Starbucks Workers United has submitted a proposed contract to the coffee chain, outlining demands from unionized baristas across the company's locations. The union proposal represents the latest development in ongoing labor negotiations between Starbucks and its organized workers.

Meanwhile, Starbucks founder and former CEO Howard Schultz has reportedly relocated from Washington state. Schultz, who stepped down as CEO in 2023, had been a longtime resident of the Pacific Northwest where Starbucks is headquartered.

The contract proposal from Starbucks Workers United comes as the union continues efforts to organize workers at individual store locations nationwide. The company has faced numerous unionization campaigns at its U.S. locations over the past several years.

Starbucks Workers United began its organizing efforts in 2021, starting with a store in Buffalo, New York. Since then, workers at hundreds of locations have petitioned for union representation, though the company has contested many of these efforts through legal challenges and appeals.

The timing of the contract submission coincides with ongoing discussions between Starbucks management and union representatives about workplace conditions, wages, and benefits. Both sides have been engaged in negotiations as the union seeks to establish its first collective bargaining agreements with the company.