coffee By Design and Local...]]>