New York CNN —Starbucks employees are getting more pay and new benefits, but some are only going to baristas that haven’t unionized.
The question of which workers get what perks and benefits has been one part of a bitter fight between Starbucks and union organizers across the country.
Workers who have been at Starbucks for 2-5 years will get a pay bump of at least 4%.
“Starbucks has adhered to long-standing legal obligations, which required it to differentiate between unionized or organizing partners and partners in all other stores,” Starbucks spokesperson Rachel Wall said in a statement to CNN Monday.
“Withholding benefits from unionized stores is against the law,” said Starbucks Workers United member Alex Yeager in a statement shared by union representatives Monday.
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