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On a sunny Tuesday morning at the Flower Mound Starbucks at Robertson’s Creek shopping center, workers are busy making espresso, mixing drinks and preparing food as customers chat idly.

The workers at the shop voted to unionize in January, joining three other stores across the region — in Addison, Denton and at Mockingbird Station in Dallas — with a national group that's part of the larger Workers United Labor Union based in Philadelphia.

Parker Heyns — the 21-year-old who led the effort to unionize Flower Mound — said he was motivated to start the union after feeling undervalued at work.

“People always think that all of these jobs are so easy, and that you can just walk in and just start doing it from day one and be able to pick up on everything," Heyns said. "But it's really not like that."

Heyns pitched the idea for the union to his coworkers — Starbucks refers to its employees as "partners" — last spring. Like other unionized stores, Flower Mound partners want better pay and benefits, along with better health and safety conditions.

But Heyns says unionizing the store didn’t come easy — they faced pressure from higher-ups at the company throughout the voting process.

“One partner in specific who has been here for three years now and wants to promote to the assistant manager position was told that that was pretty much a no-go if the union was going to go through,” Heyns said.

Stories like those have become common across the the country. Many have been the subject of administrative and legal complaints, with some cases more severe than others.

Last week, a federal judge in Michigan ordered Starbucks to stop firing workers involved in union activity. In a statement, the company called the order "unwarranted" and said that it will be seeking further review.

At a store in Memphis, the company was found to have violated federal labor law after it fired seven employees — known as the "Memphis Seven" — who formed an organizing committee. The National Labor Relations Board eventually ordered the company to reinstate those workers and provide back pay for the work missed.

The company also fired five baristas in South Carolina after they went on strike. Workers there confronted their manager and the exchange went viral on TikTok.

“All of the things that Starbucks has been saying about, 'you won't be able to transfer,' or 'you're going to lose your benefits' — those were all just intimidation tactics that they're trying to use to discourage workers from organizing," said Casey Moore, a spokesperson for the national Starbucks Workers United in New York. "None of it is true.”

In a statement to KERA, a spokesperson for Starbucks wrote that the company believed its relationship with employees was better without a union.

“We are listening and learning from the partners in these stores as we always do across the country," the statement read. "From the beginning, we’ve been clear in our belief that we are better together as partners, without a union between us, and that conviction has not changed. We remain committed to our partners and will continue to work together, side-by-side, to make Starbucks a company that works for everyone."

In an interview with CNN this month, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said the company is willing to negotiate, but only if the bargaining happens in person instead of online.

“If a diminuis group of people, which now is about 300 stores, file for a petition to be unionized, they have a right to do so," Schultz told CNN. "But we as a company have a right also to say we have a different vision."

Moore, at the national union, says the company’s refusal to hold online negotiations is a delay tactic.

The union says it's filed hundreds of charges with more than a thousand complaints against Starbucks. That includes complaints at the Mockingbird Station store in Dallas. Managers there were accused of questioning workers about their support for the union. (Workers at the Mockingbird Station location have declined interview requests for fear of retaliation from the company.)

Moore accused the company of stalling at the negotiating table, but said the union plans to keep pushing.

“The ultimate goal is to be able to bargain a contract that not just changes what it means to work at Starbucks, but really changes what it means to work in the food service industries," Moore said. "And Starbucks does, you know, set a lot of standards for what this industry is."

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This Sunday, February 26th, at 7 p.m., Trietsch Memorial United Methodist Church (TMUMC), 6101 Morriss Road in Flower Mound will present the production, “Easter: Holiday or Holy Day.” Written by TMUMC member, Marilyn Hurlbut, the thought-provoking play speaks to our society despiritualizing Easter and helps us learn more about the chronology of events leading up to the crucifixion and resurrection. Everyone, family friends and neighbors, is welcome to this free play. This is an hour-long play using split-screen approach to depict a contemporary Christian family preparing for Easter on one side and the actual events in Jesus’s life, year 0033, on the other side.

Easter, also called Resurrection Sunday, commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. As described in the New Testament, the miracle occurred on the third day of his burial, following His crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary, circa 30 AD. I invited 2 of the characters in the play to talk about the production and the holiday it represents.

Joseph F. Moore, who portrays Jesus Christ, talks about how he auditioned for the role, and explains the significance of Easter. Eric Williams, playing Saint Peter, gives some background on one of Jesus’s most famous apostles, and how he auditioned for the role. The thespians sent the following bios:

“Joseph F. Moore is a human resources executive and former owner of MN HR Consulting, LLC based in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. He retired from Verizon Communications where he was Director – Human Resources for the Engineering and Technology Group after holding numerous HR positions of increasing responsibility throughout the United States. He is a two-time recipient of the Verizon Excellence Award, the company’s highest honor.

“Moore is actively involved in philanthropy throughout North Texas and Mozambique, Africa. He is a trained Judge with the Miss America Organization (MAO) and served on the Judges Panel for Miss Louisiana (2013 & 2018), Miss Colorado (2014), Miss Mississippi (2015), Miss Alabama (2017), Miss Tennessee (2017), and Miss Maryland (2019). Moore received his undergraduate degree with Distinction from the University of Virginia and holds graduate degrees from Indiana University at Bloomington and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He resides in Flower Mound, Texas.”

“Eric Williams is a former contributing writer to the News Connection and Lantana Living Magazine. He is currently working in the financial services as a Series 6 Licensed Rep. He and his wife Sally have been members of Trietsch Memorial United Methodist Church since the mid 1990s when they moved to Lewisville. He’s taught Sunday School, worked as a volunteer Stephen Minister and been active in activities for young people here. Eric’s first dramatic role as an adult was as Peter in a version of this play last year. “This year, we have a larger cast — I think it’s up to 31 people — a more dramatic script and a lots of enthusiasm and expertise.”

“I’m ordinarily a little shy in front of audiences, but Marilyn Hurlbut, who wrote the play, asked me to play Peter,” he explained. “I admire that woman so much… her intellect, kindness and marvelous Christian example. There are many at Trietsch, experienced in stagecraft, helping organize this production. They are patient and encouraging with those of us still learning how to put on a good show.”

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LOS ANGELES — Patrick Short, president of Peachtree Hospitality Management, said his team is dialing in on a more specific growth strategy for the company.

Growth for third-party management company Peachtree Hospitality Management, an affiliate of Peachtree Group, will specifically focus on collaboration with long-term partners, he said during a video interview with Hotel News Now at the 2023 Americas Lodging Investment Summit.

"We're not looking for necessarily a one-off owner or one hotel but somebody that we could grow with," he said. "That includes, as they grow their portfolio, we can invest with them, we can invest alongside of them or we can bring them into some of our deals."

A recent long-term partnership deal that PHM executed is with Georgia-based management and development firm HOS Management. Through this deal, PHM will operate nine of HOS' hotels.

The nine hotels include: Hilton Garden Inn Savannah Midtown in Savannah, Georgia; Hampton Inn & Suites Savannah Midtown in Savannah; Home2 Suites by Hilton Baton Rouge Citiplace in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Four Points by Sheraton Brunswick in Brunswick, Georgia; Cambria Hotel Savannah Downtown Historic District; Home2 Suites by Hilton Flower Mound in Flower Mound, Texas; Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton in Brunswick, Georgia; Courtyard by Marriott in Brunswick; and Holiday Inn Express in St. Augustine, Florida.

In a news release announcing the partnership, Short said that 25% of PHM's portfolio is third-party-managed, and the company is committed to protecting the value of assets as well as driving bottom-line results for its partners.

PHM manages a total portfolio of 87 hotels across 25 brands in 22 states.

"HOS, is, like a lot of companies out there, they've done a great job over the years to grow their portfolio. But at 10 to 15 hotels, it's very difficult to scale. With the expertise and the people we have in our company, we provide them the opportunities so they can ... continue to invest, continue to develop new properties and yet they have an extension of our team on their team," he said. "They had the opportunity now in the last few months to acquire three properties, to open two properties and we were there to be the operator for them."

Short said PHM is in the works of an additional partnership with a hospitality group in Texas that has existing hotels "but a lot of hotels under development," he said.

"We're already working on a pre-opening basis to help them. We're excited that we're going to partner with another group that, again, is starting to grow and that we can grow together," he added.

For more from HNN's conversation with Patrick Short, watch the video above.

Here’s a look at the latest new projects registered in North Texas commercial real estate with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, a list of new construction, renovations and alterations in Dallas, Fort Worth and elsewhere. All projects listed are public records.

The Dallas Business Journal’s definition of North Texas comprises 15 counties: Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Grayson, Hill, Johnson, Kaufman, McLennan, Navarro, Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant and Wise. If a county is not listed below, it did not have any projects registered yesterday.

To update information that was not submitted correctly to TDLR, please contact Real Estate Editor Anna Butler at abutler@bizjournals.com.

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Project Name: Cosmax

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Project Name: D. Randall Montgomery & Associates

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Project Name: Lofts iThirty Apartments

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Project Name: DSB Badge & PC Room

Project Name: 8111 Douglas Multi-Tenant Corridor

Project Name: Stan Graff

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Project Name: King of King Dallas Church

Project Name: Flower Mound FS1 - Phase III

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Project Name: Weatherford FS1 Restroom Remodel

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