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A group of major Starbucks shareholders — including the New York City Comptroller — is urging the company to return to the bargaining table with its workers’ union after over a year of stalled negotiations. In a public letter, they expressed concerns about the company’s strained labor relations, pointing to hundreds of unfair labor practice complaints and recent store closures, including a prominent unionized location in Seattle. While Starbucks has stated it’s willing to resume talks, union members remain critical of proposals that lack immediate economic benefits. More than 650 Starbucks stores across the U.S. are now unionized.