Starbucks Closes 250 Stores as Oregon Loses Five, Including Union Pioneer
Starbucks has begun shuttering roughly 250 stores in a sweeping cost-cutting move that is rippling through U.S. markets and local labor communities. In Oregon, five locations are closing, including a store widely viewed as a union pioneer, underscoring how the companyโs restructuring is colliding with the broader fight over organizing in the coffee chain.
