Starbucks shareholders push to oust board members over stalled union talks

Board members Jørgen Vig Knudstorp and Beth Ford face scrutiny for the coffee chain’s ongoing labor dispute Starbucks shareholders are pushing to remove two board members at the company who they argue have contributed to stalling the coffee chain’s long-fought-over union drive.The SOC...

<p>Board members Jørgen Vig Knudstorp and Beth Ford face scrutiny for the coffee chain’s ongoing labor dispute </p><p>Starbucks shareholders are pushing to remove two board members at the company who they argue have contributed to stalling the coffee chain’s long-fought-over union drive.</p><p>The SOC Investment Group, Trillium Asset Management, Merseyside Pension Fund, the non-profit Shareholder Association for Research and Education (Share), and the New York state and New York City comptrollers wrote a <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d374de8aae9940001c8ed59/t/6995d4bf08ada36fe81bc9e2/1771427008184/SBUX+Vote+No+Letter.pdf">letter </a>to Starbucks shareholders to vote “no” on the re-election of board members Jørgen Vig Knudstorp and Beth Ford at Starbucks’s annual shareholders meeting on 25 March.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/17/starbucks-board-members-union-deal">Continue reading...</a>
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