[ Response to union election victories in Virginia, 4/26/22] Howard Schultz: "Where Starbucks is required to engage in collective bargaining, we will negotiate in good faith. Starbucks will not favor or discriminate against any partner based on union issues. And we will respect the right of Starbucks partners to make their own decisions when exercising these rights." [Starbucks earnings call, 5/3/22 ] Unionizing workers tell More Perfect Union that Starbucks has not stuck to those perfunctory public pledges. Workers at unionized stores across the country, including locations in Colorado, Arizona, and New York, say that Starbucks has not responded to overtures made to begin bargaining. Little progress has been made in short, terse sessions between Starbucks and the union bargaining committee at the Elmwood store in Buffalo, which in December became the first location to win a union election. On Friday, Starbucks will close a unionized store in Ithaca, NY.